Congregation Beth Israel Bellingham WA

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Congregation Beth Israel is a member of the Union for Reform Judaism, serving the Jewish community of Bellingham, WA and the surrounding areas.

05/29/2026

Shabbat shalom Beth Israelites! As it’s the 5th Friday of the month, there are no services this evening or tomorrow morning. So, relax and enjoy this rest.

05/22/2026

Shabbat shalom Beth Israelites! Join Rabbi Samuels, Andrea Shupack and Shabbat Shira for a service in the round at 7:30pm. Oneg to follow.

Saturday: Torah Study begins at 9:30am. Rabbi Samuels will be leading this session on the Book of Ruth. Our Conservative lay-led minyan begins at 10:30am with a potluck luncheon to follow.

Shabbat shalom and chag shavuot sameach!

05/21/2026

Tomorrow! Tikkun Leil Shavout!
A night of learning and eating
Win Top Prize at the Cheesecake Competition!
Thursday, May 21, 2026
8:00 pm

One of the highlights of Shavuot is our Tikkun Leil Shavuot—an evening of learning, community, and (of course) plenty of cheesecake. A beloved part of the night is learning from members of our own community.

05/19/2026

I don’t know if members of the Muslim community here in Bellingham, or beyond, will happen to read this. But after today’s horrific shooting at an Islamic center near San Diego, I simply want to say: our Jewish community grieves alongside you.

As spiritual cousins, we know all too well what it feels like when houses of worship become targets of hatred instead of sanctuaries of peace. No community should have to gather for prayer while wondering if they are safe.

My heart aches not only for those directly affected, but also for the larger reality we are living through; a society overflowing with anger, easy access to weapons, isolation, radicalization, and hatred. It is heartbreaking that young people can be pulled toward violence in this way.

At moments like this, I hope we choose something different. More compassion. More relationship. More courage to see one another as human beings created in the image of God.

We are holding the Muslim community in our hearts tonight.

Rabbi Samuels

05/14/2026

Shalom Beth Israelites. Join Rabbi Samuels, Andrea Shupack for Shabbat tomorrow evening at 6:15pm.

Saturday: Twin sisters Tahlia and Ariel will be called to the Torah as b’not mitzvah at 10:00am. They are the daughters of Keren Gott and we are so thrilled for their family. Mazel tov!

Thursday, May 21 is our annual Tikkun Leil Shavuot event which is featuring a cheesecake bake-off competition. Come for some learning or just a piece of cheesecake. And if you’d like to share a 10 minute teaching on anything Jewishly related, reach out to Rabbi Samuels.

05/07/2026

Shalom Beth Israelites! Join Rabbi Samuels, Andrea Shupack and our incredible Confirmation class tomorrow evening at 6:15pm for Confirmation Shabbat. We will be honoring these 14 high schoolers who are "graduating" from Kesher. Several have been attending since their pre-school days and others have joined in the last few years. Each of them will be sharing a brief reflection on a topic they've studied these past two years.

Saturday: Registration for the women's all day shabbaton is still open. Come and be a part of a day filled with joy, reflection, study, community, and song. 8:30am-8:30pm. Meals included!

05/01/2026

Shabbat shalom Beth Israelites! Come join us for Family Shabbat this evening at 6:15pm. It's our annual Teacher Appreciation shabbat. And, our youngest students will be leading us in a couple of songs as well. Our Kesher staff is amazing! Express your appreciation to them.

Saturday: Andrea's Contemplative shabbat morning service begins at 10:30am.

Sunday: CBI members--I bet you can't wait for the Annual Meeting at 4pm. Come and hear about the past year, support our newest Board members, and express some cheer for the Joan Wayne, the recipient of the Eternal Light Leadership Award for 2026. Mazel Tov Joan!

Shabbat shalom!

04/24/2026

Shabbat shalom Beth Israelites! Join Rabbi Samuels, Andrea Shupack & Shabbat Shira, and our bat mitzvah, Emma, this evening at 7:30pm for a musical shabbat service. An oneg will follow.

Join us tomorrow morning at 10:00am as Emma is called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah. We send a hearty mazel tov to the whole Konikoff family!

There is a lot more happening in the coming days and weeks at CBI. Check out the Timbrel.

Shabbat shalom!

04/17/2026

Shalom Beth Israelites! Join Rabbi Samuels and our bat mitzvah, Meadow, tomorrow evening at 6:15pm for Kabbalat Shabbat and an oneg to follow. And then come back Saturday morning at 10:00 as Meadow is called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah. Both she and the rabbi will be tackling one of the more complicated and “icky” Torah portions with their own interpretation on Tazria-Metzora. IYKYK!

Lots happening at CBI so check the Timbrel and website. Next up, Yom Haatzmaut celebration at 6:30pm this coming Tuesday.

04/13/2026

Yom HaShoah Community Service – Monday, April 13 at 7:00pm

Join us tomorrow evening as we gather for our annual Yom HaShoah service, remembering the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, and honoring the lives, stories, and resilience of our people.

This year’s service will be led in large part by our 8th grade students, who have spent the past year studying the Shoah and reflecting deeply on what it means to remember. Through their voices—alongside music, poetry written by victims and survivors, and traditional prayers—we will move together through a powerful journey: from a world that once was, to what was taken, to what still lives, and what we carry forward.

All are welcome. Come be part of this meaningful evening of memory and community.

Address

751 San Juan Boulevard
Bellingham, WA
98229

Telephone

+13607338890

Website

http://bethisraelbellingham.org/

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