DONATE
Congregation B’nai Israel appreciates any and all financial contributions. You can give as little as $18 or leave a legacy by including CBI in your will or estate. Your gift, no matter what size, will help sustain CBI for years to come. A few of the ways to donate are listed below.
Tributes
Traditionally, many congregants like to make tribute gifts, in honor of or in memory of a loved one or to mark a special event. The minimum donation is $18 which includes recognition in our synagogue newsletter and a tribute card to the recipient. If you do not wish to send a tribute card, the minimum donation is $15.
Sanctuary Seats
For just $360 you can give a gift to the synagogue and honor the birth of a child or grandchild, remember a loved one or celebrate a birthday, anniversary or other milestone with a permanent, small, brass plaque affixed to a pew seat in our beautifully, renovated sanctuary. Maximum 25 spaces or characters per line, 100 character limit.
Tree of Life Gold Leaves and Stones
Share the joy of your family simcha by dedicating a golden leaf or stone on one of the two Tree of Life sculptures that beautify the walls of the main lobby. The Leaves and stones may be inscribed to commemorate such joyous events as births, weddings, anniversaries, graduations, B’nai Mitzvah or to honor parents, family or friends. For members, leaves are $200 and stones are $2,000. Inscription limitations apply.
Memorial Plaques
Look in the sanctuary and you will see Yahrzeit boards filled with memorial plaques for past members and their loved ones. During the week of your loved one’s yahrzeit, a light is lit next to their name. The lights are also lit for Yizkor services during the holidays (Yom Kippur, Shemeni Atzeret/Simchat Torah, Passover, and Shavuot). For members, Yahrzeit plaques are $500 and include the deceased’s English and Hebrew Name, Dates of Birth and Death. Plaques may be reserved for future use.
Bima Bricks
In 2009, the renovation of our sanctuary was completed and included a beautiful new Bima. Surrounding the ark is a wall of white limestone. You can have one of the bima bricks, surrounding the ark, inscribed with your name or in honor of a loved one. Bima bricks start at $20,000. This permanent remembrance is a meaningful way to celebrate your connection to CBI.
Memorial Book
One of the most beautiful customs at Congregation B'nai Israel is the annual remembrance of our departed relatives and friends with a listing in the Yizkor/ Memorial Book. These books are produced annually and distributed at Yom Kippur Yizkor services and all Yizkor services throughout the year. Members, and as well as non-members, may memorialize their deceased family and friends by including them in these book.
For members, there is no fee associated with the listings in the Memorial Book although donations are gratefully accepted. For non-members, a fee of $18 per listing is required.
High Holy Day Budget Appeal
This annual campaign is the primary source of giving for the congregation. Gifts to the High Holy Day Appeal help bridge the gap between membership dues and actual operating costs.
Underwriting Possibilities
Members and friends may fund new initiatives or provide budget relief for costly projects so that more funds will be available for education and other activities. A donor can either totally or partially underwrite a project.
Contact Al Zager, CBI President, at president@cbirumson.org for more information, or Emilie Kovit-Meyer, CBI Executive Director at emilie.kovit-meyer@cbirumson.org.
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Purim 2021
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Sunday ,
FebFebruary 28 , 2021
Sunday, Feb 28th 10:30a to 12:00p
February 28: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. Is Judaism a Religion of the Heart or the Mind – And Who Decides? Hasidism and its Opponents. March 14: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. What Do we Mean by Jewish Continuity? The Legacy of “Be Fruitful and Multiply”. (Sunday, 10:30 AM) March 21: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. How Much Should Tragedy Define Us? The Holocaust in Contemporary Jewish Life. (Sunday, 10:30 AM) April 18: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. Can Commitment & Critique Coexist? Teaching Israel in the 21st century. (Sunday, 10:30 AM) -
Tuesday ,
MarMarch 2 , 2021
Tuesday, Mar 2nd 10:30a to 11:30a
Zoom discussion with Rabbi Doug Sagal -
Friday ,
MarMarch 5 , 2021
Friday, Mar 5th 6:00p to 7:00p
Virtual Wine and Cheese followed by Kabbalat Service at 6:30pm -
Tuesday ,
MarMarch 9 , 2021
Tuesday, Mar 9th 10:30a to 11:30a
Zoom discussion with Rabbi Doug Sagal -
Thursday ,
MarMarch 11 , 2021
Thursday, Mar 11th 7:30p to 8:30p
Rabbi Kagedan is the first female Orthodox Rabbi in the US to be hired by an Orthodox congregation. -
Sunday ,
MarMarch 14 , 2021
Sunday, Mar 14th 10:30a to 12:00p
February 28: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. Is Judaism a Religion of the Heart or the Mind – And Who Decides? Hasidism and its Opponents. March 14: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. What Do we Mean by Jewish Continuity? The Legacy of “Be Fruitful and Multiply”. (Sunday, 10:30 AM) March 21: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. How Much Should Tragedy Define Us? The Holocaust in Contemporary Jewish Life. (Sunday, 10:30 AM) April 18: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. Can Commitment & Critique Coexist? Teaching Israel in the 21st century. (Sunday, 10:30 AM) -
Tuesday ,
MarMarch 16 , 2021
Tuesday, Mar 16th 10:30a to 11:30a
Zoom discussion with Rabbi Doug Sagal -
Sunday ,
MarMarch 21 , 2021
Sunday, Mar 21st 10:30a to 12:00p
February 28: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. Is Judaism a Religion of the Heart or the Mind – And Who Decides? Hasidism and its Opponents. March 14: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. What Do we Mean by Jewish Continuity? The Legacy of “Be Fruitful and Multiply”. (Sunday, 10:30 AM) March 21: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. How Much Should Tragedy Define Us? The Holocaust in Contemporary Jewish Life. (Sunday, 10:30 AM) April 18: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. Can Commitment & Critique Coexist? Teaching Israel in the 21st century. (Sunday, 10:30 AM) -
Tuesday ,
MarMarch 23 , 2021
Tuesday, Mar 23rd 10:30a to 11:30a
Zoom discussion with Rabbi Doug Sagal -
Friday ,
MarMarch 26 , 2021
Friday, Mar 26th 6:00p to 6:30p
Family Shabbat Service designed for families and children with Shabbat Prayers, stories and songs and led by Rabbi Sagal. Zoom link will be sent out prior to services. Please note: there still will be a 7:30pm KAbbalat Service on Fourth Friday. -
Tuesday ,
MarMarch 30 , 2021
Tuesday, Mar 30th 10:30a to 11:30a
Zoom discussion with Rabbi Doug Sagal -
Friday ,
AprApril 2 , 2021
Friday, Apr 2nd 6:00p to 7:00p
Virtual Wine and Cheese followed by Kabbalat Service at 6:30pm -
Tuesday ,
AprApril 6 , 2021
Tuesday, Apr 6th 10:30a to 11:30a
Zoom discussion with Rabbi Doug Sagal -
Monday ,
AprApril 12 , 2021
Monday, Apr 12th 7:30p to 8:30p
Esperanto: L. L. Zamenhof’s Hopeful Language for Russia’s Jews & the World Brigid O’Keeffe Associate Professor of History, Brooklyn College In 1887, L. L. Zamenhof launched Esperanto from the polyglot western borderlands of a tsarist empire in crisis. This presentation will explore Esperanto’s origins in the tsarist empire’s Pale of Settlement. Zamenhof came of age in an era of both global transformation and the pogroms that devastated Jewish communities in the Pale. As he wrestled with the Jewish Question, Zamenhof designed Esperanto as a universal language that would uplift Russia’s Jews and ultimately unite the whole world. Zamenhof intended for Esperanto to serve humanity as more than a practical utility to facilitate international communication. Esperanto was the foundation for what Zamenhof envisioned as a future global moral community of new, emancipated people – comfortable with their differences and equipped with an international auxiliary language designed explicitly to transcend those differences rather than efface them. -
Tuesday ,
AprApril 13 , 2021
Tuesday, Apr 13th 10:30a to 11:30a
Zoom discussion with Rabbi Doug Sagal -
Sunday ,
AprApril 18 , 2021
Sunday, Apr 18th 10:30a to 12:00p
February 28: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. Is Judaism a Religion of the Heart or the Mind – And Who Decides? Hasidism and its Opponents. March 14: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. What Do we Mean by Jewish Continuity? The Legacy of “Be Fruitful and Multiply”. (Sunday, 10:30 AM) March 21: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. How Much Should Tragedy Define Us? The Holocaust in Contemporary Jewish Life. (Sunday, 10:30 AM) April 18: Dr Harvey Cohen: Debates Shaping Jewish Life. Can Commitment & Critique Coexist? Teaching Israel in the 21st century. (Sunday, 10:30 AM) -
Tuesday ,
AprApril 20 , 2021
Tuesday, Apr 20th 10:30a to 11:30a
Zoom discussion with Rabbi Doug Sagal -
Friday ,
AprApril 23 , 2021
Friday, Apr 23rd 6:00p to 6:30p
Family Shabbat Service designed for families and children with Shabbat Prayers, stories and songs and led by Rabbi Sagal. Zoom link will be sent out prior to services. Please note: there still will be a 7:30pm KAbbalat Service on Fourth Friday. -
Tuesday ,
AprApril 27 , 2021
Tuesday, Apr 27th 10:30a to 11:30a
Zoom discussion with Rabbi Doug Sagal -
Thursday ,
AprApril 29 , 2021
Thursday, Apr 29th 7:30p to 8:30p
The Fraught Path to Inclusion: Newport's Jewish and African-American Communities in the Revolutionary Era." -
Friday ,
MayMay 7 , 2021
Friday, May 7th 6:00p to 7:00p
Virtual Wine and Cheese followed by Kabbalat Service at 6:30pm -
Friday ,
MayMay 28 , 2021
Friday, May 28th 6:00p to 6:30p
Family Shabbat Service designed for families and children with Shabbat Prayers, stories and songs and led by Rabbi Sagal. Zoom link will be sent out prior to services. Please note: there still will be a 7:30pm KAbbalat Service on Fourth Friday.