Yiddish Tish explores Yiddish literature and culture in the original. Yet miraculously no previous Yiddish knowledge is required.

This is a chance to take stock, look back, look ahead, set direction, and to make sure you’re in this year's congregational photo. It is also a chance to hear everything that is happening in our vibrant congregation.

Open to all members in good standing.

Join us as we welcome Micah Mertz as an adult in our community and in K’lal Yisrael.

We will welcome another beautiful Shabbat together with prayers, music, poetry and each other.

Join us as we welcome Noah Krafft as an adult in our community and in K’lal Yisrael.

We will welcome another beautiful Shabbat together with prayers, music, poetry and each other.

Join us for some in-person Shavuot study, looking at how the themes of the Book of Ruth can take root in our lives.

On this traditional night of non-traditional learning, we will explore many themes suggested by the Book of Ruth, and leave with a renewed sense of commitment to our next steps in this painful world.

Would your older teen or adult with a disability enjoy a way to experience the Jewish holidays in a family-friendly environment? If so, you and your teen/adult are invited to join us for eight sessions celebrating the Jewish holidays through art, music, movement, and story. We have interfaith families as well as families who are new or who are returning to Judaism.

Learning for its own sake for older teens.

We will welcome another beautiful Shabbat together with prayers, music, poetry and each other.

Currently our emphasis is on immigration, pro-democracy and and trans issues. You are welcome to join us in these endeavors or take the lead on issues of your choice.  

Join us as we welcome Kora Bregman as an adult in our community and in K’lal Yisrael.

We will welcome another beautiful Shabbat together with prayers, music, poetry and each other.

Join us as we explore the wonderful world of Jewish literature, non-fiction, and Jewish authors.

This month’s book: The Dressmakers of Prospect Heights
by Kitty Zeidis 

Yiddish Tish explores Yiddish literature and culture in the original. Yet miraculously no previous Yiddish knowledge is required.

“Where Olive Trees Weep” explores stories of Israeli military violence against Palestinians, the effect of ongoing trauma, and possible paths for healing. 

Nitzanim hosts Family Experiential Learning and B. Mitzvah Academy

We gather around the piano and sing our way through welcoming Shabbat!

An exploration of Jewish eating and identity. This is also the beginning of a congregation-wide, values-based conversation about what and how we eat at Ner Shalom!

We will welcome another beautiful Shabbat together with prayers, music, poetry and each other.

Join us for an experiential class series during the Counting of the Omer.

This year's theme "Between Silence and Story" will honor the children of survivors, and their journeys. ​

Nitzanim hosts Family Experiential Learning and B. Mitzvah Academy

We wake up and celebrate the Shabbat with a morning minyan.

We will welcome another beautiful Shabbat together with prayers, music, poetry and each other.

Join Rabbi George Gittleman and Rabbi Irwin Keller as they explore what it is in place itself that enlivens spiritual experience, and what are the perils of spirituality that is bound up with particular geography. 

Join us as we explore the wonderful world of Jewish literature, non-fiction, and Jewish authors.

This month’s book: The Jew in the Lotus
by Rodger Kamenentz