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Temple Beth Israel is a Reform Jewish Congregation that welcomes worshipers from the Greater Jackson and Southern Mid-Michigan area.

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Be Part of Temple History

Sunday, 06 November 2011 10:38 Written by Nancy Demeter

Next year marks TBI's 150th anniversary, and to celebrate this milestone, we are producing a DVD that commemorates the Temple and Jackson's Jewish community. The proceeds from the sale of the DVD will go toward our Torah Repair Fund. If you have home movies, photographs,newspaper clippings, or voice recordings of TBI events that you'd be willing to share, let us know and we'll arrange to have them copied onto the DVD. Please contact Nancy Demeter by December 7, 2011 to add your memories to TBI's history.

Of course, we will need help to organize and catalog all these historical records. Our last 150+ years will help us move forward with our next 150+ years.

Since our Sunday mornings are boring, with no more bake sale workshops, let's get together during religious school to sort through all these historical papers and photos, as we make plans for a more permanent historic record.

We will plan two Sunday morning a month in December, January, February, and March. Watch your Temple Voice for details.

-Nancy Demeter

URJ Blog

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    by Benjamin J. Dubin Some 35 years ago my wife, Esther, gave birth to an adorable girl, Rachel. It was not until Rachel was three that we knew she had a hearing loss. Then, at the age of five, Rachel lost all her residual hearing. Esther, a coronary care nurse, took a break in her career to be with Rachel and to be her ears when necessary. Together the three of us advocated for the deaf and hard of hearing:  Rachel testified before the United States Congress beginning at age eleven while Esther and I were involved in local and national disability groups.  Everything was going well.  Esther returned to nursing when Rachel was in her mid-teens and Rachel, despite her profound deafness, graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Goucher College with a major political science and a minor in Russian language and earned a masters degree from George Washington University. [...]
  • Rosh Chodesh: Marking Time with Friends
    By Wendy Grinberg Back when I lived in Atlanta, my single girlfriends and I would get together for Rosh Chodesh celebrations. It was a wonderful time to get together, devote time to one another, acknowledge our spiritual and psychological growth and challenges, and just show each other some love and support. This celebration of the new Jewish month was revived by Jewish women groups in the ‘70s, based on the traditional association of women with Rosh Chodesh. We are commanded to celebrate the new moon in Exodus 12:2, right before the Israelites leave Egypt. A text in Pirkei D’Rabi Eliezar explains that women did not give their jewelry for the creation of the Golden Calf, and so were rewarded with the observance of Rosh Chodesh (Chapter 45). The actual celebration is hardly mandated, so there is a lot of room for creativity in designing a ritual celebration. I used to [...]

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Our Contact Information

Address:
801 West Michigan Ave
Jackson, MI 40202

Primary Phone:
(517) 784-3862

Co-President Steve Berman's Cell:
(517) 206-1177