Join us for a week of programming, prayer, and Jewish learning.
Black History Month Celebration Tour featuring Janis F. Kearney MONDAY, FEB 27TH 7:00P TO 8:00P The Black History Month Celebration Tour welcomes Janis F. Kearney to Beth Yeshurun. MORE INFO
Wisdom of Torah with Rabbi Brian Strauss TUESDAY, FEB 28TH 7:45A TO 8:30A Rabbi Strauss teaches Tuesday mornings as part of the Breakfast Club - learn Torah 4 days a week with our clergy!
Pickleball at Beth Yeshurun TUESDAY, FEB 28TH 5:45P TO 6:45P Book your pickleball court on Sunday mornings and Tuesday/Thursday evenings! MORE INFO
Voices of Torah with Rabbi Steven Morgen WEDNESDAY, MAR 1ST 7:45A TO 8:30A Rabbi Morgen teaches Wednesday mornings as part of the Breakfast Club - learn Torah 4 days a week with our clergy!
ScholarStream: How Conservative Movement's Law Committee Impacts our Lives Today WEDNESDAY, MAR 1ST 7:00P TO 8:00P Beginning in Elul and spanning all the way to Shavuot, the Conservative Movement seminaries and institutions are partnering to offer seven series that will bring your community face-to-face with the brightest and most engaging scholars our movement has to offer. MORE INFO
Jewish Meditation Group WEDNESDAY, MAR 1ST 7:00P TO 8:00P Explore tools for mindfulness, find a different way to talk to God, and deepen your prayer with meditation and chantingMORE INFO
Jewish Mysticism & Ancient Cultural Beliefs with Rabbi Fort THURSDAY, MAR 2ND 7:45A TO 8:30A Rabbi Fort teaches Wednesday mornings as part of the Breakfast Club - learn Torah 4 days a week with our clergy!
Susannah Heschel on "The Legacy of Abraham Joshua Heschel in Civil Rights: Our Work is Not Finished" THURSDAY, MAR 2ND 7:00P TO 8:30P Beth Yeshurun, in partnership with St. Paul's United Methodist Church, welcomes Susannah Heschel to speak on her father's legacy and how we can continue his work. MORE INFO
Tot Shabbat! FRIDAY, MAR 3RD 5:00P TO 5:45P Toddlers & Preschoolers join us for a musical Shabbat with Rabbi Sarah Fort and Hailey Arnold, followed by challah and more fun! MORE INFO
J.B. Greenfield Chapel Shabbat Evening Service FRIDAY, MAR 3RD 5:30P MORE INFO
Shabbat Renewal - Rock Shabbat! Sermon by Rabbi Brian Strauss FRIDAY, MAR 3RD 6:00P Join us for our Main Sanctuary Service, this week we kick off our Shul of Rock Purim weekend with Rock Shabbat! Come dressed as your favorite rock star and sing along as we set all of our Kabbalat Shabbat prayers to your favorite rock classics! MORE INFO
J.B. Greenfield Chapel Shabbat Morning Service SHABBAT, MAR 4TH 8:30A MORE INFO Museum Minyan Shabbat Morning Service SHABBAT, MAR 4TH 9:15AMORE INFO Shabbat Morning Service Sermon by Rabbi Brian Strauss SHABBAT, MAR 4TH 9:30A Join us for our Main Sanctuary Shabbat Morning service. MORE INFO
MyShabbat SHABBAT, MAR 4TH 9:30A TO 10:30A An interactive, engaging, and educational Shabbat service for 3rd- through 6th-grade students and their families. MORE INFO
Shabbat Shalom SHABBAT, MAR 4TH 10:15A Shabbat Shalom is a Shabbat morning program for young children under 7 years old. Each Shabbat, the children pray, sing, dance, hear stories, and much more! Children under 3 should come with a parent. No need to register!
Parsha Study SHABBAT, MAR 4TH 11:30A Weekly Parsha Study following Chapel Shabbat Service.
J.B. Greenfield Chapel Mincha/Ma’ariv SHABBAT, MAR 4TH 6:00PMORE INFO Young Professionals Purim Prom! SATURDAY, MAR 4TH 7:00P TO 9:00P The opportunity to re-live (or re-do?) your prom is here for Purim! Come to the BYDS school gym complete with balloons, prom photos, and the greatest hits of the 1990s to mid-2000s! MORE INFO
Jewish Learning Project SUNDAY, MAR 5TH 9:00A TO 11:00A The Jewish Learning Project (JLP) is Congregation Beth Yeshurun's Adult Learning Program. Our JLP sessions offer a variety of spiritual, intellectual, and stimulating topics for you to choose from. Sessions are held Sunday mornings and are open to the public and free of charge. MORE INFO
Purim Fest! SUNDAY, MAR 5TH 11:00A TO 2:00P There is something for everyone at this year's Purim Fest! MORE INFO
Purim Megillah Reading & Shpiel MONDAY, MAR 6TH 6:30P TO 8:30P Join us for the Megillah readings in the J.B. Greenfield Chapel, Main Sanctuary, and Museum Minyan. MORE INFO
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Please know that your clergy is here for you. To reach out, please e-mail them directly or connect with info@bethyeshurun.org and we will direct you to a member of our team.
Friday, March 3 - Monday, March 6th Hey, what's that sound? Everybody look-what's going down!
Adar is the happiest month of the Jewish calendar - join us for a rockin’ Purim weekend as Beth Yeshurun becomes Shul of Rock. We have a dazzling line-up of programming for all ages all weekend long!
Shabbat Renewal - Friday, March 3 at 6:00pm We will, we will rock you!
Come dressed as your favorite rock star and sing along as we set all of our Kabbalat Shabbat prayers to your favorite rock classics! Click here for a sneak peak playlist currated by Cantor Rachel Goldman! We're gonna rock down to Electric avenue for our one-of-a-kind oneg immediately following Rock Shabbat! Generously sponsored by the Toubin Family - this oneg will have a Gyro station, beef empanadas, microphone cake pops, Vodka and Tequila shooters and more!
Saturday, March 4th at 7:00p So take the photographs and still frames in your mind...
The opportunity to re-live (or re-do?) your prom is here for Purim! Come to the BYDS school gym complete with balloons, prom photos, and the greatest hits of the 1990s to mid-2000s! No dry cleaners necessary! Ditch the tux! Wear whatever prom-esque clothes you wish you'd worn to your own prom, dig out your old prom dress, that bridesmaid dress you wore once, or your finest JNCO jeans!
Spike-Your-Own punch and 90s nostalgia food await you at our Young Professionals Purim Prom! You're a grown up now: come solo, bring a date, a friend or your whole posse. There may be special appearances from your favorite 90s and 00s heartthrobs...
Sunday, March 5 from 11:00a-2:00p Looking for adventure in whatever comes our way!
Rock on and enjoy the countless activities and events happening at Beth Yeshurun at this year's Purim Fest! NEW THIS YEAR! Simpler pricing! Campus Pass Wristbands include admission to the carnival, plus all rides and activities (food and Bingo are additional). They are required for all adults and children to enter campus. In addition to our full outdoor carnival we have dedicated teen, toddler, and low-sensory areas. Also new this year is Bingo and Trivia inside along with a classic rock cover band. Generously sponsored by the Baliff, Fields, Plantowsky, and Stein families. Get your motor runnin and click here to purchase wristbands!
Monday, March 6th Don't stop believin' Hold on to that feelin'!
Come in costume and enjoy a hamentaschen and ice cream bar after the Megillah readings of each service! J.B. Greenfield Chapel service at 5:30p with the Megillah reading immediately following. Main Sanctuary reading begins at 6:30p in the Freedman Levit Sanctuary. Our Museum Minyan reading begins at 6:45 in Reiches Hall. Take the "Midnight Train" and join one of our three Megillah Readings!
We invite you to join us as we honor Toby and Rabbi Jack Segal with an evening celebration featuring performances by The Shul Sisters, a cantorial trio starring Cantor Laurie Akers, Cantor Rachel Brooks, and our very own Cantor Rachel Goldman. Chaired by Lori Herzog and Dana Katz, produced by Chris Hardin and directed by Richard Brown, this incomparable musical experience will take place on March 23, 2023 in the Barg Sanctuary. Click here to Purchase Tickets
Wednesday, March 8 | Freedman Levit Sanctuary | 7:00pm
The Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission welcomes Elan Carr, former Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Antisemitism from 2019-21, as a guest speaker at Beth Yeshurun. Prior to that appointment, he was a deputy district attorney in the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office. He is an officer in the Judge Advocate General's Corps in the U.S. Army Reserve and an Iraq War Veteran. Click here to Register
Elan Carr's visit is co-sponsored by: Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission; Congregation Beth Yeshurun; ADL Southwest; AJC; Holocaust Museum of Houston; Israel Bonds; Jewish Federation of Houston.
Monday, Febraury 27th | 7:00pm
Houston Society for Change is partnering with Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, Gospel songwriter V. Michael McKay with Gospel Music Haus and Museum, Gospel music advocate Carl Davis, and Martin Cominsky with Interfaith Ministries, to host a Black History Month Celebration Tour in Houston February 26-28.
Memoirist and Presidential Diarist for President Bill Clinton and author of "Only on Sunday, Mahalia Jackson's Long Journey," Janis Kearney, will be at Beth Yeshurun Monday, February 27th. She will share her story and her journey in writting the book about the iconic Mahalia Jackson on this amazing tour.
We invite you to share with us your simchas - births, engagement, weddings, or award and recognitions. Fill our Mazel Tov form with your information a picture and share your great news with the rest of the congregation. Click here to Submit your Simcha!
