FOUND! A piece of the accent had been missing for years, and many of us assumed it was gone forever. The piece was found in a gutter and was re-affixed to the Star Of David accent. After further repair and a thorough cleaning, the accent resumed its historic place atop the Sanctuary's dome... where it grace the Brooklyn skyline for the next 100 years.

Also, we are having a Congregational meeting on March 14. We will discuss our vision and our programming. Please bring your ideas and your suggestions. It will be held in the Ballroom at CBE at 8:00 p.m. Thank you for helping CBE.

Please join us for a special one-hour screening of the new American Experience documentary Clinton, with filmmaker Barak Goodman and a panel of distinguished guests, Josh King, former director of production for presidential events in the Clinton White House, Nicholas Lemann, Dean and Henry R. Luce professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and Bernard Nussbaum, White House Counsel to President Clinton. The discussion will be moderated by Rabbi Andy Bachman, Senior Rabbi at Congregation Beth Elohim.

About the Filmmaker: Barak Goodman‘s films have been nominated for an Academy Award and won multiple Emmys and Writers Guild Awards, DuPont-Columbia and Peabody Awards, the RFK Journalism Prize, and twice been official selections at the Sundance Film Festival. His films appear regularly on both of PBS’s premiere series, FRONTLINE, and American Experience. His latest film, a four-hour biography of former President Bill Clinton, will air on two consecutive nights in February. Before that, My Lai won a National Primetime Emmy and a Peabody Award. Among his other credits as a producer, director, and writer are The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, A Hidden Life, Merchants of Cool, The Persuaders, Kinsey, The Fight, and Scottsboro: An American Tragedy. He is the co-founder with wife Rachel Dretzin of Ark Media, one of the most prolific producers of documentary films in America.

Josh King is senior vice president, group marketing and communications, for Willis Group, the world’s third largest insurance broker. Preceding his roles in corporate communications, King worked in Washington, D.C. in government, political consulting and the private sector. From 1993 to 1997, he served as director of production for presidential events in the Clinton White House. After leaving government, King was on the team that launched the political website SpeakOut.com in the midst of the 2000 presidential election. More information is available at polioptics.com.

Nicholas Lemann is Dean and Henry R. Luce professor at the Columbia University Graduate School. He has worked at the Washington Monthly, Texas Monthly, The Washington Post, and The Atlantic Monthly. Lemann contributes to The New Yorker as a staff writer. He has published five books, most recently Redemption: The Last Battle of the Civil War (2006); The Big Test: The Secret History of the American Meritocracy (1999), which helped lead to a major reform of the SAT; and The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America (1991), which won several book prizes.

Saturday, March 3: Buildings closed except for services, in order to set up for the evening’s Purim Masquerade Gala
Wednesday, March 7: Buildings will be closed in the evening, except for our Megillah Readings; save the date, and stay tuned for more information!
Sunday, March 11: Closed except for our Purim Carnival; save the date, and stay tuned for more information!
Friday, April 6: Passover, First Seder: Offices and buildings will close at 1 p.m.
Saturday April 7: Passover, Second Seder: Offices closed; buildings closed except for Community Dinner at 5:30 p.m.
Friday, April 13: 7th Day of Passover. Offices closed; buildings closed except for services.

This week we deal with the question of the primacy of the Ten Commandments. Are they more important that the rest of the commandments in the Bible? What are the advantages and disadvantages of seeing them this way?

Listen each week for a special podcast by Revson Rabbinic Intern Marc Katz as he explores themes and issues in the weekly Torah portion. For more Torah learning with Marc visit our weekly Torah study class (Chevra Torah) each Shabbat morning at Congregation Beth Elohim at 11:15am.

To download and subscribe to this podcast on itunes click here.

Examines the characters of Nachshon both as a model of good behavior and of bad behavior to see what we can learn about leadership.

Listen each week for a special podcast by Revson Rabbinic Intern Marc Katz as he explores themes and issues in the weekly Torah portion. For more Torah learning with Marc visit our weekly Torah study class (Chevra Torah) each Shabbat morning in room zayin at Congregation Beth Elohim at 11:15am.

To download and subscribe to this podcast on itunes click here.

This podcast speaks about the plague of darkness and examines just why this plague was so scary for the Egyptian people.

Listen each week for a special podcast by Revson Rabbinic Intern Marc Katz as he explores themes and issues in the weekly Torah portion. For more Torah learning with Marc visit our weekly Torah study class (Chevra Torah) each Shabbat morning in room zayin at Congregation Beth Elohim at 11am.

To download and subscribe to this podcast on itunes click here.

Regularly, between 10-15 members of our community and staff have been gathering together to pray, and to allow those who would like to fulfill the traditional obligation of saying Kaddish with ten people present.

You can read more about Rabbi Bachman’s experiences at our minyan in his blog, in this post from September and this update from December.

Our minyan is currently traditional/egalitarian—and if this is a new service for you, we are happy to help you learn how to participate!

Rabbi Andy Bachman and the CBE clergy team

A close look at Exodus 7:1 and the role of Aaron and Moses in the Exodus narrative

Listen each week for a special podcast by Revson Rabbinic Intern Marc Katz as he explores themes and issues in the weekly Torah portion. For more Torah learning with Marc visit our weekly Torah study class (Chevra Torah) each Shabbat morning in room zayin at Congregation Beth Elohim. Because there is no religious school, the class meets this week at 10am. Security will direct you to where we are.

To download and subscribe to this podcast on itunes click here.

This podcast will explore the how four woman, Shifra, Puah, Miriam, and Batya engage in their own versions of civil disobedience, setting the stage for current seekers of justice today.

Listen each week for a special podcast by Revson Rabbinic Intern Marc Katz as he explores themes and issues in the weekly Torah portion. For more Torah learning with Marc visit our weekly Torah study class (Chevra Torah) each Shabbat morning in room zayin at Congregation Beth Elohim. Because there is no religious school, the class meets this week at 10am. Security will direct you to where we are.

To download and subscribe to this podcast on itunes click here.