Melissa Schapiro
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Theatre Trip to Seattle
Join CBI members and friends to see Parade, a Tony-winning Broadway musical about an important chapter in the history of Jews in America. We will sit together at the 1:30 pm matinee, Sunday, April 27, 2025, at the 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle.
- Tickets: 68.25В (group discount price)
- Bus fare: $35 (the original bus option was not available due to not enough registrants, but we are working on alternative transportation)
ClickВ В hereВ to register.
Video:В В https://www.5thavenue.org/
About PARADE
Book by Alfred Uhry
Music and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
Co-conceived and originally directed by Harold Prince
Direction by Tony AwardВ® winner Michael Arden
Based on a true story, Leo and Lucille Frank are a newlywed Jewish couple struggling to make a life in the old red hills of Georgia. When Leo is accused of an unspeakable crime, the aftermath propels them into an unimaginable test of faith, humanity, justice and devotion. Riveting and gloriously hopeful, Parade reminds us that to love, we must truly see one another. The New York Times hails it as a Critic’s Pick and “the best-sung musical in many a New York season. It recalls an era of big casts, big stories, and big talent – a time when musicals actually felt like events.”
- The second of a rare and sensational two-show celebration and journey into the brilliant mind of TonyВ®-winning composer and lyricists Jason Robert Brown
- History-making revival and limited engagement National Tour
- Winner of the 2023 Tony AwardВ® for Best Revival of a Musical
Magic of Theodore Bikel tickets
Ways to Support Israel
As a synagogue community committed to a thriving Jewish homeland forВ all its citizens, we join countless people around the world in sharing profound sadness and concern over the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, Iran, and Iran’s many proxies in the region. There is no shortage of organizations offering critical emergency aid to individuals and communities in Israel still reeling from October 7th. We stand with Israel and we pray that she will endure and become stronger with our help.
Below is a list of organizations offering assistance to Israel. Please check back as the list may change over time. If you have a suggestion, please emailВ webmaster@
ARZA
ARZA is the Zionist arm and voice of the Reform Movement, serving 1.8 million Reform Jews in North America. ARZA’s mission is to make Israel fundamental to the sacred lives and Jewish identity of Reform Jews. ARZA unconditionally supports Israel and champions activities that further Israel as a pluralistic, just, and democratic Jewish state.
BROTHERS FOR LIFE
Brothers for Life was created and is run by injured Israeli veterans. They give critical and immediate help to other injured Israeli combat veterans who sacrifice their lives for the safety of the Jewish people, helping IDF veterans reclaim their lives in a way no one else possibly could.В https://www.brothersforlife.
Brothers for Life was created and is run by injured Israeli veterans. They give critical and immediate help to other injured Israeli combat veterans who sacrifice their lives for the safety of the Jewish people, helping IDF veterans reclaim their lives in a way no one else possibly could.В https://www.brothersforlife.
FRIENDS OF ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES
Primary nonprofit organization dedicated to those serving in the Israel Defense Forces, wounded veterans, and the families of fallen soldiers.В https://www.fidf.org/
Primary nonprofit organization dedicated to those serving in the Israel Defense Forces, wounded veterans, and the families of fallen soldiers.В https://www.fidf.org/
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM
Your donation ensures Magen David Adom’s 33,000 paramedics, EMTS, first responders, and first-aid providers — volunteers and staff — have the training, equipment, and medical supplies they need to treat all injured and ill people in Israel. https://afmda.org/
Your donation ensures Magen David Adom’s 33,000 paramedics, EMTS, first responders, and first-aid providers — volunteers and staff — have the training, equipment, and medical supplies they need to treat all injured and ill people in Israel. https://afmda.org/
NEW ISRAEL FUND
The New Israel Fund (NIF) helps Israel live up to its founders’ vision of a society that ensures complete equality to all its inhabitants. NIF’s aim is to advance liberal democracy, including freedom of speech and minority rights, and to fight the inequality, injustice and extremism that diminish Israel.
Red Thread Tickets
Kesher Music Library
Visual Arts Exhibit
“HaTikva: The Struggle for Israel’s Future,” a photography exhibition documenting Israel’s pro-democracy movement, will be on display in the CBI foyer and social hall from February 28 through August 2025.
Read more about “HaTikva: The Struggle for Israel’s Future” in the March/April 2025 Shul Shofar
We have two speakers coming up related to this exhibit:
11 a.m. Sunday, June 22, 2025, on Zoom: Sam Sokol, a journalist with The Times of Israel, on ISRAEL AFTER A YEAR AND A HALF OF WAR: WHAT’S NEXT?
time/date to be scheduled: Rabbi Joshua Weinberg speak with our community about the causes and outcomes of the judicial overhaul saga and how it relates to Reform and Progressive Judaism in Israel. Rabbi Josh Weinberg serves as the Vice President of the URJ for Israel and Reform Zionism and is the Executive Director of ARZA, the Association of Reform Zionists of America.
240 HEARTS Project
The 240 HEARTS Community Art Project is being displayed at Congregation Beth Israel. These hearts were hand-painted by CBI members and allies to represent the 240 unique individuals who were taken as hostages into Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023.
We are excited to share these hearts with everyone and to share mutual solidarity, grief, and hope. You are welcome to visit the exhibition, which will be on the top floor and on the stairwell leading up to it.
Opening of the exhibition will be at the oneg on Friday, Jan. 19, 2024
Old World Klezmer Concert
7 p.m. Sunday, October 29, 2023
751 San Juan Blvd., Bellingham WA
Jake Shulman-Ment andВ PeteВ Rushefsky: Old World Klezmer String Duo
Online ticketing is now closed. Tickets may be purchased at the door.
Congregation Beth Israel is excited to present a concert featuring two of the most recognized names on the international Yiddish music scene: Jake Shulman-Ment andВ PeteВ Rushefsky.
Long before klezmer music encountered the sounds of clarinets and brass, the fiddle and tsimbl duo expressed the hearts and souls of Ashkenazim across Central and Eastern Europe. Jake andВ PeteВ have been performing this entrancing music throughout the globe together for over two decades. From rollicking dance tunes to old spiritual melodies, philosophical Yiddish folk songs and virtuosic original compositions, this will be a musical experience not to miss.
Shanah Tovah 5784
Member tickets are included in membership benefits; nonmembers click hereВ for ticket information.
HHD Sechedule 2023