B’nai Israel is sponsoring a Blood Drive on Monday, August 1st from 3 – 9 pm. Please sign up for a time that’s convenient for you. There is always a shortage of blood during the summer months and the blood banks are always in dire need of donors. Your donation now is critically important. Please [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Community'
Blood Drive: August 1, 2011
July 10th, 2011 · Comments Off · At The Temple, Community, Donations, Social Action
Starting Fresh for the New Year 5771
September 4th, 2010 · Comments Off · Community
As I sit and enjoy the beautiful sunshine after the small rainshower that was Hurricane Earl, I thought what better time could there be to organize all of my projects and tasks lists. It just happens to also be Labor Day weekend, so I have an extra day to do this! One of those projects is [...]
Tags:Blog·Communication
Earth Day: Greening Reform Judaism
April 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Community, Jewish Living, Social Action
Do you have any ideas regarding how B’nai Israel could become more green? Click below to post your comments. One generation goes and another generation comes; but the Earth remains forever. (Kohelet 1:4) Greening Reform Judaism endeavors to promote an awareness of environmental considerations and environmentally responsible acts by integrating Jewish values, learning and actions [...]
Tags:Environment
Rabbi Moss: Spiritual Life
April 16th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Community, Jewish Living, Shabbat
As many of you know I have always lived a spiritual life. Throughout my life I have adopted and adapted spiritual practices to my personal prayer experience including meditation, contemplation, and visualization techniques. Over the years I have brought these techniques to B’nai Israel. I would love to know what programs over the years you [...]
Tags:Judaism·Shabbat·Spirituality
Guest Blogger, Stacey Zurbaran: I am a Volunteer…
April 12th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Community, Fundraising
I am a volunteer. I started volunteering for the Ducks Games last year. This year I am helping Lloyd Levine with raising troops for the effort. For those of you who are not familiar with our Ducks Fundraising…read ahead. The Long Island Ducks are a minor league baseball team and they play in Central Islip [...]
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What do they want?
April 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Community, Jewish Living, Social Action, Youth & Family
There was a great article in the New York Jewish Week by Gary Rosenblatt on 3/24/2010 which I read just before Passover. I suggest that you take a few moments to click here and read the article. The passage that jumped out at me was “We seem to be trying to convince younger Jews that [...]
Tags:Judaism·Membership
Volunteer Experiences
February 10th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Community
On April 23, 2010 we will be honoring all of our B’nai Israel Volunteers during the Shabbat Service at 8:00 pm. There are so many, from kids to adults, who volunteer their time throughout the year and it is truly appreciated. We could not do all we do without YOU! We would love to hear [...]