“Therefore choose life,
that you and your children may live”

— Deuteronomy 30:19

The core mission of Congregation Beth Am is to create a vibrant Reform Jewish community committed to...

Pursue Justice All Year Long!

Learn more about social action and social justice opportunities at Beth Am, the work of our Tzedek Council and more!

Click HERE for current Tzedek projects.

Volunteer at our next Urban Ministry of Palo Alto (UMPA) soup kitchen on Sunday, June 21. Click HERE for more information.

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To subscribe to Beth Am's weekly e-mail newsletter, Menschlink, send an e-mail to Emily Osterman.

Click here to send an email to submit items for inclusion in our electronic or print newsletter,

Beth Am Invites Your Family to Join Gan Ami!

Congregation Beth Am's Gan Ami Program is a collaboration with the Tenna Preschool of the Albert L. Schultz Jewish Community Center. It is partly funded by the Jewish Community Endowment Fund of the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties.

Gan Ami is a nurturing, play-based early childhood education program with a deep, joyous commitment to Reform Judaism.

2009-2010 Enrollment Applications will be accepted from January 25 – June 15, 2009

[Gan Ami Program Information ]

Check out the new Books in the Library

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Experience Shabbat at Beth Am

Start Shabbat morning with a little schmoozing over bagels and coffee, followed by Torah study. Spend the afternoon viewing a film or discussing a topic of Jewish interest. [More info]

Everyday Purchases - Extraordinary Results

Support Beth Am at no cost to you! eScrip donations are easy when you use your Safeway Club card, credits cards & more [More info]. Cell Phone Recycling [More info].

July Tzedakah will support

Be'er-Sova , who provide a special family evening for at-risk families in Be'er Sheva, an Israeli city in the Negev desert. 

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If you plan to make an on-line purchase, please consider linking to Amazon.com here. Doing so generates a small payment to the congregation at no cost to you. Congregation Beth Am also encourages your patronage of local independent booksellers.

Congregation Beth Am is a proud member of URJ - Union for Reform Judaism

Upcoming Events
July 2009
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Thurs., July 2

8:00 am - Thursday Morning Minyan

Fri., July 3

Office Closed for Independence Day

6:15 pm - Shabbat Sevice - Outdoor Chapel

Sat., July 4

8:30 am - Bagels & Coffee (NOTE NEW TIME)

9:00 am - Torah Study (NOTE NEW TIME)

10:30 am - Shabbat Service

10:30 am - Lay-Led Minyan

Event Highlights & Information

The eBuilder, Beth Am's electronic newsletter is online.  Click HERE for up-to-date information. Let us know what you think. Don’t be shy!  Send your thoughts to ebuilderfeedback@betham.org.

Rabbi Marder's 10th Anniversary Celebration - May 29, 2009--Enjoy Rabbi Shelly Marder: On Rabbinic Leadership: A Sermon in Honor of Rabbi Janet Marder's 10th Anniversary at Congregation Beth Am and Betsy and Rachel Marder: A Tribute to Our Mom; and Rabbi Janet Marder - [CLICK HERE TO LISTEN ]

To read Rabbi Marder's Speech Sunday evening, May 31, 2009, CLICK HERE.

To view photos from the Anniversary Gala dinner, CLICK HERE. To order photos, select the image number and email the photographer directly at leon@leonbrauer.com.


Read Rabbi Marder's Vision for the Congregation Delivered at the Annual Meeting April 19, 2009! Click HERE.


Confirmation 5769 - Enjoy Listening to Our Confirmation Speeches! [More Info]

Asilomar Retreat - Friday - Sunday, July 24-26, 2009, Asilomar Conference Center, Monterey, CA - Two Rooms Now Available!

Congregation Beth Am invites you to spend a relaxing, inspiring and educational weekend on the Monterey Peninsula. This weekend is a great opportunity to meet and study with our new assistant rabbi, Rabbi Adam Rosenwasser. Click HERE to sign up. [More Info]


Help our Congregation in Poltava - Click HERE to Order a 10th Anniversary Commemorative Coffee Mug

Buy Fair Trade Coffee [More Info]

A Time of Crisis:  Sudden Job Loss, a publication of Jewish Family and Childrens Services provides helpful information and resources for those faced with unexpected loss of a job. Click HERE to download the publication.

Ultimate concerns? Food for Thought?   Click here!

Visit Israel!

NFTY in Israel - Two NEW Programs this summer! [More Info]

ACC Announces New Website Learning Opportunities for Congregations

ACC announces their new website along with the addition of a new section: Notes Worth Knowing! [More Info]

Kabbalat Shabbat CD -   Click here to view lyrics.

Volunteers Needed at Urban Ministry of Palo Alto!

Our UMPA soup kitchen crew needs interested volunteers as well as B’nai Mitzvah families to join with other families and friends to prepare and serve the Sunday meal to our homeless neighbors in Menlo Park. Save these dates:   [More Info]

Help a child learn to read! Jewish Coalition of Literacy For more information, call Jennifer Advani at 650/940-1229.

Introducing Chicken Soupers - a New Social Action Opportunity in partnership with Jewish Family and Childrens Services (JFCS)

Once a month help prepare dinner for homebound members of our community with chronic illness that limits their mobility. Come help us cook, pack up the meals or deliver them to our grateful recipients! Families and chavurot welcome! Appropriate for children, teenagers and adults!
 

2009 Dates:  9/13; 10/18; 11/15; 12/20

2010 Dates:   1/17; 2/21; 3/21; 4/18; 5/16; 6/13


Interested in helping out?  Contact Sofia Zaslavsky.

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Congregation Beth Am
26790 Arastradero Rd
Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
Phone: 650-493-4661
Fax: 650-494-8248
Email: Info@betham.org