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August 19, 2025
Every year before Thanksgiving, Beth El shares an Interfaith Thanksgiving Service with the Bethesda United Methodist Church, our neighbors across the street. This year, we will also be joined by …
August 18, 2025
How can sacred texts that once fueled division become sources of healing and respect? Join Rabbi Megdal and Dr. Heather Miller Rubens for a powerful conversation on the Jewish value …
November 17, 2021
We are excitedly preparing for Interfaith Thanksgiving this Tuesday, November 23, 7:30pm, at Bethesda United Methodist Church (BUMC). The evening will be filled with blessings of gratitude, teaching, and music. …
February 7, 2020
(This blog was written in Tirana, Albania but could not be posted till I returned.) Albania was never on my travel bucket list yet here I sit at a cafe …
January 31, 2020
This is the fifth week of the month and allows for another outside blog. I am focusing this week’s blog on the relentless scourge of anti-semitism. The hatred of the …
November 1, 2018
I am proud to be Jewish, even in these difficult days. In these past days, I have cried with people and sometimes hugged when words felt inadequate. Rabbi Werbin, Hazzan …
October 5, 2018
During the High Holidays, I enjoy looking at the kahal (community) gathered. I clearly recall how I felt during my first Rosh Hashana at Beth El and how many strangers …
March 16, 2018
Thoughts and Prayers aren’t enough, but we do need healing and we do need hope. We are extraordinarily proud to support the March For Our Lives that will come to …
