Beth El Congregation of the South Hills

Starting Monday, October 4, 7:30PM, join us for Beth El’s Virtual Current Events Speaker Series! The Adult Education Committee presents the 5th Annual Current Events Speaker Series this fall, sponsored by the Ash Family. See weekly email for the Zoom link or call 412-561-1168. No fee. 10/4: Domestic Terrorism, Peter DiNardo 10/11: China, George Savarese 10/18: Salem Witch Trials, Todd DePastino... 10/25: A Discussion with David Shribman, former Pittsburgh Post-Gazette executive editor 11/1: "Can you hear me now?" with Emiola Oriola, in conjunction with Beth El's Anti-Racism Committee See more

What a beautiful summer event to remember! Thank you to the Balks for all your time and dedication hosting such a wonderful evening for all. https://www.instagram.com/p/CRzSqfbtURV/

Monday, August 9th @ 7PM enjoy a special program on Zoom with Ambassador Peter Galbraith, presenting Syria’s Ten Year Civil War: When is it over and what does it mean for the neighbors? Ambassador Peter Galbraith is an American author, academic, commentator, politician, policy advisor, and former United States diplomat. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he helped uncover Saddam Hussein’s gassing of the Kurds. Presented by the Adult Education Committee. The Zoom link can be... found in weekly email or by calling the office. RSVP HERE: https://bethelcong.org/events/ambassador-galbraith-zoom/

The Unity Coalition picnic, with members of the Family and Friends Initiative and Beth El Congregation of the South Hills. We join together as two different faith organizations who have much in common. Diversity is a beautiful thing.

20 People + 5 Raffle Tickets = Success! Help to make Beth El's Money Raffle successful! If we get 20 people to buy or sell 5 tickets each, it will put us over the top! Contact Karen Balk for details. Consider sharing the raffle on your Facebook or other social media page.

Kickoff 2021 with the Beth El Adult Ed Winter Speaker Series via Zoom, Sunday, January 10 @ 12 PM, beginning with Rabbi Dr. Danny Schiff! Rabbi Schiff is the Foundation Scholar at the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh and will present The Top Ten Most Important Events of the Last 75 Years of Jewish History. RSVP HERE (Zoom link will follow): https://bethelcong.org//winter-speaker-series-/2021-01-10/

Ready for 2021? We are!!! Join us for a joyful Zoom program during First Mondays with Rabbi Alex and Guests on Monday, January 4, 12-1 p.m, featuring Seth Kibel - Klezmer: American Music! Seth Kibel, a woodwind specialist who plays flute, clarinet, and saxophone, will punctuate his lecture presentation with musical selections. Klezmer, which literally means tool of song in Yiddish, is the secular folk music of the Jews of Central and Eastern Europe. In the first decades... of the 1900s, this music flourished not only in the Old World but also in the New, in the immigrant community of New York City. RSVP here: https://bethelcong.org/events/first-mondays-16/

Shown is a Chanukah celebration held in a Ugandan synagogue built with Beth El's help a few years ago. This congregational initiative was led by Men's Club. Our support for Abayudaya, a Jewish community in eastern Uganda, continues to bear fruit. On January 18, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Beth El Congregation of the South Hills will welcome guest Shoshana Nambi, Ugandan Rabbinical student from Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion, for a special MLK Edition of First Mondays with Rabbi Alex Greenbaum. This event is co-sponsored by the Congregation's Anti-Racism Committee and Men's Club.

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A special message from Sue Horowitz for this Friday's Musical Shabbat! Join us at 6 PM! https://bethelcong.org//musical-kabbalat-shabbat-suehorow/

MITZVAH DAY registration is now OPEN! More than one date this year... https://jewishpgh.org/mitzvah-day/