Upcoming Services
May 3, 7:30 Zoom - Jacqueline Rokotnitz,
Reflections of a Soldier in Gaza
May 5, 3:30 St. Philip’s Episcopal Church
Geoffrey Levin, “Strangers in the land
of Egypt or Subjects of King David:
Dilemmas of 20th Century American
Jews.”
May 12, 7:30 Zoom
May 19, 7:30 Zoom
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Shabbat
This week we read Parashat Achrei Mot/ פָּרָשַׁת אַחֲרֵי מוֹת: Leviticus 16:1-18:30.
Achrei Mot (“After the Death”) describes the ritual service of Yom Kippur, laws about eating animal blood and about forbidden sexual relations. Howard will deliver the Dvar Torah.
President's Message
For months we have been glued to our televisions trying to understand the unsettling events that began on October 7th. This weekend we will examine this in detail beginning with our Shabbat service when Jacqueline Rokotnitz will describe the thoughts of her soldier grandson who is serving in Gaza.
On Sunday afternoon at St. Phillips Episcopal Church at 3:30, in the second talk in our lecture series, “Strangers in the Land of Egypt or Subjects of King David: Dilemmas of 20th Century American Jews,” Prof. Geoffrey Levin of Emory University will describe the reactions of American Jewry to Zionism and the State of Israel from the 1940s to the 1970s. At 2:00, he will discuss the war in Gaza in the larger perspective. The formal talk is open to the public but the talk on Gaza is only open to the BJC membership and a select group from St. Philip’s.
Weekly Shabbat Service
It is good to enter into the spirit of the Sabbath, a time in which our personal concerns drop away for a few hours and we get a sense of the larger meaning of life and fellowship.
Our services last about an hour. They include interactive songs and readings, usually supplemented by a lively discussion on important subjects. Often we invite significant and challenging speakers from within and outside our community.
Friday Services
Friday nights at 7:30pm
Come join us at 7:30 p.m. in the Social Hall at Sacred Heart Catholic Church (in Brevard, NC off the Asheville Highway at 100 Brian Berg Ln.) or via Zoom.
Holiday Services
Rosh Hashanah
Yom Kippur
Passover
Hanukkah
Please enjoy a video of the Dec. 18, 2022 Hanukkah program.
Here's the Dec. 10, 2023 Hanukkah program!
(it's okay that it says Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd)
Rosh Hashanah
Hanukkah
