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Kabbalat Shabbat / Welcoming Shabbat

Each week can be a challenge and Shabbat gives us a built-in chance to think about how we might get some rest. Join Rabbi Jeremy for a musical start to Shabbat, check in with the Machar community, and mark the start of the weekend. Please contact Rabbi Jeremy at Macharjeremy@gmail.com or rabbi@machar.org for meeting link and access information.

WITs Online Meeting

Wimmin in Transition ~~~ Transitions Mark All Lives ~~~~~~~ In January of 2004 a small group of Machar women formed a women’s group within Machar. They called the group WITs – Wimmin in Transition. And what is “Transition”? It’s to do with the changes we all experience in every season of our lives, as we…

Thinking Tuesdays

"AMA: Ask Me (Rabbi Jeremy) Anything" “How do you blow a shofar?” “What does Humanistic Judaism have to say about Israel?” “What do you think about the idea of a god?” “Why be Jewish at all?” The title really says it all — join Rabbi Jeremy tonight and ask him anything! ~~~ Visit Machar's YouTube…

Thinking Tuesdays – NO CLASS TONIGHT

NO CLASS TONIGHT Check back next week and join Rabbi Jeremy for a deep dive into different areas of Humanistic Jewish life. Sometimes we'll study classical Jewish texts, or Jewish philosophy, or a specific work on Jewish ethics. Sometimes we'll study secular or humanistic ideas about life or society. We'll always aim to come away…

Kabbalat Shabbat / Welcoming Shabbat

Note that this month is Pride Month. During tonight's Shabbat program, we'll use resources from Keshet (an organization committed to LGBTQIA+ equality in Jewish life) and the Human Rights Campaign to begin to reflect on our obligations to work for true equality and inclusion of LGBTQIA+ persons in our communities. Please contact Rabbi Jeremy at Macharjeremy@gmail.com or rabbi@machar.org for…

Thinking Tuesdays – NO CLASS TONIGHT

Due to scheduling issues, there is NO CLASS TONIGHT, but check back next week to join Rabbi Jeremy for a deep dive into different areas of Humanistic Jewish life. Sometimes we'll study classical Jewish texts, or Jewish philosophy, or a specific work on Jewish ethics. Sometimes we'll study secular or humanistic ideas about life or…

Welcome to Machar

Kabbalat Shabbat
March 24, 2025


Machar Coffehouse Fund Raising

March 8, 2025 at 7:00


ADULT EDUCATION SUNDAYS

Rabbi Jodi Kornfeld, of a humanistic Jewish community in Illinois, will speak by zoom about a new forthcoming book titled Contemporary Humanistic Judaism: Beliefs, Values, Practices
March 30, 2025


Serving Brunch at Shepherd's Table with Beth Chai
The fourth Saturday of the Month

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Calendar 2024 -2025 Jewish Cultural School (JCS)

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