WELCOME TO BNAI KESHET
99 South Fullerton Avenue
Montclair, New Jersey
Shalom and welcome to Bnai Keshet, a spirited, friendly Reconstructionist Synagogue serving the greater Essex County area. At Bnai Keshet a diverse group of people come together to form a warm, spiritually invigorating and intellectually rigorous Jewish community.
MANY VOICES - ONE COMMUNITY
Many thanks to the many members (and friends and family) who have added their voices to the growing chorus who have pledged their generous support to the Many Voices-One Community fundraising campaign. At this point, with just a tick over 10% pledged in Matching support, we are on our way to reaching our goal of $100,000 in Matching Funds that will enable us to secure the full $100,000 that was pledged by our Challenge donors. Our goal is to raise $100,000 in matching dollars by June 30, 2010!
TORAH READERS - We are looking for those who are able to read and those who would like a refresher course
TORAH READERS - If you know how to read and enjoy doing so, and we have not already reached out t
o you, please contact us immediately: Roberta Elliott and Nathan Goldwasser. We're very interested in widening the circle of readers to help make our synagogue more inclusive. To that end, we will be making assignments well in advance, so you have time to prepare, and even read directly from the Torah, if you choose, though reading from the Humash is more than acceptable! If you need a review class, please see below.
o you, please contact us immediately: Roberta Elliott and Nathan Goldwasser. We're very interested in widening the circle of readers to help make our synagogue more inclusive. To that end, we will be making assignments well in advance, so you have time to prepare, and even read directly from the Torah, if you choose, though reading from the Humash is more than acceptable! If you need a review class, please see below.Renaissance Adult Dinner - Studying the TaNaKh
02/19/2010 - 6:15pm
If you have always wanted to learn more about the Hebrew Bible, also known as the TaNaKh, or to delve into its structure, history and origins, don’t miss February’s Renaissance Adult dinner.Our presenter will be Marty Fellner, BK’s Vice President for Education. This will be an exciting learning experience, as well as an affirmation of our faith.
Please call the office at 973-746-4889 to make arrangements for payment, by check or charge, of our delicious Sabbath dinner. What a glorious way to spend Sabbath together!
BK Dinner Parties - Build Community as a Host or Guest
02/20/2010 - 7:00pm
Many years ago, Bnai Keshet realized that its success depended upon people working closely together to build a viable community. As a much smaller congregation, we planned a number of activities that helped people get to know each other better. Congregational Dinner Parties were one of the successful and popular programs we developed. Now that we are a larger congregation, we need to bring back the programs that made us strong. Jewish Visiers? Was Esther Blue? with Rabbi Burton Visotzky and Siona Benjamin
02/25/2010 - 8:00pm
In eleventh-century North Africa, Jews and Muslims enjoyed a period of remarkable harmony. In Egypt, the vizier to the Caliph was a Jew; while in the Kingdom of Grenada, the vizier was a rabbi! Across North Africa, Jews traded, studied, and lived in a “Golden Age.” Rabbi Burt Visotzky will tell the story of those halcyon days, known primarily through the discovery a century ago of the Cairo Genizah—a cache of books, letters, and documents describing the lives and loves of the common Jews in vivid detail. His most recent book A Delightful Compendium of Consolation, is a historical novel depicting this era in the Medieval Mediterranean. BE HAPPY IT’S ADAR !!!! BE MERRY IT’S PURIM !!!
02/27/2010 - 5:30pm
Come and celebrate this joyous holiday with family and friends. Purim arrives early this year and falls on a Saturday so the festivities will begin early, as well.5:30pm Bring the young kids for some age appropriate activities.
6:30pm Pasta and salad roll out of the kitchen. 7:00pm BK Productions presents an all new schpiel. Relax and enjoy the show.
7:40pm The kitchen re-opens with more pasta and warm hamentaschen for all.
8:00pm The graggers come out for a special polyglot megillah reading. The festivities are for the entire family, but, true to the holiday, the beverages available later in the evening are not.
RAINBOW REPORTER - February Issue
Click here to access February's Rainbow Reporter. Now, everyone with access to the internet can read the insightful columns posted by our Rabbis and co-Presidents, our tributes and member mentionings, and get a flavor of the events sponsored by our congregation, on a monthly basis. The previous issues are posted on the Members-Only section of the site.
Family/Young Children Dinner & Service
03/05/2010 - 5:30pm
03/05/2010 - 7:30pm
Do your kids like to sing & clap & dance & make noise? Do you want to be able to welcome in and celebrate Shabbat, while letting your kids be kids? Do you want to get together with other Bnai Keshet families to connect and reconnect, while your kids play with each other? Come one, come all! Come and join Rabbi Darby for a brief family Shabbat service at 5:30, followed by a pot-luck dinner. The service will be geared towards first graders and younger. Please RSVP to the office and let us know what pot-luck dish you will bring. I look forward to seeing you there!
Shalom, Rabbi Darby
JRF NY/NJ Evening of Celebration Honoring Linda Jum & Ellen Kolba
03/08/2010 - 7:00pm
Eldridge Street Synagogue on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Enjoy a concert of World Jewish music which spans cultures and continents with Avram Pengas.The night will honor leaders of our congregations, the Reconstructionist movement, and the global community with the Moreh Derech Award for "The Ones Who Show Us the Path." Those honored include BK's own Ellen Kolba and Linda C Jum. Linda will be honored with the Yehudit Award for Creativity and Service.
Celebrate by Sponsoring a Kiddush!!!
Volunteering to sponsor a Kiddush has never been so easy, musical (really) and fun. Check out the new website, www.bkkp.info. It has everything you need to make a successful Kiddush, including:
"BK KIDDUSH FOR SHMENDRICKS"; a calendar which shows the available dates; and an easy to complete online request form.
Don't forget to click on the Blog, which has a delightful posting entitled, "What's a Kiddush Have to do With It?"
"BK KIDDUSH FOR SHMENDRICKS"; a calendar which shows the available dates; and an easy to complete online request form.
Don't forget to click on the Blog, which has a delightful posting entitled, "What's a Kiddush Have to do With It?"
