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Welcome!

Temple Beth Israel is a Reform Jewish Congregation that welcomes worshipers from the Greater Jackson and Southern Mid-Michigan area.

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Upcoming Temple Events

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Fri Dec 30 @ 8:00PM -
Shabbat Service
Sun Jan 01
NO Religious School
Thu Jan 05
Fast of Tevet 10
Fri Jan 06 @ 6:30PM -
Shabbatluck Dinner
Sat Jan 07 @10:00AM -
Shabbat Service

Be Part of Temple History

Sunday, 06 November 2011 10:38 Written by Nancy Demeter

Next year marks TBI's 150th anniversary, and to celebrate this milestone, we are producing a DVD that commemorates the Temple and Jackson's Jewish community. The proceeds from the sale of the DVD will go toward our Torah Repair Fund. If you have home movies, photographs,newspaper clippings, or voice recordings of TBI events that you'd be willing to share, let us know and we'll arrange to have them copied onto the DVD. Please contact Nancy Demeter by December 7, 2011 to add your memories to TBI's history.

Of course, we will need help to organize and catalog all these historical records. Our last 150+ years will help us move forward with our next 150+ years.

Since our Sunday mornings are boring, with no more bake sale workshops, let's get together during religious school to sort through all these historical papers and photos, as we make plans for a more permanent historic record.

We will plan two Sunday morning a month in December, January, February, and March. Watch your Temple Voice for details.

-Nancy Demeter

URJ Blog

  • The Gift of the Shabbat Table
    by Evelyne Klein When our (fabulous) Membership Director asked if I would host a Shabbat dinner at our house, as a way to have long-standing members meet new members, I thought:  What a terrific idea!!  There were so many new members we did not know, and members we saw at temple events only.  What better way to bring old and new together, get to know other members better, than around the Shabbat dinner table? I was amazed at the synergies between the old and new members who came: the conversation flowed around the table, with everyone introducing themselves, and topics ranging from the impact of Hillel on college students to training for boards, to activities for disabled youngsters and numerous other topics, both personal and otherwise. The conversation was lively and vigorous the entire evening. When our kids were young, my father would insist we come for Shabbat dinner on [...]
  • Do We Have The Courage for a Real Tikkun For Our Teens?
    by Craig Parks I am a very rare breed in the Reform Movement.  Out of over 900 congregations I am one of the very few full time Directors of Youth Programming that has been in my job over ten years.  I have now spoken at my third national Biennial in a row and do so with great fervor.  When those attendees come to my presentations and hear about the 60 -70 kids coming to our Teen Shabbat Jam 2 hour Friday  night service once a month or our well over 100 9-12 graders participating in our  programs such as the social action youth group Tikkun Project, or the summer camp that brings in gobs of kids and teens who work on staff I sometimes have to reach for napkins to wipe the drool off the faces.  I can’t even tell you how many times I have heard the phrase “Can [...]

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Chanukah/Hanukkah Dec. 20-28, 2011

Our Contact Information

Address:
801 West Michigan Ave
Jackson, MI 40202

Primary Phone:
(517) 784-3862

Co-President Steve Berman's Cell:
(517) 206-1177