Below is the text of a speech made by Rabbi Ofek Meir, Managing Director of the Reform Movement’s Leo Baeck Education and Community Center in Haifa, at the protest rally against the Nation-State Law on Saturday evening, August 4, 2018, in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square. [Read more…]
Ohel Avraham Congregation honors its volunteers
Service of G-d consists in what we do to our neighbor
(Rabbi Leo Baeck)
Kabbalat Shabbat services at Ohel Avraham are soulful and uplifting. A special service was held recently to honor the volunteers within our spiritual community. By definition, volunteers give of themselves TO the community, without any expectation of receiving recognition in return. However, there is a strong sense of communal appreciation and gratitude for volunteers that is fostered by the Ohel Avraham clergy and staff. Our rabbis and our community organizer make you want to be a part of the circle of helping and giving to congregants and visitors alike. [Read more…]
Congregation Ohel Avraham reunited with sister congregation, Temple Beth Elohim in Wellesley, MA
(עץ חיים היא למחזיקים בה ותומכיה מאושר” (משלי, ג’, י”ח”
“She is a tree of life for those who hold fast to her and all of her supporters are happy” (Proverbs 3:18)
Recently, congregation Ohel Avraham in Haifa had the wonderful opportunity to be reunited with members of our sister congregation, Temple Beth Elohim in Wellesley, MA, as part of the Anafim (branches) program. [Read more…]
Jewish Rainbow Program of Leo Baeck’s Ohel Avraham Congregation
The Jewish Rainbow Program (JRP) of the Ohel Avraham Congregation at the Leo Baeck Education Centre in Haifa provides a pathway for members of the LGBTQ community to strengthen their Jewish identity, develop leadership skills, and become active participants in Jewish communal life. It connects members of the community with Progressive Judaism and eliminates the destructive conflict between their gender and Jewish identities.
Sir Erich Reich Relates His Kindertransport Story to Leo Baeck Students
At the end of October, Sir Erich Reich, Chair of the Kindertransport group in the Association of Jewish Refugees in the United Kingdom, visited the Leo Baeck Education Center in Haifa and gave an enlightening living history lesson to a group of 50 high school students and teachers. [Read more…]
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