Located in the heart of Richmond, Virginia, Beth Ahabah is a thriving Reform Jewish congregation with more than 200 years of history. In addition to weekly religious services, Congregation Beth Ahabah offers active religious school and youth group programs, adult programs (including Sisterhood, Brotherhood and adult education courses), and youth and adult choirs. We are also dedicated to participating in a variety of community service programs.
 
We invite you to spend some time here at our web site learning about our Congregation and its history, and we further encourage you to join us at the Temple and worship with us. More about Beth Ahabah >>

• Tutoring at Carver Elementary

• Congregation Beth Ahabah is a partner in the mentoring/tutoring project at Carver Elementary School. We operate as part of the Micah Initiative, under the auspices of the Richmond Jewish Coalition for Literacy. We are looking for Beth Ahabah congregants who are willing to donate one hour per week on a regular basis to help Carver students to achieve in school. No experience or special ability is needed. We will teach you all you need to know. These children need a caring adult in their lives.Details>>>

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• Ten Minutes to Torah in less time than it takes to drink your morning coffee or better yet, WHILE you have morning coffee he Union will send you a one-page e-mail each day on a topic of Jewish interest. All you need to do is find 10 minutes a day to “do Torah" - http://urj.org/torah/ten/

• Beth Ahabah Women’s Hiking Club

  I am looking for a few good women to form a group for a hiking in the Richmond area. The hikes will be based on the book "60 Hikes within 60 Minutes of Richmond" and will be geared to different levels. To meet new women, form new friendships, to get good exercise, and to enjoy the outdoors, please give call Janice Freed at 740-8849 or email at jfreed@freshlaw.com.

Join Rabbi Beifield and Ina Ginsberg

for a Mission to Israel

May 10 - 24, 2009

Trip Highlights:

Tours of Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Haifa

Yad Vashem and Western Wall

Shabbat in Jerusalem

Masada and the Dead Sea

Yad Vashem and the Western Wall

Archaeological Dig

Emek Hafer - Richmond’s P2K Partner

Learn about Reform Judaism in Israel & Chances for Peace in the Region

for further information contact 

Rabbi Beifield

358-6757

rabbi@bethahabah.org

NEWS FROM THE UNION

This week the Union launched a new blog - RJ.org: News and Views of Reform Jews that will, we hope, become a free marketplace of ideas about Judaism and the role it plays in the lives of Reform Jews of all ages.  We hope the blog will serve as a platform for Reform Jews and those who care about Judaism to come together to kibbitz and learn in a safe online community. While we will have occasional posts from the leaders of the Movement's institutions, we hope that the blog will also encourage open dialogue among the members of our congregations.

We've launched the blog using postings from the 30 people who wrote for the RJ Guide to Reform Judaism: 30 Stories that is part of the summer magazine. But that is just the start! In order for the blog to succeed, we need your help. Please, help us launch this blog by reading it, commenting on the entries and posting your own submissions. If you have a blog that we have not included in our "blog roll," please let us know by sending a note to RJBlog@urj.org.