Long-time Machar member and Russian foreign policy analyst at the U.S. Department of State, David Abramson will provide an update on Russia's nearly three-year war on Ukraine. His discussion will include an assessment of Putin's aims, factors influencing prospects for peace, and how the recent overthrow of the Asad regime in Syria might impact Russia.…

Kabbalat Shabbat/Welcoming Shabbat Friday, January 24, 2025 7:00 p.m. Join Rabbi Jeremy on Zoom for a Shabbat celebration with readings, music, and a discussion of ideas both ancient and modern. Zoom link will be sent Friday.

Kabbalat Shabbat/Welcoming Shabbat Friday, February 7, 2025 7:00 p.m. Join Rabbi Jeremy for an online service at 7:00 pm Friday to mark the beginning of Shabbat this week. We'll include our usual array of music and readings. Zoom link will be sent Friday.

Kabbalat Shabbat/Welcoming Shabbat Friday, February 21, 2025 7:00 p.m. Join Rabbi Jeremy for an online service at 7:00 pm Friday to mark the beginning of Shabbat this week. We'll include our usual array of music and readings. Zoom link will be sent Friday.

We will have a special "Repro Shabbat" Havdalah with Rabbi Cohen and Rabbi Kridel followed by a Pot Luck dinner. "Repro Shabbat" is an annual Shabbat celebration that honors the Jewish value of reproductive freedom. It takes place annually on Parshat Mishpatim, which contains the verses commonly referenced as the foundation of Judaism's approach to reproductive…

Ken Trombly, a lifelong magic enthusiast - his over the top Bar Mitzvah party in Newton, MA in 1962 had a magic theme that he is still trying to live down - is also a serious collector of vintage posters, broadsides, antique photos and other magic ephemera, and has sought out original material on Jewish…

"What's Wrong With the News? A Lot But Probably Not What You Think" Paul Farhi has been a journalist his entire adult life. He was a reporter for the Washington Post for 35 years, leaving at the end of 2023. During that time, he covered business, a presidential campaign, and wrote feature stories the Style…

Kabbalat Shabbat/Welcoming Shabbat Friday, March 14, 2025 7:00 p.m. Join Rabbi Jeremy for an online service at 7:00 pm Friday to mark the beginning of Shabbat this week. We'll include our usual array of music and readings. Zoom link will be sent Friday.

Kabbalat Shabbat/Welcoming Shabbat Friday, March 28, 2025 7:00 p.m. Join Rabbi Jeremy for an online service at 7:00 pm Friday to mark the beginning of Shabbat this week. We'll include our usual array of music and readings. Zoom link will be sent Friday.

March 30, 2025 Rabbi Jodi Kornfeld, of a humanistic Jewish community in Illinois, will speak by zoom about a new forthcoming book, Contemporary Humanistic Judaism: Beliefs, Values, Practices The Rabbi will be on Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88314594440?pwd=MUxDZGVCdDdFajgwV3N4ajl0K2pMQT09 Meeting ID: 883 1459 4440 Passcode: 724848