The Torah of Civil Discourse (In Person)
- Adult Learning
Join us as we explore lessons the weekly Torah portion teaches us about engaging in civil discourse.
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Welcome the Stranger in the TBE Sukkah (Outdoors)
- Community Engagement
We will welcome TBE families and new immigrants, many now US citizens, to our sukkah.
Read “James” with Us: A RJI Community Read Event (In Person)
- Community Engagement
Join RJI's community read of Percival Everett's "James"—a bold retelling of Huck Finn from Jim's perspective. Moderated by Susan Jane.
Becoming an Ally & DEI Champion | A Conversation with Colette Phillips (Hybrid)
- Community Engagement
Learn from Colette Philips and explore the intersections of antisemitism and antiracism work.
Preconceived—The Unexpected World of Crisis Pregnancy Centers | Documentary & Conversation with Director (In Person)
- Community Engagement
Discover the truth behind crisis pregnancy centers in the documentary 'Preconceived'. Join director Sabrine Keane for a revealing post-film discussion!
“The Barber of Little Rock” Film Screening and Interview with Executive Producer (In Person)
- Community Engagement
Hear from TBE congregant Ian Cohen, who will share his experience in the creation and celebration of his Oscar-nominated documentary, "The Barber of Little Rock."
Civil Rights Journey Information Session (Online)
- Community Engagement
Join us for this informational session about the Racial Justice Initiative’s exploration of the Civil Rights Movement, and particularly the Jewish community’s responses (then and now).
Tour of Old Jewish Boston and Why We Left (In Person)
- Community Engagement
Join Lew Finfer, long-time community organizer and co-chair of the Boston Desegregation and Busing Initiative 50th Anniversary Committee, for a tour that will include historical highlights of the 60s and 70s Civil Rights Movement in Boston.
Green Team Meeting (Hybrid)
- Community Engagement
Join our Green Team in planning to ensure our building and community are environmentally sound and sustainable.
Plant with Eretz and Make Your Own Herb Garden (In Person)
- Community Engagement
Plant the Eretz herb garden in front of TBE. Kids can plant seeds in their own egg-carton pots to bring home!
Let My People Read Campaign (Online)
- Community Engagement
A fundraiser to purchase books for students and families in Tulsa, OK, which has enacted restrictions on access to books and learning.
Green Team Earth Day Project (In Person)
- Community Engagement
Join the Green Team in the important earth day activity of clearing invasive plants with Wellesley Conservation Land Trust.
Collection to Help Us Garden (In Person)
- Community Engagement
Please bring in cardboard egg cartons and gardening tools for Eretz to plant their garden in front of TBE and allow students to plant their own gardens to bring home!
RJI Quarterly: Eyewitness Testimonials of Desegregation and Busing (Hybrid)
- Community Engagement
Join us to mark the 50th anniversary of the Desegregation of Boston Public Schools (BPS) and Judge Garrity's 1974 order to integrate the schools by busing students.
Transformation 101: College Behind Bars Mentoring (Hybrid)
- Community Engagement
Join us for this spotlight on Emerson College’s life-changing bachelor’s degree program for individuals incarcerated in Massachusetts State Prison, and learn about opportunities to mentor incarcerated students.
End The Silence with Hadassah (In Person)
- Community Engagement
To make this campaign a monumental success, we need your help! Come to TBE for bagels, coffee, and to make a video to join in with the Hadassah campaign.
Community Viewing of “The Busing Battleground” (In Person)
- Community Engagement
Join us for a community viewing of the PBS documentary film, The Busing Battleground, which details the decades-long struggles for educational equity.
Green Team Meeting (Hybrid)
- Community Engagement
Join our Green Team in planning to ensure our building and community are environmentally sound and sustainable.
GBIO Housing Justice Action (In Person)
- Community Engagement
Join us and other faith communities to come together and show our power to get housing programs over the finish line after an ambitious three year campaign—add your voice!
Winter Walk to End Homelessness (In Person)
- Community Engagement
The Winter Walk is an initiative that believes ending homelessness is within our reach. Participants, housed and unhoused, will walk shoulder to shoulder and then share a meal together as we hear real stories of Boston’s homeless population.
Reproductive Justice Shabbat Dinner and Program (Hybrid)
- Community Engagement
To commemorate Repro Shabbat, TBE welcomes Sapna Khatri, Director of Attorney General Andrea Campbell’s new Reproductive Justice Unit. RSVP by February 4!
Black Jewish Relations: Then and Now (Online)
- Community Engagement
Please join the RJI to celebrate Black History Month with this important conversation with Rabbi Jonah Pesner, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism.
Adult Learning Tu B’Shevat Shabbat Dinner (In Person)
- Community Engagement
Enjoy a Tu B'Shevat learning experience over (and about!) dinner with the Green Team and Rabbi Harper, followed by communal singing after dinner. RSVP by January 21!
Martin Luther King Jr. Community Service Day (In Person)
- Community Engagement
TBE honors the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a Day of Community Service on his 95th birthday, January 15, 2024. Spend the morning with us!
Canceled: Reflections on our Civil Rights Journey and the Legacy of MLK (Hybrid)
- Community Engagement
This program has been canceled.
Canceled: MLK Commemoration Shabbat Dinner (In Person)
- Community Engagement
This program has been canceled.
Green Team Meeting (Hybrid)
- Community Engagement
Join our Green Team in planning to ensure our building and community are environmentally sound and sustainable.
Eretz Kickoff Meeting (In Person)
- Community Engagement
Please join us for the planning meeting for Eretz, TBE’s family climate change initiative.
RJI Quarterly: The Federal Criminal Justice System From Multiple Angles & Community Chanukah Candle Lighting (Hybrid)
- Community Engagement
Come hear an insider’s perspective when TBE member Josh Levy shares his reflections on his career trajectory and how it influenced him to take on the work of his new position as Acting US Attorney for the District of Massachusetts.
Info Session: Partakers Mentoring Opportunities (Online)
- Community Engagement
The Partakers Mentor Programs match volunteer mentor teams with incarcerated individuals working on their college degrees while in prison and with returning citizens navigating re-entry.
Adult Civil Rights Journey to Atlanta, Montgomery, Birmingham & Selma: This trip is full
- Community Engagement
Join us in the south for a meaningful and educational trip!
Green Team Meeting (Hybrid)
- Community Engagement
Join our Green Team in planning to ensure our building and community are environmentally sound and sustainable.
Reproductive Justice Art Exhibit and Discussion on Black Maternal Health (In Person)
- Community Engagement
Join us for a Deeply Rooted: Faith in Reproductive Justice. This is an ambitious, multidisciplinary exhibition that looks at abortion and reproductive justice through the lens of faith, bringing Jewish feminist artists into dialogue with artists from other faith communities and backgrounds.
Annual Trotter School Holiday Gift Drive
- Community Engagement
The annual Holiday Gift Collection for the 320 students at Grove Hall’s William Monroe Trotter K-6 School is underway!
Tea Time with Senators Creem & Rausch: Reproductive Justice Champions (Hybrid)
- Community Engagement
Tea time with our legislative reproductive justice champions, Senators Cynthia Creem and Becca Rausch.
Jews in the Civil Rights Movement (Hybrid)
- Community Engagement
Join Yoni Kadden as he presents his highly popular class focusing on how we speak about Jews in the Civil Rights Movement.
Info Session: Partakers College Behind Bars Mentoring (Online)
- Community Engagement
This program is for you if you are interested in becoming a College Behind Bars mentor or if you you have questions and would like to learn more about the College Behind Bars or Re-Entry Mentor Programs (there’s no commitment required to attend the training).
A Virtual Tour of MAZON’s New Museum Of Hunger (Online)
- Community Engagement
Join us for a virtual tour of MAZON's new Hunger museum which provides the history over the last 60 years of the problem of hunger, and trying to eradicate hunger, in this country.
Jews in the Civil Rights Movement (Hybrid)
- Community Engagement
Join Yoni Kadden as he presents his highly popular class focusing on how we speak about Jews in the Civil Rights Movement.
Canceled: Eretz: A Family Climate Initiative Kick-off Meeting (In Person)
- Community Engagement
Please join us for the planning meeting for Eretz, TBE’s family climate change initiative. TBE families will strategize, plan, and organize around Climate Action in our broader community.
The Prison-to-College Pipeline Panel (Hybrid)
- Community Engagement
Please join us, after Shabbat services, to welcome several formerly incarcerated people who have participated in College Behind Bars, and the related mentoring program, Partakers.
Jews in the Civil Rights Movement (Hybrid)
- Community Engagement
Join Yoni Kadden as he presents his highly popular class focusing on how we speak about Jews in the Civil Rights Movement.
CASA Invites Your Helping Hands (In Person)
- Community Engagement
YOU can help put healthy organic food on the table for those with needed food assistance.
Racial Justice Initiative Quarterly Meeting (Hybrid)
- Community Engagement
Join us to discuss What's Happening in America Now and Its Impact on the Black and Jewish Communities
Immigration Justice Call to Action (Hybrid)
- Community Engagement
Join us to learn about the new pathways for welcoming immigrants and increasing volunteers for participating and sponsoring new immigrants at risk in home countries.
Green Team Meeting (In Person)
- Community Engagement
Come join the Green Team Meeting for exciting planning opportunities!
Green Team Meeting (Online)
- Community Engagement
Looking to reduce your carbon footprint? Join the Green Team meeting!
An RJI Evening of Celebration & Appreciation (Hybrid)
- Community Engagement
Join us to celebrate the contributions and dedication of our honorees as well as recognize the commitment and engagement of our broader TBE community.
Information Session: Civil Rights Journey to Atlanta, Montgomery, Birmingham & Selma
- Community Engagement
Join us to learn more about upcoming Civil Rights Journey trips!
Engaging in Civil Discourse Guided By Jewish Wisdom (Online)
- Adult Learning
Join with members of our community to explore how we can apply Jewish wisdom to help us engage in respectful, meaningful conversations.
Mother’s Day Walk for Peace (In Person)
- Community Engagement
Join/support the TBE team by donating, fundraising and/or walking, whether on your own or with others.
Family Tikkun Olam Night (In Person)
- Toddler to Teen
Join us Shabbat singing and dancing, followed by a family-friendly dinner, and a Tikkun Olam (repairing the world) activity where we will create pencil cases full of pencils for students in Uganda who are in need!
CANCELED Reducing Their Carbon Footprint: Panel Presentation (Hybrid)
- Community Engagement
Looking to reduce your carbon footprint? Meet with TBE’s Green Team Panelists, a group of TBE Members that have taken the initiative to help the environment.
Partakers Re-Entry Mentor Info Session & Training (Online)
- Community Engagement
Join us and discover if this remarkable volunteer opportunity is right for you!
Let’s Talk About Race & Identity: Family Storytime & Learning Program (In Person)
- Toddler to Teen
Join Cantor Josh and Brave Light Library in a family-friendly experience about race, identity, and justice!
A Special MFA Tour with Curator Ethan Lasser (In Person)
- Community Engagement
Join us for an exclusive tour of the exhibit, Hear Me Now: The Black Potters of Edgefield South Carolina, with the curator, and TBE congregant, Ethan Lasser.
Ceramics Workshop (In Person)
- Community Engagement
In this experiential workshop, participants will learn about and create pottery inspired by the work of Dave The Slave Potter, born in 1801.
An Evening with Ebenezer Baptist Church (Hybrid)
- Community Engagement
Rev. Vaughn’s presentation titled, “We are the ones we have been waiting for” will describe Ebenezer Baptist’s role in demonstrating faith leadership’s importance in the public square, the long-standing partnership with The Temple in Atlanta, and how to reinvigorate the alliance between the Black and Jewish communities.
Eretz: A Family Climate Initiative (In Person)
- Community Engagement
Come join us to talk about Climate Action!
Green Team Earth Day Project (Outdoors)
- Community Engagement
Come celebrate Earth Day by joining The Green Team and Wellesley Natural Resource Commission at Hunnewell Park.
CASA goes to Margaret Fuller Neighborhood House (In Person)
- Community Engagement
Join CASA volunteers to help with unloading food deliveries, organizing and packing up produce for distribution, setting up food stations for patrons to select from, and organizing the storage room.
Green Team Meeting (Online)
- Community Engagement
Looking to reduce your carbon footprint? Join the Green Team meeting!
Engaging in Civil Discourse Guided By Jewish Wisdom (Online)
- Adult Learning
Join with members of our community to explore how we can apply Jewish wisdom to help us engage in respectful, meaningful conversations.
CASA goes to Greater Boston Food Bank Warehouse (In Person)
- Community Engagement
Join CASA leader Ilene Pincus at the GBFB warehouse as we work on the conveyor belt, sorting and bagging donated grocery items for individuals and families in need.
Eretz: Family Climate Change Initiative (In Person)
- Repair the World
Please join us with your families to kick start our intersection of Jewish and Environmental learning and programming together!
Engaging in Civil Discourse Guided By Jewish Wisdom (Online)
- Adult Learning
Join with members of our community to explore how we can apply Jewish wisdom to help us engage in respectful, meaningful conversations.
CASA goes to Margaret Fuller Neighborhood House (In Person)
- Community Engagement
Join CASA volunteers to help with unloading food deliveries, organizing and packing up produce for distribution, setting up food stations for patrons to select from, and organizing the storage room.
Interfaith Learning at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church (In Person)
- Spiritual Practice
Join Rabbi Saphire at St. Andrew's for a fireside potluck dinner and interfaith teaching
RJI Quarterly Meeting: After Incarceration, What’s Next? (Online)
- Community Engagement
Join the Racial Justice Initiative (RJI) for their quarterly meeting!
Dance For Peace (Hybrid)
- Community Engagement
Join us for a fundraising event presented by the TBE Immigration Justice Group and dance students at Bates College
Let All Who are Hungry Come and Eat (Hybrid)
- Community Engagement
Join Rabbi Saphire and congregant and CEO of Lovin’ Spoonfuls, Ashley Stanley for a Passover learning session.
Green Team Meeting (Online)
- Community Engagement
Looking to reduce your carbon footprint? Join the Green Team meeting!
CASA goes to Rosie’s Place (In Person)
- Community Engagement
Please join CASA as we help prepare and serve a delicious lunch at Rosie’s Place, a sanctuary for poor and homeless women in Boston’s South End.
Friday Evening Service, Dinner & Reproductive Justice Panel Presentation (Hybrid)
- Spiritual Practice
Welcome Shabbat in song and prayer followed by dinner and Reproductive Justice panel presentation.
Interfaith Housing Justice Campaign (Online)
- Repair the World
Join TBE with our Interfaith Wellesley congregations for the second GBIO Housing Teach-In given by the Racial Justice Initiative.
2023 Israel Ride Information Session (In Person)
- Community Engagement
Have you ever considered touring Israel... from the seat of a bicycle? Come join the Israel Ride!
Engaging in Civil Discourse Guided By Jewish Wisdom (Online)
- Adult Learning
Join with members of our community to explore how we can apply Jewish wisdom to help us engage in respectful, meaningful conversations.
Housing Justice Campaign Teach-In (Online)
- Community Engagement
Join the Racial Justice Initiative to hear the exciting details of this effort that is focused on public housing, affordable rental and homeownership opportunities, and housing access.
Winter Walk (In Person)
- Community Engagement
The Winter Walk is an initiative that believes ending homelessness is within our reach. The 7th annual Winter Walk in Boston will be held on February 12, 2023.
Green Team Meeting (Online)
- Community Engagement
Looking to reduce your carbon footprint? Join the Green Team meeting!
Yad Chessed Purim Collection (Online)
- Community Engagement
Donate to Yad Chessed to complete one of the Mitzvot for Purim!
Matzah Collection for Family Table (In Person)
- Community Engagement
Support Family Tables Passover collection by donating boxes of Matzah!
Friday Evening Service, HIAS Annual Refugee Shabbat, Dinner & Musical Program (Hybrid)
- Spiritual Practice
Welcome Shabbat in song and prayer.
Chavilat Tipol: Post-Abortion Care Package Project
- Community Engagement
Join TBE’s Reproductive Justice Initiative as they collect items for donation to HealthQ. All donations will be given to women in need of reproductive care.
CASA at Community Servings (In Person)
- Community Engagement
Join members of Community of Adult Social Action (CASA) at Community Servings, an acclaimed organization that makes and delivers scratch-made, medically tailored meals for clients and their families with chronic illnesses.
Guest Speaker Marybeth Martello, Wellesley Sustainability Director (Online)
- Community Engagement
Join Marybeth Martello, the Sustainability Director of the town of Wellesley, as she discusses Wellesley's climate action plan, as well as how it affects Nonprofits located in town.
CASA Goes to Greater Boston Food Bank Mobile Market (In Person)
- Community Engagement
CASA volunteers will join with the Greater Boston Food Bank to help set up and staff a Mobile Market in Lawrence.
Green Team Meeting (Online)
- Community Engagement
Looking to reduce your carbon footprint? Join the Green Team meeting!
Partakers Mentor Programs Info Meeting & Re-Entry Mentor Training (Online)
- Community Engagement
Come learn how to mentor our Partakers community!
Rescuing Hope: An Intergenerational Exploration of Antisemitism & Israel (In Person)
- Toddler to Teen
This intergenerational seminar will identify lessons that can help us build our community and future together.
Engaging in Civil Discourse Guided By Jewish Wisdom (Online)
- Adult Learning
Join with members of our community to explore how we can apply Jewish wisdom to help us engage in respectful, meaningful conversations.
Commemorate MLK Day with Author Joseph Rosenbloom, Redemption: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Last 31 Hours (Online)
- Community Engagement
Join us in conversation with Joseph Rosenbloom to commemerate MLK day.
Friday Evening Service with Caron Tabb (Hybrid)
- Spiritual Practice
Welcome Shabbat in song and prayer.
Jewish Perspectives on Gender and Sexuality (Online)
- Community Engagement
This course will explore the riches of the Jewish discussion of gender and sexuality through texts, rabbinic discourse, documents, and modern midrash.
Welcome Home Blanket Drive (In Person)
- Community Engagement
Welcome Home provides families experiencing hardship with the high quality, basic household items they need to live with dignity. Please join us by donating: FULL, QUEEN, OR KING BLANKETS & SHEETS (no rips or stains).
Jewish Perspectives on Gender and Sexuality (Online)
- Community Engagement
This course will explore the riches of the Jewish discussion of gender and sexuality through texts, rabbinic discourse, documents, and modern midrash.
Jewish Perspectives on Gender and Sexuality (Online)
- Community Engagement
This course will explore the riches of the Jewish discussion of gender and sexuality through texts, rabbinic discourse, documents, and modern midrash.
Engaging in Civil Discourse Guided By Jewish Wisdom (Online)
- Adult Learning
Join with members of our community to explore how we can apply Jewish wisdom to help us engage in respectful, meaningful conversations.
Green Team Meeting (Online)
- Community Engagement
Looking to reduce your carbon footprint? Join the Green Team meeting!
The Legacy of Housing Discrimination and RJI’s Partnership with GBIO’s Housing Justice Campaign (Online)
- Community Engagement
Join the Racial Justice Initiative (RJI) for their quarterly meeting!
- Community Engagement
- Adult Learning
- Pre-Shabbat Study
- Daf yomi
- Conversational Hebrew
- Meah
- Beginner Modern Hebrew
- eLeMeNTs: Identity
- eLeMeNTs: Wrestling
- May 5–7, 2023
- Weekday Classes
- Classes with Our Clergy
- Weekend & Evening Classes
- Summer Institute
- Spiritual Practice
- Israel
- Jewish Wisdom
- Holidays
- Lunch & Learn
- Arts & Culture
- Guest Speakers
- Hebrew
- Rescuing Hope
- TBElle Lifelong Learning
- Text Study
- Spiritual Practice
- Toddler to Teen
- Music
- Giving