Benefits of Membership
- Access to all services provided by the Rabbi:
- Pastoral counseling, visits, and consultations for all concerns
- Officiating at life-cycle celebrations and events from birth to grave, both at Beth Israel and off-site, including all related preparatory conversations and activities
- Educational opportunities to study informally or formally, privately or in conjunction with Adult Education or Spiritual Life Committee programs
- Working with families, teens, and children in conjunction with the Religious School and Teen programs and as part of the b'nei-mitzvah preparation process
- Visits, meals, and appropriate services, such as chevra kaddisha, during times of illness or bereavement
- Tickets to all High Holiday services at no extra cost
- Reduced fees for your children's enrollment in Bet Sefer and Hebrew classes
- Minyan Katan and Junior Congregation for your child
- Periodic mailings of materials pertaining to Beth Israel
- Rental of the facility at a reduced rate
- Inclusion of your professional information in the Membership Directory to facilitate networking within the community
- Reminders of all yahrzeits
- Announcement of your loved ones' names before kaddish is recited on the Shabbat preceding the yahrzeit
- Inclusion of appropriate names in the High Holidays Yizkor book.
- Participation in the annual membership picnic
- Voting privileges at the annual congregational meeting in June to elect officers and approve amendments to the Bylaws.
- Full access to our web site with information about adult education programs, holidays celebrations, service times, and all other Shul activities
