Today is December 3, 2023 -
Today is December 3, 2023 -
83 Chestnut Street/POBox 383
Oneonta,
NY 13820
Phone: (607) 432-5522
Email: TBEOneonta@gmail.com
Interim President’s Message: Fall is around the corner. It is the season of change. Soon the leaves will be turning to gemstone colors and drifting and weaving their way down to the earth. Here in the northeast, nature’s Autumn coincides with our High Holy Days. How fitting that is because our “Days of Awe” are about Continue Reading »
The weather has been wonderful. Our services are being held again in person. We are continuing to offer Zoom services to see if that encourages more participation. Our lay led services have been well attended on Friday evenings. Barbara Roberts, Hollie Jaffe, and Aaron Harrison all did a wonderful job of leading us in prayers Continue Reading »
We have held our first in person service and it was a huge success. Barbara Roberts returned to Oneonta to lead the service. Her voice and guitar playing were as beautiful as ever. Thank you, Barbara for getting us started again. Barbara’s message that night was based on Shavuot and the good fortune that we Continue Reading »
I am happy to announce that we will be opening for in person services at Temple Beth El this month. To overcome this long period of isolation, we must embark on a mission of togetherness and community building. We want to reunite our congregational family. We will have to follow CDC and NY State guidelines Continue Reading »
Dear Friends, I hope your Passover was warm and bright and filled with foods that tickled your memory and taste buds from Passover’s of the past. I feel as if our journey this year was somewhat like fleeing from Egypt. We had an unexpected start to the COVID-19 journey, we wandered in the wilderness with Continue Reading »
The Stories We Tell Matter This past week my son Ed, who lives in Houston, Texas, experienced a few catastrophic days as Houston was engulfed in a cold snap and snowstorm. He was without power and water for two and a half days. (Oh, that first shower must have felt good.) Others in Houston experienced Continue Reading »
At our next Trustees meeting we will be thinking about ways to innovate our Purim Celebration this year. Purim last year was celebrated right in our sanctuary with about 20 people attending in person. It is hard to believe that after Purim, we will have celebrated all our holidays in the midst of COVID-19 with Continue Reading »
