Shabbat
07/22/2019 01:44:47 PM
In Judaism, there is one holiday that occurs every week and this is Shabbat. It occurs on the seventh day of the week and is modeled after a biblical commandment: “ Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of Adonai your God (Exodus 20:9-10). Shabbat is the only holiday mentioned in the Ten Commandments. Following the Jewish calendar, Shabbat begins at sunset Friday evening and...Read more...
Reform Judaism
05/20/2019 02:32:02 PM
Many people simplistically tend to think of Reform Judaism as just a watered down “less religious” form of Orthodox or Conservative Judaism. This is hardly the case. Reform Judaism, which was fathered by Moses Mendelsohn, has its origins in Germany in the early 1800s as a response to the German and French Enlightenment of the 1700s. Jews had always lived in segregated communities throughout Europe, ineligible...Read more...
Intro to the Ritual Committee Blog
05/15/2019 10:48:47 AM
The Ritual Committee consists of several congregants and functions as an advisory committee to the clergy. Our main goal is to make Jewish Ritual meaningful and accessible to the diverse members of our congregation.
As part of our mission, we will be writing posts about Reform Judaism, holidays, and other rituals as they relate to Jewish tradition and to the “minhag” (customs) at TINW.
If any of the upcoming blog...Read more...
Wed, August 21 2019
20 Av 5779
TINW Happenings
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Babkas & More!
Monday, Aug 26th 12:00am
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Community Shabbat Dinner
Friday, Aug 30th 7:00pm to 9:00pm
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Back to School Breakfast Schmooze Sponsored by Brotherhood/Sisterhood
Sunday, Sep 8th 9:20am to 11:30am
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GaGa and Games for 6th and 7th graders
Wednesday, Sep 11th 4:30pm to 6:00pm
