Our site is updated for 5780 / September 2019 – June 2020. Feel free to catch up with what’s new – even if you’re a long-time member. If you have questions, be sure to be in touch by calling the office (mornings) and speaking to our office administrator Lori McCloud or by emailing us at Continue Reading »
We gathered as a community on 11/3/18 a week after the carnage in Pittsburgh – Jews, Christians, Muslims – people of faith and people of no faith – to remind ourselves that across the millennia, in different places and cultures “do unto others” arose as a central ethic of communal responsibility and remains to this Continue Reading »
Congregation Agudath Achim in Taunton, MA, serving Taunton and surrounding communities, cordially invites you to join us on Saturday morning, November 3, 2018, at 12:00 noon for a Sabbath of Peace Memorial Gathering in Memory of Our Jewish Brothers and Sisters Murdered at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh last Saturday. All who come in Continue Reading »
Join us at the synagogue on Saturday morning, October 27, 2018, at 9:00 AM for services and then stay for the Alef Beats a cappella performance from 10:45 to 11:30 AM. We’ll end with a festive Kiddush/social time in the vestry/lower level. All are welcome. Of course, it’s Shabbat, there is no charge. We’re part Continue Reading »
Sweet song by Jane Bordeaux. Part of the ongoing project to document popular Israeli music of many varieties across the 70 years since the founding of the State of Israel in May 1948. An approximate Hebrew-to-English translation from Google Translate appears below the video, with some emendations to render the ideas understandably. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q58vDt74QFY&w=560&h=315] Continue Reading »
Here, embedded into the post rather than linked to, a wonderful young woman, still a teen, who won Beit Sefer L’Musika a few years ago (young people’s school of music singing competition in Israel). It’s interesting to see how songs with religious themes permeate Israeli culture – much of it secular – in a different Continue Reading »
Good afternoon – enjoy Nigun Atik (an ancient melody) played on the dulcimer (click here). There are many videos of the traditional Israeli folk dance for this melody. Click here for one version. Enjoy. And, may the year 5779 be a happy and healthy one for you and your family, full of many blessings . Continue Reading »
On the first day of Rosh Hashanah, Monday, September 10, 2018, Rabbi Heath included a teaching from Jay Michaelson – author of books such as God in Your Body: Kabbalah, Mindfulness and Embodied Spiritual Practice and Everything is God: The Radical Path of Non-Dual Judaism. Jay’s teaching appeared an email newsletter (Meditation Weekly #66) from Continue Reading »
Shabbat October 6, 2018—Services @ 9:00 AM—Shabbat Rishona 27 Tishrei 5779 Parashat Bereishit Adult Study: Body Ethics—Jewish Views on Vegetarianism Shabbat morning schedule 9:00 AM – We begin gathering/setting up/getting ready 9:15 AM – Children/students in the vestry for learning 9:15 AM – Adults/teens in the sanctuary for prayer/worship/davening/Torah service (abbreviated) 10:10 AM Continue Reading »
Shabbat September 1, 2018———NO SERVICES 21 Elul 5778 Parashat Ki Tavo Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8 Isaiah 60:1-60:22 Candle Lighting—7:00 PM, Friday, August 31 Havdalah—8:07 PM, Saturday, Sept. 1 Shabbat September 8, 2018—Services @ 9:00 AM 28 Elul 5778 Parashat Nitzavim Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20 Isaiah 61:10-63:9 Candle Lighting—6:49 PM, Friday, September 7 Havdalah—7:55 PM, Saturday, September 8 Adult Study: Continue Reading »
