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Please participate in our Food Drive in partnership with Clair Memorial United Methodist Church. Every time you come to Temple, try to bring a can or box of non-perishible food with you. The collection basket is in the rear of the social hall. Please check expiration dates carefully. |
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The High Holy Days are nearly here. Please see the schedule of services by clicking here.
We welcome the community to all of our High Holy Day services, however, tickets are required. Please call the Temple office to arrange for tickets. |
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Tickets are not required for our Family Services (1:00 pm on the First Day of Rosh Hashanah and on Yom Kippur) or for our Yizkor Memorial Service on Yom Kippur afternoon. |
| The Hebrew month of Elul is here. Rabbi Brickman and Cantor Marx encourage you to try this simple activity that will enrich your prayer experience. |
| Click here to learn more. |
Temple Beth-El is the Reform Jewish congregation of Jersey City, across the Hudson River from New York City. Our temple has long been known for the friendliness, enthusiasm, and community involvement of its members, as well as its impressive 1920's-era synagogue.
A Reform congregation and a member of the Union for Reform Judaism since 1914, Temple Beth-El was founded in 1864 on York Street, in downtown Jersey City. In 1925-6, we built and moved into our magnificent sanctuary at what is now the corner of Harrison Avenue and Kennedy Boulevard.
We are a small, liberal congregation. Diversity is one of our strengths. Our joint religious school (with Temple Beth Am of Bayonne) serves families from a half-dozen cities along the Western bank of the Hudson. Interfaith, multi-ethnic, single parent, gay and lesbian families are warmly welcomed. Come visit, and see how perfectly you will fit into this community.
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Temple Beth-El is honored to support the Hudson Jewish Community Forum.
Participate in the preservation and celebration of a rich, vibrant, diverse Jewish community in Hudson County.
Visit www.hudsonjewish.org for more information. |
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Just in time for all the Fall happenings!
We're celebrating the GRAND OPENING of Temple Beth-El's On-line Giftshop!! Fun to visit, and a significant percentage of every purchase goes directly to Temple Beth-El.
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Beautiful items from internationally-known artists
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Shop on-line at your convenience
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Name your simcha - we have a registry for you!
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Gift certificates available, too.
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Religious School Registration
Now Open
The Temple Beth Am-Temple Beth-El Combined Religious School begins the 5771 school year soon. If you know any families who may be interested in joining us, please encourage them to read more about us here, and to apply early. If your children are currently enrolled in the school, your enrollment packet has been recently e-mailed. Please contact the Temple office with any questions.
- Donations to Temple Beth-El can now be made on-line. Click on the "Donate Now" button below to make a donation via VISA or Master Card.
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September 2010
Our guests for our Community Forum on Yom Kippur afternoon will be June Chang and students from the Jersey City Public School System who have traveled to Europe as part of the Holocaust Study Tour. The Holocaust Study Tour is a unique program in which students, most of whom are not Jewish, are exposed firsthand to the horrors of the Holocaust by visiting concentration camps, meeting survivors and visiting the Jewish communities where Jewish life thrived before the war. The students who have participated in the Holocaust Study Tour, who represent the diversity of Jersey City, have returned from their trip inspired to share what they have experienced and have become advocates for deeper understanding and tolerance among people of different backgrounds.
in honor of her 90th birthday
October 2010
daughter of Cantor Jamie and Anna Marx. Kiddush sponsored by the congregation in honor of the birth of Eliana.
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| In the News: |
| Congratulations to Faithann Brown, whose beautiful article about her path to Judaism was published in Reform Judiasm Magazine. Click here to read her story. |
| The Jersey Journal's "Faith Matters" column focused on Cantor Marx's study trip to Rome last summer to engage Catholic-Jewish dialogue. |
| Thanks to the Lefrak organization for the nice article about Temple Beth-El in the August edition of their resident newsletter, "Newport News"! |
| The Jewish Daily Forward led a story about Jews returning to the Jersey Waterfront with a photo of Temple Beth-El. |
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