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Services

Torah Study

Wednesdays at 6:00 pm on Zoom (link in weekly email) Note: Change in meeting day

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

Volunteer opportunities:

Do you love digging in the dirt? Since the Cunningham fence was installed a regulated number of feet from the street, two small saplings need to be relocated from directly on the fence line. The ground is perfect for digging at this time.

Is cleaning up more your style? The social hall carpet has many, many spots that need to be cleaned up. We don’t want it looking like a leopard!

Contact Amber

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.

See Rabbi Eli’s article in January Sholom Salem newsletter for more information.

Generational Trauma

Professor Meredy Goldberg Edelson gave an informative presentation on generational trauma.

We intend to continue the conversation. If you are interested in joining a reading group on trauma or in helping continue the conversation about how we can make TBS a trauma-informed congregation, please reach out to either Rebecca Kueny, Randy Fishfader, or Meredy Goldberg Edelson.

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drawing of candlesticks, covered challah, wine and kiddush cup

TBS annual meeting Jan 2020 group photo

About Us

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Membership

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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

Mitzvah Meals

Mitzvah Meals are convenient meals ready to hand out to those in need.

$3.00 each or 4 for $10.00

Meals can be picked up in the office after payment is made through the office. Email Shelley Kaplan to order.

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.

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 for updates. We appreciate all the ways that our members support our needs.

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

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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.