September 2018
Open House
Exploration of Bet Midrash program for children 3- 4-years-old through eighth grade. Email Rabbi Ariann Weitzman at rabbiariann@bnaikeshet.org.
Find out more »October 2018
“Miriam: Cultural Memory, Mythmaking and Patriarchal Social Structures”
Bnai Keshet, Montclair, 10:30 a.m. Speaker is Mark Leuchter, religious studies professor at Temple University. Call 973-746-4889 or visit bnaikeshet.org.
Find out more »November 2018
Organ Donation
Kaplan Minyan at Bnai Keshet, Montclair, 10:30 a.m. Kidney recipient Faith Kaplan and her donor, Judy Summers, will tell their stories in observance of National Donor Sabbath. Visit bnaikeshet.org/event/kaplanminyans.
Find out more »December 2018
Latkepalooza 2018
Bnai Keshet, Montclair, 6-9 p.m. Featuring latkes, children’s activities and candle-lighting, an adult-only BYOB space, and live music by Midnight Nosh. Bring an unwrapped new educational book or game for donation. Call 973-746-4889 or visit www.bnaikeshet.org/event/latkepalooza3.html.
Find out more »Jews in ALL Hues
Bnai Keshet’s Kaplan Minyan, Montclair, 10:30 a.m. Jared Jackson, founder and executive director of Jews in ALL Hues, will speak about building diverse Jewish communities. Call 973-746-4889 or visit bnaikeshet.org/event/kaplanminyans.
Find out more »January 2019
Theatre, Activism, and Tikkun Olam
Kaplan Minyan at Bnai Keshet, Montclair, 10:30 a.m. Speaker is Ari Laura Kreith, Luna Stage artistic director. Call 973-746-4889.
Find out more »February 2019
“Let’s Get Physical: Jewish Perspectives on the Body”
Bnai Keshet’s Kaplan Minyan, Montclair, 10:30 a.m. With Rabbi Daniel Brenner, founder of Klezmer Aerobics and chief of education at Moving Traditions. Visit bnaikeshet.org/event/kaplanminyans.
Find out more »PJ Havdala
Bnai Keshet in Montclair invites the community to participate in its winter PJ Havdalah program on Saturday, February 23rd, 4:30-6:30pm. Sing songs to say goodbye to the Jewish Sabbath, enjoy a meal together, and do a quick Havdalah service before saying goodbye. Feel free to come in PJs! Reconstructing Judaism in Montclair and beyond, Bnai Keshet is located at 99 South Fullerton Ave., Montclair. For more information, call 973-746-4889
Find out more »March 2019
Bnai Keshet Rabbi Elliott Tepperman: Seven Essential Practices of Judaism
Lunch and Learn: Seven Essential Practices of Judaism at Bnai Keshet 99 So. Fullerton Ave, Montclair Rabbi Elliott Tepperman talks about essential practices and discussion ensues. Bring your lunch. Free and open to all. For more information, call 973-7446-4889.
Find out more »Bnai Keshet Rabbi Ariann Weitzman: A Mixed Multitude and a Singular People
As part of Union Baptist Church’s 2019 Interfaith, Ecumenical series of Sacred Studies: Race, Justice and Liberation, Bnai Keshet Rabbi Ariann Weitzman reflects on the "mixed multitude" that went out from Egypt; she interrogates assumptions of homogeneity in our communities and the truths and fictions around belonging. Free and open to all. For more information, call 973-746-4889 or visit www.bnaikeshet.org.
Find out more »“Thinking About Whiteness”
“Thinking About Whiteness: The Spectacular and the Banal, Our Struggles and Our Obligations in an Era of Rising White Nationalisms” Bnai Keshet, Montclair, 10:30 a.m. Speaker is scholar-activist Michelle Fine, Distinguished Professor of Critical Psychology, Women’s Studies, and Urban Education at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. Call 973-746-4889.
Find out more »April 2019
“Tzimtzum: The Expansive Power of Personal Retraction”
Bnai Keshet’s Kaplan Minyan, Montclair, 10:30 a.m. With Rabbi E. Noach Shapiro, L.CS.W. Call 973-746-4889 or visit bnaikeshet.org/event/kaplanminyans.
Find out more »Habitat for Humanity House Building
Bnai Keshet, Montclair, 7:45 a.m. Participants (16 and up) will recite psalms for Passover and carpool to site in Paterson to help build home. Bring a bagged lunch. Email Marian Golan for registration link at marian.golan@gmail.com.
Find out more »May 2019
Writing Workshop
Bnai Keshet, Montclair, 10 a.m.-noon. Food-themed writing workshop with David Ebenbach. Call 973-746-4889.
Find out more »Talk on Recent Israeli Elections with Rabbi Uri Regev
Bnai Keshet, Montclair, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Call 973-746-4889.
Find out more »Family BBQ and Talk on Anti-Semitism
Bnai Keshet, Montclair, 6 p.m. Guest speaker is Rabbi Mordechai Liebling, founder and director of the Social Justice Organizing Program at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. Call 973-746-4889.
Find out more »Anti-Racism Workshop: Brave Space, Not Just Safe Space
Bnai Keshet, Montclair, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Presented by Yehuda Webster of Jews for Racial and Economic Justice. Light refreshments will be served; there is a $36 suggested donation. Register at bnaikeshet.org/anti-racism or call 973-746-4889.
Find out more »September 2019
Engaging with Tahara Liturgy and Technique
Bnai Keshet, Montclair. The Chevra Kadisha (burial society) will discuss Tahara and related liturgy today at 1 p.m. On Sunday, they will host a tahara training session from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Visit bnaikeshet.org or call 973-746-4889.
Find out more »“Confronting our Racial History: The Past is Never Dead. It Isn’t Even Past”
Kaplan Minyan at Bnai Keshet, Montclair, 9:30 a.m. Guest speaker is Tanya Coke, director of the Ford Foundation’s Program on Gender, Racial and Ethnic Justice. Visit bnaikeshet.org/event/kaplanminyans.
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