Kabbalat Bluegrass Shabbat with Doni Zasloff & Eric Lindberg
Nefesh Mountain, a band that fuses Bluegrass, Celtic and Jewish traditions just finished recording a terrific album in Nashville's famous Emporium Studios, and is bringing their sound for a special Kabbalat Shabbat at BK.
Start at 5:45, end around 6:45 at BK, dinner for teens after. Please note this event is for teens-only (no kids under 13).
Bring your instrument - banjo's, ukeleles, drums, mandolin's, voices, dombro's or just your ears and appetitie and join us. A light teen-only meal will follow.
Join us after the Bluegrass Kabbalat Shabbat, at 8:30PM on Friday, March 13th for a Friday Night Chavurah featuring congregant David Weinstein telling the story of his secret mission to the former Soviet Union as a 22 year old in 1987. Click for more information.
Our Schedule
We mourn the loss of Linda Jum
The funeral service will be at Bnai Keshet on Wednesday, March 11th, at 11 am
Shiva for Linda will be at home of Jody Hopen (136 Tudor Oval, Westfield NJ 07090), as follows:
Thursday, 3/12 at 6:30pm,
Saturday 3/14 at 7:30pm; and,
Sunday 3/15 at 6:30pm.
Wednesday, March 11 (Adar 20)
8:00a Meditation Minyan
11:00a Memorial Service for Linda Jum
4:15p Bet Midrash (3rd,4th,5th Grades)
7:30p Race, Justice and Liberation - An Interfaith Bible Study Series -
AT UNION BAPTIST CHURCH
Subject: Toward a Biblical Understanding of Justice Facilitator: Rev. Jevon Caldwell-Gross, Senior Pastor, St. Mark’s United Methodist Church
8:00p Israel Through the Eyes of Israeli Literature
Read: Side by Side: Parallel Histories of Israel-Palestine (March 11, 18, 25)
Thursday, March 12 (Adar 21)
7:30p Mindfulness in a Jewish Context
Shabbat, March 14: Vayakhel-Pekudei (Adar 23)
9:00a Bet Midrash
9:00a Torah Study with Jessica Siegel
9:00a Introduction to Judiasm
9:00a Chanting with Melissa Schaffer
BK member Doris Zeger is raising funds in memory of her uncle, Jeff (Friedlander), who was a longtime Bnai Keshet member and passed away this past October of a rare and aggressive form of prostate cancer. Doris joined her cousin Steven's Cycle for Survival team. Cycle for Survival raises money for Memorial Sloane Kettering, where 100% of the donations go to the research of rare cancers. Click here to donate.
FLORY’S FLAME AT THE GARDEN STATE FILM FESTIVAL Sunday, March 22. See the documentary Flory’s Flame – The Story of Judeo-Spanish Musician Flory Jagoda and Her Celebration Concert at the Resorts Hotel
Join us on March 21st for an Artist in Residence weekend with Gabriel Meyer Halevy, a pioneer of Hebrew sacred music. Click for more information and times.
9:00 AM - 10:00 AMGabriel Meyer will spend an hour with our Bet Midrash youth talking about his experiences in interfaith peace efforts and teaching new music.
10:00 AM - 12:00 PMJoin us for rousing musical services with Hallel with Gabriel Meyer HaLevy including a d'var Torah on the topic of Rosh Chodesh Nisan.
12:30 PM - 2:30 PMSacred Music Playshop An experiential Journey of awakening, healing & creativity of your essential & true voice through song, chant, movement, deep listening, sacred sound & interactive meditations inspiring the Divine beauty within us and around us.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PMStories and Songs Journey with Gabriel from intimate transparency to ecstatic bliss as he shares sacred, original & healing heart songs - multilingual & world fusion music - spiced up by stories of his nomadic experiences.
