On the Calendar
February 23
Rosh Chodesh Adar
Starts: 12:00 am
Ends: 12:00 am, February 24
February 24
Rosh Chodesh Adar
Starts: 12:00 am
Ends: 12:00 am, February 25
Candle lighting
Starts: 5:09 pm
Ends: 5:27 pm, February 24
February 25
Parashat Terumah
Starts: 12:00 am
Ends: 12:00 am, February 26
Havdalah (72 min)
Starts: 6:41 pm
Ends: 6:42 pm, February 25
News from the BHC Family
Sydney Fuerstman
This Shabbat Sydney Fuerstman received her first siddur (prayer book) from her congregation Temple Beth El in Charlotte, NC. The gift marks the beginning of her studies toward being called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah. Sydney is 9 … Continue reading
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110 Trees Planted in Israel WE DID IT!
THANK YOU ONE AND ALL!
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THE GREEN GOAL IS IN SIGHT!
Last year on Tu Bishvat BHC initiated a challenge to plant 100 trees in Israel. The effort came in the wake of the worst fire in Israel’s history which occurred on December 2, 2010 in the Carmel Mountains near Haifa. … Continue reading
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Beit Sefer News
Beit Sefer at BHC just finished a wonderful fall season. Harper Champney, Ada Cowan, Abigail Freidman, and Yonah Friedman met with their teachers, Shira Linowes and Rachael Moss Sunday mornings for the past few months. Parents and grandparents were on … Continue reading
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Yiddish Anyone?!
I began an online Yiddish course about a month ago and am having a great time working a bisl and remembering gornisht. The course is very inexpensive and the website is very user friendly. A few of our members are … Continue reading
Bethlehem Celebrates with New Hanukkah Menorah
The town of Bethlehem, NH was founded on Christmas Day, 1799. For more than 100 years Jews have come to Bethlehem during the summer and fall months to enjoy the clean air and beautiful scenery but until fairly recently few … Continue reading
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One of the Oldest Jewish Communities in the Americas: Suriname
Last week’s travels did not take me to Suriname on the coast of South America but to a conference at the Israel Museum here in Jerusalem. The conference was the 12th Annual Conference on Dutch Jewry and convened the museum … Continue reading
Beit Sefer Fall Session
Sound the shofar! Beit Sefer Katon is well under way this fall with Shira Linowes and Rachael Moss teaching our BHC younsters Sunday mornings from 10 – 12. Students are learning Hebrew, Tanach (Bible), morning prayers and more. For information … Continue reading
Shabbat September 2-3
Shira’s Bat Mitzvah Speech My Torah portion is about the Levites and their role in Israel and the Jewish religion. God tells the Jews “For the Lord, your God, has chosen him [the Levite] out of all your tribes, to … Continue reading
