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Current Events at TBS

Monthly Calendar (now more phone friendly)

Services

Torah Study

Wednesdays at 6:00 pm on Zoom (link in weekly email)

Jewish Spiritual Practices

Fridays at noon via Zoom

First Friday Potluck at 6:00 pm

Only dairy and parve (non-meat) dishes please

Kabbalat Shabbat Service

Fridays at 7:30 pm

Shabbat Morning Service

1st & 3rd Saturdays at 9:30 am

Spiritual Practices with Stephen Lipton

Wednesdays at 9:00 am

Held at Boone Ridge Retirement Living

Shabbat in the Home

Friday, March 28 at 6:30 PM

TBS is excited to announce that we will be coordinating a special “Shabbat in the Home” dinner. In lieu of regular Shabbat services that evening, our community will gather in homes across the greater Salem area to celebrate Shabbat together. In the past these dinners have fostered wonderful memories and deeper connections within our community.

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JCEC: Death With Dignity

Sunday, April 6, 2025 at 1:00 pm

In 1997 Oregon enacted the Death With Dignity Act, allowing terminally ill individuals to end their lives through the voluntary self-administration of a lethal dose of medication, expressly prescribed by a physician for that purpose. This is called Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). A statewide volunteer organization, End of Life Choices of Oregon (EOLCOR) helps people to understand the law, navigate it, and sometimes use it.

TBS member, Steve Rosen has been co-team leader of the Salem EOLCOR team for7 years. He has worked with dozens of Salem area people to help them with Medical Assistance In Dying. What’s it like to meet with someone who has been told that they probably have less than 6 months to live? What’s it like to get to know that person and then help them to die? This is a complex and powerful topic that Steve will share with us. Rabbi Eli will respond to questions about Judaism’s relationship to making such decisions.

Mussar Study

3rd Sunday of the month at noon

In Person ONLY

The study of mussar can be engaged by anyone, including non-religious Jews, because it focuses on personal ethical conduct, while being rooted in the Jewish textual tradition and contemporary science. We will be engaging the best-selling book Everyday Holiness by Alan Moranis in which, chapter by chapter, he presents Jewish thoughts on particular middot (patience, love, kindness, etc.).

There will be time for one-one and small group learning as well as with the whole group. Clifford Hartman, a retired psychologist with a deep, secular spiritual practice rooted in meditation, will be facilitating the group with support from Rabbi Eli.

35th Annual Auction

Join us for our largest and most fun fundraiser of the year! We will enjoy a catered dinner with drinks and dessert. The exciting live and silent auctions will have over 200 items to bid on. The Mitzvah Moment paddle raise will generate funds for vital TBS building needs. Enjoy live music by our own Mara Cook and her partner, Jeremiah. Their band, Honey on our Tongues, is a Folk/Americana duo making heartfelt music in their little neck of the woods in Eugene.

$50 Ticket | $385 Table for Eight

Ticket price includes a delicious catered dinner and one bar drink per plate. A cash only no-host bar will be open all evening with a selection of Zenith wines and Santiam Brewing beer. We will enjoy our event at Zenith Vineyard located in the Eola-Amity Hills. Zenith boasts spectacular views of the surrounding hills and vineyard. Guests of our auction are invited to stroll through the vineyard and take in the gorgeous countryside views as weather permits.

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drawing of candlesticks, covered challah, wine and kiddush cup

TBS annual meeting Jan 2020 group photo

About Us

Members holding Torah on Simchat Torah

Membership

Jewish Studies: 1st-5th Grade (TBS member) $350

Baneinu

Lecture series

Jewish Cultural Education

Joan chanting Torah with Rabbi Eli, Kim Herb, and Rabbi Gary

Services

Images of the various havurot that TBS offers

Havurot (interest groups)

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Mitzvah Opportunities

Friday Night Onegs

Consider sponsoring in honor of a simcha or in memory of a loved one. Onegs are held after Shabbat services (except for the first Friday potluck), and after Shabbat Morning Services on the first and third Saturday each month.

Sponsor an Oneg

Donate Supplies from our Amazon wishlist

Donate Supplies to TBS from our Amazon Wishlist

TBS now has a wishlist of basic supplies and wants that you can help us purchase. Click here to view the wishlist and check back often for updates. These items don’t need to be purchased on Amazon if you want to shop elsewhere. We appreciate all the ways that our members support our needs.

You can also make a donation toward higher cost items here.

Deposit Bottles for Baneinu Scholarships

This program raises funds specifically for Baneinu Scholarships. Pick up a pre-labeled blue bag from TBS and fill it with your clean cans and bottles for deposit redemption. You can either drop off the full bags at any Bottle Drop location or bring it to TBS.

Volunteer at Marion-Polk Food Share

Join us on the 2nd Thursday of the month to volunteer at the Marion Polk Food Share. Please Email Shelley Kaplan for details.

Legacy Giving

You may contribute to the future of Temple Beth Sholom and of the general Salem Jewish community by planning for a special kind of gift. You can help ensure the synagogue’s future by creating a trust while you are living or by including TBS in your will.

More about Legacy Giving

Jewish Free Loan of Oregon

The Jewish Federation of Greater Portland supports those in need through “life’s ups and downs,” with small interest-free loans. Ensuring the strength and vitality of our community now and into the future.

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TBS kids with rainbow "Everybody is Welcome" sign

Welcome in Hebraic-style English over listing of various types of Jews that we welcome; e.g. agnostic Jews, high holy day Jews; all hues of Jews; etc.