B'nai Jacob Synagogue

09/04/2026

A special weekend ahead at B'nai Jacob!

Shabbat morning services (9/5) will feature a special aliyah to honor our September birthdays! 🎂

Our kiddush luncheon will be tailgate themed. Feel free to come to services with team colors and school spirit! 🏈

And then, as Shabbat ends, we will gather back in the sanctuary at 8:30pm for Havdallah and Slichot services. Our sanctuary is already dressed in white as we prepare to kick off the High Holiday season. 🤍

09/03/2026

The Center for Small Town Jewish Life is launching a new Intro to Judaism series, beginning October 8th! 📚✡️

This course is primarily aimed at participants in Maine, but because B'nai Jacob takes part in the Center's national programs, we have the wonderful opportunity to share it with our community too.

Curious to learn more? Click the link in the first comment below! 👇

Interested in learning more about Judaism? This online course covers Jewish holidays, texts, history, prayer, and more. Held on Thursdays at 7 p.m. Eastern, each session will include instruction and time for questions and discussion. Learn more and register: https://colbycollegejewishlife.regfox.com/intro-to-judaism-fall-2026-spring-2027

09/03/2026

Please join us for the Ladies’ Auxiliary’s opening meeting of the year: an evening of wine, appetizers, and flowers! 🌷

📍 Where: KCR Floral Studio, 906 Quarrier Street (next to the old Blossom Dairy), downtown Charleston

📅 When: Wednesday, September 9th

🕕 Time: 6:00 PM

Studio owner Kenzie Rosencranz will guide us in creating our own beautiful floral arrangements to take home that evening. 💐

Cost is a minimum of $30, with the option to spend up to $70
Please bring your own vase — this way, you are only paying for the flowers
Payment may be made by check, cash, or credit card at the studio
RSVP by Sunday, September 6th by calling or texting Barbie Sadolf at 304-542-5951. Please let her know you will be attending and how much you would like to spend on your arrangement.

We look forward to a beautiful evening together! 🌺

08/31/2026

Our friends at Village Chapel Presbyterian Church have invited us to join them for dinner on Tuesday, September 8th at 6:30pm. This is part of a year-long project Village Chapel is doing to explore ways that scripture informs prayer, and this dinner session will focus on the Torah. This will be a good chance to connect with our neighbors and hear about how we read and implement our shared textual tradition.

Please RSVP by Wednesday, September 2nd. Send us a direct message here or contact the office at Temple Israel - Charleston, WV. The meal will be vegetarian in adherence with B'nai Jacob's kashrut policy for events held outside the building.

08/31/2026

Shofar blasts ahead of the Jewish New Year by Rabbi Adam Berman of Congregation B’nai Jacob. This celebratory moment was between innings at GoMart Ballpark in Charleston, West Virginia as the Charleston Dirty Birds faced the Lancaster Stormers
🎥:
שנה טובה מצ’רלסטון, ווסט וירג’יניה לכל עם ישראל!

08/31/2026

A wonderful night at the ballpark ahead of the High Holidays! ⚾️

We got started with first pitches from the President of Temple Israel, Richard Gottlieb, and the 1st Vice President of B'nai Jacob, Max Gottlieb . 💪

Then, after the first inning, Rabbi Adam Berman treated the crowd to holiday greetings and the sounding of the shofar. 💨

Thank you to the Charleston Dirty Birds for their hospitality, and for everyone who came out to join us! 🙌

08/26/2026

🚨⚾ UPDATE ⚾🚨
First pitches will be thrown tomorrow night (Thursday, 8/27) by Temple Israel President Richard Gottlieb and B'nai Jacob 1st Vice President Max Gottlieb. Shofar to be sounded later in the game.

Make sure you get your tickets and bring nonperishable goods for the canned food drive. 🥫

Send us a message for the link to discounted tickets!

With Rosh Hashanah around the corner, Rabbi Adam Berman will sound the shofar between innings while the Charleston Dirty Birds take on the Lancaster Stormers on Thursday, August 27th. The game starts at 6:35pm.

Message us for a link to discounted tickets, adjacent to where the shofar will be sounded!

Aside from the shofar, this game is the community Canned Food Drive. You are invited to bring non-perishable food donations to drop off at the front gates. Our tradition is clear that the spiritual work of the High Holiday season cannot be limited to ritual; it must include helping those in need around us: "This is the fast I desire... to share your bread with the hungry" (Isaiah 58:6-7).

08/26/2026

Come hear the shofar tomorrow night (Thursday, 8/27) at the Charleston Dirty Birds game!

Country Roads is a song about teshuvah, return. On Rosh Hashanah, we are called to return to the important things in life. To who we really are and where we are truly at home.
לְשָׁנָה טוֹבָה תִּכָּתֵבוּ וְתֵחָתֵמוּ!
Wishing you and yours a happy Jewish New Year from West Virginia.

08/24/2026

📢 POSTPONED
B'nai Jacob Ladies Auxiliary Trivia Fundraiser
Third Time is the Charm 🍀
Trivia in the Time of Purim 🎭
Early Spring 2027 (March TBA)

Many thanks to those of you who have already submitted your checks for the event. You may (a) pick up your check from the office or (b) instruct us to tear the check up. Thank you all for your patience! 🙏

08/24/2026

It's the Hebrew month of Elul, so shofar videos are back! Enjoy this clip, submitted by Glenn Goldfarb, of his granddaughter Emily tinkering around with a shofar.

If you have videos you would like to share, please send them in!