All are welcome Friday, July 25th for an Oneg Shabbat service with the Beth Israel Congregation. The service will begin at 6p.m. Please feel free to bring non-members, family, and friends! For more information regarding this event, please contact the congregation’s director of communications at bethisrael@jccpeterborough.com with the subject line “July 25th Shabbat Service Inquiry” or call us at (705) 745-8398.
All are welcome August 8th for an Oneg Shabbat service with the Beth Israel Congregation. The service will begin at 6 p.m. Please feel free to bring non-members, family, and friends! For more information regarding this event, please contact the congregation’s director of communications at bethisrael@jccpeterborough.com with the subject line “August 8th Shabbat Service Inquiry” or call us at (705) 745-8398.
Hi! My name is Gabriel Barr, and from now until August 11th I’ll be helping out the Beth Israel Congregation as a part of the Canada Summer Jobs program! I am a Peterborough local and grew up as a member of the Unitarian Fellowship. For the past 3 years I’ve been living in Montreal studying communications/media production and biology at Concordia University. I’m looking forward to meeting you at the upcoming service & picnic, and at the AGM!
We invite you to join us to celebrate a most excellent year of Beth Israel religious and community programming and events, and to honour all those who have worked hard this year (gotten up and to school/your studies most of the time counts) Friday June 20th with a special Oneg Shabbat Service beginning at 5pm (note earlier time) followed by a picnic and songs at 6:30 at a another special venue. All are welcome. For more details please contact: Beth Israel . Please RSVP here for the event.
Sarah Cartell grew up in the 1980’s and 90’s in a White supremacist family, controlled by her grandfather whose beliefs and violence mark them all. When an unexpected friendship with a Black boy, and the Jewish town librarian, open her mind and expose those beliefs as vile lies, Sarah begins digging up everything she can about the haters her family celebrates . . . and her grandmother and aunt who fled long ago.
Determined to dismantle the White supremacist network in Canada, Sarah infiltrates a Neo-Nazi gang. As she races to stop the tide of hate crimes, new friends are put in danger and a horrifying family secret begins to emerge. This unravelling lands her in a psychiatric ward, where her therapist forces the resistant Sarah to dig into pain she has ignored, and acknowledge being trapped in the belief that she is unworthy of the world she is fighting for. Can she ever escape the bonds of a hateful family?
Why WHITE is relevant today:
The book peels back the layers of hate and exposes the intimate and complex destruction it unleashes on believers, as much as those who are targeted. Any direction Sarah Cartell turns, something is lost. To choose empathy is to forfeit family and a sense of belonging. Merging two genres – domestic and political fiction – WHITE explores anti-Semitism, racism and the trauma of growing up with hate. What has changed dramatically since the 80’s and 90’s is the legitimacy of white nationalist beliefs and permission to wave that flag. What has not changed is clinging almost desperately to intolerance out of a misguided notion that it guarantees safety for those who fear losing their supposed birthright. In an increasingly polarized world, understanding hate and the divisions it perpetuates as not simply evil, is key to choosing trust over building walls. For Sarah, strong convictions battle her reticence to trust either others or herself. In times that drive us protectively inward, reaching across difference still remains the best way forward. But how do we do that when we feel under threat?
Link to the event post: https://jccpeterborough.com/bookclub-2/
Kindly RSVP here so we have numbers for food and drink.
Beth Israel would like to celebrate all those who have worked hard this year (gotten up and to school/your studies most of the time counts). Join us Friday June 20th for a special Oneg Shabbat Service beginning at 5pm (note earlier time) at Beth Israel, followed by a picnic and songs at 6:30 at the Heritage Pavilion (by the Peterborough Museum at 300 Hunter St. E.). RSVP here – and let us know who in *your* family we can celebrate.
Do you have a basic level of Hebrew reading ability (i.e. can identify names and sounds of most/all Hebrew letters, can read words with up to five letters unassisted), and would like to brush up? Students will refresh their learning and get familiar with common blessings through practice exercises using the Hebrew in Harmony book. Email us to express your interest. Class may run this spring.
If so, Beth Israel Congregation is now accepting applications for the position of Community Worker
Hours: 30 hours per week, over 9 weeks.
Rate of Pay: $18.20 per hour
Location: 775 Weller Street, Peterborough
Start Date: Between May 12 and mid June (Flexible)
End Date: Depends on start date: candidate must work full 9 week contract
For the full Job Description, see: Community Worker Job description
To Apply
Please forward your resume or CV and cover letter expressing your interest in the job, and names and contact information of two (2) references to: bethisrael@jccpeterborough.com. For the subject line please use “Community Worker Application: Your Name”, entering your name in the applicable spot. We will be accepting applications until the position is filled. Posting will be taken down when the position is filled. Apply now!
Contact Info
Name: Miriam Liba
Website: www.jccpeterborough.com
Phone: 705-745-8398
While we appreciate all applications, only those selected for an interview will receive a response to the application.
Thank you to the Canada Summer Jobs Program for funding support for this position
If you would like to order a memorial board plaque to honour a loved one, please email Ron before July 15. This will ensure that the plaque can be produced and will be available for an unveiling with Cantor Leon Litvack officiating following the Yom Kippur Musaf service. The cost of each plaque is $260, and the following information is required:For details on what information is required:
1) Full English Name
2) Full Hebrew Name with mother’s name if possible, so Abel/Rachel ben/bat Aaron v’Eve
3) Date of Death in the Gregorian calendar, and if known, whether the death occurred before or after sunset on that day.
Family Friendly Lag B’Omer in the Country
Dr. Dan Houpt and family invite the community to join them for a Lag B’Omer celebration, including potluck and bonfire, Saturday (note correct day), May 17th from 3pm on at their farm. For more information (including the address), email us.