Summer 2020: Schedule of Upcoming Services
The Synagogue is closed until further notice due to the Coronavirus and we cannot hold services in the Shul. But we can gather together on line. We will use the Zoom program to hold our on line services and the Rabbi's Torah study. Please go to https://zoom.us/ and sign up for the free service. If you have a camera and a microphone on your computer or if you sign on using your smart phone you will be able to both see and hear, and be seen and heard.
Shabbat Zoom service, every Friday starts at 6:00 pm. Recurs weekly
SERVICES
Friday, at 6 p.m. Shabbat Evening Service.
Sunday, at 10 a.m. Rabbi's Torah Study and Lecture.
Please see the Beth Shalom Weekly Email Announcements for Zoom Meeting Details
When In-Person Services Resume, Our Normal Schedule is as Follows:
FRIDAY Shabbat Services start at 7:30 pm. Friday Night Live Shabbat Services start at 7:00 pm.
SATURDAY Morning at 10 am Rabbi Markowitz offers a wonderful Torah study on the Torah portion of the week.
This is followed by a kiddush. All are
welcome! Once per month (please see calendar) we have a Shabbat morning service with Flo Miller chanting Torah.
Please see the calendar for a more detailed worship schedule. Please note that the service schedule is subject to change. Check Thursday's Beth Shalom email announcements for the most current information.
For membership information, please call 518-371-0608.
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If you would be interested in attending a Sunday morning lecture in the future on the topic:
"THE JEWISH VIEW ON GENDER DIFFERENCES BASED ON THE TEACHINGS OF TORAH, KABBALA AND RECENT MEDICAL GENETIC RESEARCH”
Please let the Rabbi know.
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CEMETERY UPDATE
Just a quick update to let you know that Beth Shalom has received a new bronze cemetery plaque that will be placed on the gate leading into our Beth Shalom cemetery. This plaque is important to our cemetery because there are no other visible signs stating where we are located.
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Please Visit our Calendar for All the Upcoming Events
Do you have a special event coming up that you would like to share with your family, friends, and synagogue family? Why not sponsor an Oneg or Kiddush? Sponsoring a kiddush is honoring, celebrating, memorializing, and congratulating any individual/s or event. A kiddush is a wonderful way to bring people together and begin to celebrate the Sabbath too. For more information you can call the synagogue office and speak to Jackie at (518) 371-0608 or call Linda Russell at (518) 371-3641.
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Recent Happenings at Beth Shalom
Beth Shalom's annual Congregational meeting was held June 11, 2020 via Zoom. A new Executive Board and Board of Trustees was elected effective July 1, 2020. In addition, a new synagogue budget was approved.
April - July, 2020 - Rabbi Markowitz conducting Congregation Beth Shalom erev Shabbat services via "Zoom." Click on photo to expand.
"Off-site Dinner" - March 3, 2020
Good food, good drinks and best of all, good friends at our "off-site dinner" in Boynton Beach, FL!
Welcome to Beth Shalom
Welcome to Beth Shalom! Serving Southern Saratoga County for the last 45 years, we are so excited to welcome you into our building, services, and synagogue family. While our unique membership comes from all branches of Judaism, we lean towards liberal Conservative practices and embrace interfaith, LGBTQA, and all our diverse friends and families. Have a question? Our rabbi and members are here to help. Poke around our website to learn more about us and contact us today so we can learn more about you! We are so glad you are here and can't wait to greet you in person!
Message from Board of Rabbis
Mourning the Senseless Killing of George Floyd
Our Jewish Community is grief-stricken. We stand in solidarity with our black brothers and sisters in the Jewish community and beyond, as we all mourn the violent death of George Floyd. Our community rejects racism and bigotry in all its forms in our society.
Along with Civil Rights leaders, local officials, and other religious leaders, we express our respect and empathy for every human being as we are taught that each person is created B’Tzelem Elohim [in the sacred image of God]. We renew our commitment to pursue justice and to work together for meaningful and lasting systemic change.
Our tradition teaches: “Do not stand idly by while your neighbor bleeds” [Leviticus 19:16]. Therefore, we will uphold our responsibility to work alongside our neighbors to build a more equitable, caring, and just world.
Capital District Board of Rabbis
Jewish Family Services of Northeastern New York
Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York
Congregation Beth Shalom [email protected] (518) 371-0608 Rabbi Dr. Chanan Markowitz
688 Clifton Park Center Road President Lewis Morrison
Clifton Park, NY 12065