Please review the schedule of activities and register for those events that you and your family plan on attending. Kindly RSVP by Monday, April 26, so we can plan accordingly.

Cultivating Community and Repairing the World

Do justice, love kindness and walk humbly with your God — Micah 6:8

Schedule of Events

Friday, May 2, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.
Kabbalat Shabbat Services with D’var Torah by Rabbi Josh Jeffreys
Special Oneg Gathering

Saturday, May 3, 2025 at 10:00 a.m.
Shabbat Morning Service with D’var Torah by Rabbi Abe Friedman
Rabbi Knopf’s Installation Ceremony
Luncheon & Interactive Learning Session with Rabbi Abe Friedman

Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
Congregational Community Service Project to Benefit
the JFS Schoke Anachnu Program for Holocaust Survivors
Dessert Reception & Whiskey Tasting
Havdalah Service at 8:35 p.m.

Sunday, May 4, 2025 at 9:00 a.m.
Morning Minyan
9:45 a.m. – Brunch & Learn – Adult Learning Session with Rabbi Michelle Dardashti
“Counting Our Days, Counting Each Other”
Rabbi Dardashti is the Senior Rabbi at Kane Street Synagogue in Brooklyn and formerly TBE’s director of community engagement from 2011-2013. She is also an old friend of Rabbi Knopf and thrilled to be returning to TBE to be part of the magic of his Installation Weekend. Rabbi Dardashti will offer a teaching about the Omer that helps us make sense of both the daily ritual and the varying ways we can each connect to Judaism.

Special Guest Rabbis
Rabbi Michelle Dardashti, Senior Rabbi, Kane Street Synagogue, Brooklyn, NY
Rabbi Abe Friedman, Senior Rabbi, Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel, Philadelphia, PA
Rabbi Josh Jeffreys, Jewish Chaplain and Director Religious Life, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA

Temple Beth El Clergy
Rabbi Gerry Ginsburg, Associate Rabbi
Cantor Katie Kaplan