Hood Huggers Tour
Friday, May 19, 1:00pm
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One Light
Sunday, May 28, 11:00am
Brunch Gala Honoring Caren Kessler, Jay & Marlene Jacoby (Pre-registration required)
Friday Night Shabbat & Potluck
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Friday, May 12, 6:00pm
Join Josefa Briant in welcoming Shabbat.
Shavu'ot Breakfast Study
Friday, May 26, 9:30am
Rabbi Mitch will lead a learning session at 9:30am followed by abbreviated services at 10:15am.
Shavuot Art Show
May 26-27th, CBI Social Hall
CBI display of 10 pieces of collaborative artwork representing our "collective revelation" at Mount Sinai.
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Baking Club
Fridays noon - 2:00pm
Join Tikva Wolf in the CBI kitchen. RSVP is required each week.
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Rabbi Mitch Levine
Rabbi Mitch Levine: Office phone (828) 252-9024, email rabbi@bethisraelnc.org
CBI is thrilled to have Rabbi Mitchell Levine as our spiritual leader. Rabbi Levine started on July 1, 2021. He and his wife Alison, also a Jewish educator by profession, moved to Asheville from Columbus, Ohio. Rabbi Levine has had a rich and diverse career as both a pulpit rabbi and Jewish educator. Born and raised in Raleigh, Rabbi Levine most recently served as Rabbi of Agudas Achim in Bexley Ohio, a position he held for 10 years. Prior to that, he served as the Rabbi at Beth Sholom in Providence, RI where he also served as rabbinic associate at Brown University Hillel and taught at the Providence Hebrew Day School and New England Academy of Torah High School. In addition, he has studied at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Learning, the Jewish Theological Seminary, Harvard Jewish Theological Seminary, the reconstructionist Rabbinical College, and was a Fellow at the Day School Leadership Training Institute of the Jewish Theological Seminary.
CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL An Independent Jewish Community invites you to participate in a June Artist-in-Residence 2 1/2 day Workshop
Multimedia Journal & Collage With Patty Pape Mixed Media Art Journal & Collage
We’ll make our own hardcover art journal, covered with decorative paper that we’ve made in class. We’ll use various mixed media techniques to add artwork to our journal, including mono-printing, collage, and image transfers. You’ll leave with a handmade art journal with plenty of blank pages to continue your mixed media adventures. Whether you are a beginning artist who wants to learn the fundamentals of mixed media or an experienced artist who wants to learn new techniques, this is a fun and productive workshop for everyone.
BIO Patty spent her work career in the corporate telecommunications world. After retiring, she and her husband relocated to Winston-Salem, NC to become active grandparents. Patty started taking drawing, painting, and printmaking classes at The Sawtooth School for Visual Art, and quickly became immersed in mixed media.
Patty has an obsession with paper, paste, and art supplies which she now uses to focus primarily on acrylic painting, collage, and art journaling. She loves to share her techniques with others and continues to learn from everyone around her.
WORKSHOP DETAILS LOCATION: Congregation Beth Israel • 229 Murdock Avenue, Asheville, NC 28804 DATES: Tuesday, June 6, 2023 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm June 7 & 8 • 9:30 am—5:00 pm
REGISTRATION: Early Bird $200 By May 1, 2023 May 2 to June 1 $225
Mail check payable to: Congregation Beth Israel (CBI) 229 Murdock Avenue Asheville, NC 28804. Please include your name, address, email, cell phone. OR, Follow this handy link for online payment https://www.iatspayments.com/saaura/PA9D774D1942B59637 For registration questions, call CBI office 828-252-8660, or email admin@bethisraelnc.org
A vegetarian lunch will be provided daily. Coffee, tea, and water available throughout each day. Participants may bring snacks to share. No meat may be brought into the synagogue.
CANCELLATION POLICY: Cancellations made prior to MAY 1 are refundable, less a $50 administrative charge. Cancellations made up until May 15 are eligible for a 50% refund. Cancellations made after May 25 are non-refundable, however the registration can be transferred to a donation to the synagogue.
Current COVID-19 policy will be followed based on recommended CDC guidelines at the time. Social distancing will be possible. Each artist will be seated at an individual table.
For questions regarding this workshop, please call organizer, Sally Gooze 828-772-0222.
CBI Baking Club Fridays, noon – 2:00pm
We usually meet Fridays at noon in the CBI kitchen. Let’s share recipes and have a blast together! RSVP to Tikva for more info: weeteawolf@gmail.com or text (919)-5-TIKVAH
FRIDAY NOON STUDY GROUP JUNE 2 12-1
This Friday, June 2, we will take up one minor loose end from our discussion on May 19 –“Is Evil Necessary?”–and then discuss the opening chapter of Part 3, “Higher Awareness,” of God is a Verb (pp. 165-185), which focuses on “The Mystical Chariot” and the paths it engenders.
Our discussion group meets via Zoom every Friday from 12-1 (see the CBI web site or weekly announcements for a Zoom link). All are welcome to join us, regardless of their level of expertise or attendance at previous Friday study group sessions. Copies of Cooper’s book are available at a variety of internet outlets where one might be able to access the text as a PDF. If you have questions, please contact Jay Jacoby at jbjacoby@uncc.edu .
Join us for Shabbat morning services in-person or via Zoom every Saturday morning at 9:30am.
Join the Zoom service by going to Our Virtual Community page here, then scroll down and click on the blue Saturday Morning Service button.