by astoundz | Apr 16, 2019
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by astoundz | Apr 11, 2019
The Passover Yizkor Memorial Service will take place on Friday, April 26th at 10:30am in the Gordon Chapel.
by astoundz | Apr 11, 2019
Saturday, April 20th 10:30am | Gordon Chapel | Passover Festival Service Oneg to follow | Finger Chapel Foyer Please note there will neither be an 8:30am Shabbat Morning Minyan nor a 9:45am Torah Study – only the Passover Festival Service. We look forward to...
by astoundz | Apr 9, 2019
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by astoundz | Apr 2, 2019
Click here to RSVP to Danielle Alexander.
by astoundz | Mar 28, 2019
by astoundz | Mar 28, 2019
Two Ways to RSVP: 1. RSVP online using the form below, or 2. Click here to email Dani Gardner, or contact her by phone at (713) 771-6221 x630.
by Rabbi David Lyon | Mar 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
Connected for Good Connected for Good was the theme of the AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., which took place this past week. Thirty-six delegates who joined us from Congregation Beth Israel and Kehillah High were among the 18,000 Jews and Christians who...
by astoundz | Mar 22, 2019
For questions, please address Marsha Gilbert, (713) 771-6221 x336.
by astoundz | Mar 22, 2019
by Rabbi David Lyon | Mar 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
Are YOU commanding ME? To be commanded by anyone feels heavy-handed. It feels contrary to our individualism, which we pride ourselves on as free people. But, commanded we are if we understand the covenantal relationship we enjoy in Judaism. With mitzvot, commandments...
by Rabbi David Lyon | Mar 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
Anti-Semitism: When it Happens on the Airplane Anti-Semitism is rearing its ugly head, again. This time it’s roaring forth with all its might and ugliness. Familiar boundaries and common civility that once held it at bay have been undermined and breached. Now...
by astoundz | Mar 7, 2019
*We invite each attendee to please bring a canned food item in support of the Houston Food Bank.* To RSVP for Mitzvah Day, please fill out the form at the bottom of this page. To RSVP for Mitzvah Day, please fill out the following form: Mitzvah Day 2019 Experience the...
by astoundz | Mar 5, 2019
by astoundz | Mar 4, 2019
To RSVP for Purim: On Air, please fill out the form at the bottom of this page. To RSVP for Purim: On Air, please fill out the following form:
by astoundz | Mar 4, 2019
by astoundz | Mar 4, 2019
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by Rabbi David Lyon | Feb 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
Proper Accounting is a Jewish Value The last portions of Exodus are periodically read as a double portion, called Vayakheil-Pekudei. This year, we read them on separate weeks, but they work well, together. They recount the completion of the construction of the...
by Rabbi David Lyon | Feb 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
Welcome, David Barak-Gorodetsky, PhD Welcome, David Barak-Gorodetsky, PhD, who is coming to Congregation Beth Israel, from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, in Jerusalem. David will be an intern for two weeks, beginning February 24th. He is a 4th year...
by astoundz | Feb 20, 2019
Engaging Discussions on Parenting Jewishly Have you considered how Judaism and parenthood intersect? Join us over breakfast and coffee each month as we answer this very question. Our clergy and esteemed guest speakers will spark dialogue among MBJLC parents through a...
by astoundz | Feb 19, 2019
Click play on the video below to watch Cantor Star Trompeter perform a special rendition of Shalom Rav to the tune of Irving Berlin’s Blue Skies. *The video will automatically start before Shalom Rav.
by Rabbi David Lyon | Feb 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
A National Prayer Breakfast Experience The phone rang. It was Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher, member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas’s 7th congressional district. She called to invite me to join her at the National Prayer Breakfast in...
by astoundz | Feb 4, 2019
• Evening Shabbat Services | Friday, March 1 | 6:30pm | Gordon Chapel • Torah Study | Saturday, March 2 | 9:45am | Finger Board Room
by astoundz | Feb 4, 2019
The Gathering Place will meet on Tuesday, 2/5 (10:00am, Wolff -Toomim Hall). This month’s theme is “Love is in the Air.” Entertainment, games, and more! RSVP to Cherrell Woolley at cwoolley@beth-israel.org or (713) 771-6221 x329.
by astoundz | Feb 4, 2019
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by astoundz | Feb 4, 2019
GET YOUR GAME ON at our 2nd annual Rock & Roll Bingo night! It’s musical trivia with a Bingo twist! Come play, sing along and test your musical memory — from disco and blues to country, pop and rock. It’s Bingo like you’ve never HEARD! Bring your family and...
by astoundz | Feb 4, 2019
Back by popular demand, Rabbi David Lyon offers another session on the Hebrew prophets!Join him as he brings to life the timeless messages of the major Hebrew prophets with insightful study of their prophecies. We’ll consider their context, passion, and meaning. The...
by Rabbi David Lyon | Jan 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
Belonging is natural to us. Belonging sustains us. Belonging becomes us. “Belonging” is something we crave as social beings. We crave groups that share our preferences. We join clubs, teams, friends groups, and houses of worship with those who share our likes and...
by Rabbi David Lyon | Jan 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
MLK, JR & RBG On Friday night, January 18th, Congregation Beth Israel welcomed to the bimah 83 members of International Voices Houston, under the direction of Mark Vogel. Cantor Star Trompeter led the musical vision for the evening with text that I arranged from...
by astoundz | Jan 22, 2019
by astoundz | Jan 22, 2019
by astoundz | Jan 22, 2019
On Wednesday, January 30th from 6:30-8:30pm, Brotherhood’s very successful and popular “Whiskey Tasting” event returns…this year, with steaks! Jay Freedman has graciously volunteered to host the party and allow the group to sample his private...
by Rabbi David Lyon | Jan 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter”— Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. On Friday, January 18th, we’ll honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and his partnership with Jewish rabbis and leaders during his lifetime. To...
by Rabbi David Lyon | Jan 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
Listen. Read. Enjoy. What are you reading and listening to? I have three suggestions for you to fill your days and nourish your soul. Every Sunday morning, following a long tradition that began with Rabbi Samuel Karff, I’ve been leading a radio program on...
by Rabbi David Lyon | Dec 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
This blog has been reissued by request. In the new year 2019, let us strengthen each other When I was a child in a sprawling Chicago suburb, I remember the farmer’s field at the end of our street. It was one of the last remaining empty soybean or corn fields that...
by Rabbi David Lyon | Dec 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
A Kosher Christmas In America, Jewish families have long had a role in Christmas, so mentioning it isn’t odd; it’s part of our cultural experiences, too. In Joshua Plaut’s book, A Kosher Christmas (Rutgers Univ. Press, 2012), he points out the Jews in America have...
by astoundz | Dec 12, 2018
At 6:30pm in our Sanctuary, Sarah Tuttle-Singer will join us for Shabbat and present “Jerusalem: A Love Story,” a discussion on her background and experiences as a Jewish American living in Israel. Following services, we welcome the community to enjoy a...
by astoundz | Dec 12, 2018
Each month we partner with Kids’ Meals, an organization that delivers free, healthy meals to the doorsteps of Houston’s hungriest preschool children. One Wednesday per month, we gather in Wolff-Toomim Hall or Margolis Gallery at 9:30am to make sack...
by astoundz | Dec 11, 2018
The White House and the Middle East A Moderated Conversation with Stuart Eizenstat and Douglas Brinkley on Eizenstat’s book President Carter: The White House Years RSVP using the form below. Stuart Eizenstat is an American diplomat and attorney, most famously known as...
by astoundz | Dec 11, 2018
by astoundz | Dec 11, 2018
Each Christmas Eve, the ABIDE Committee (Advocacy at Beth Israel for Diversity through Education) organizes a dialogue between the Jewish and Muslim communities. On Monday, December 24th, we will meet for a guided discussion entitled “Uniting Our Hearts in a Divided...
by astoundz | Dec 7, 2018
We invite you to join the community in marking the 6th anniversary of the Sandy Hook school shooting with a Gun Safety Vigil (4:00-5:30pm, Trinity United Methodist Church, 2600 Holman St). Police Chief Art Acevedo will speak, along with our clergy and other community...
by astoundz | Dec 7, 2018
SHABBAT SHINDIG Children ages 0-7 are invited to bring their parents, grandparents, and siblings to Congregation Beth Israel for a fun morning of song, food, and activities! Thank you to our hosts, Lauren and Marc Sancton! For more information and to RSVP, please...
by Rabbi David Lyon | Dec 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
Points of Light and #41 President George H.W. Bush, of blessed memory, created “Points of Light,” which promotes “solving serious social problems through voluntary service.” He was the shining star of Points of Light, and a role model of voluntary spirit. On...
by astoundz | Nov 19, 2018
by astoundz | Nov 19, 2018
Rabbi David Ellenson, Ph.D. & Dr. Arnold Eisen Visit Congregation Beth Israel On Friday, March 15th at 6:30pm, Rabbi David Ellenson, PhD, Interim President of Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion, and Dr. Arnold Eisen, Chancellor of The...
by Rabbi David Lyon | Nov 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
Rabbi Lyon’s recipe for a Shalom Bayyit, a peaceful house, this season Getting ready for the holidays requires more than stocking the refrigerator and tidying up the guest room. It’s been said that holidays are times when you leave the ones you love to spend time...
by Rabbi David Lyon | Nov 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
“I did not leave tonight’s Sabbath of Comfort service pessimistic; but rather with a lot of hope.” The Honorable Sylvester Turner, Mayor City of Houston. On Friday, November 2, 2018, after the tragedy in Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue, Congregation Beth...
by astoundz | Nov 6, 2018
