The Allen J. Worters lecture will feature Rabbi Toba Spitzer who will be discussing her book, God is Here: Reimagining the Divine. https://rabbitobaspitzer.net
Check out this episode and join us for a discussion
HBT Tikkun Olam Zoom Program*
Many of us are deeply concerned about the increasing threats to our democratic institutions and the escalating tactics of voter suppression especially impacting low income and communities of color.
Yad Chessed supports Jewish individuals and families by alleviating economic distress and helping them reach financial stability.
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with speaker Claudia Samayoa, Guatemalan Human Rights Defender
and a special visual presentation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Following the mincha service, HBT members are invited to a special Yom Kippur vigil for Black Lives, in solidarity with our friends at the weekly vigil at the Holy Name Rotary.
Brings signs and stand socially distant along the sidewalk in front of the temple.
If you plan to attend the parking Lot Neilah at 6:45, please register here [link to the word here] and park your car in designated spaces in the back when you arrive for the vigil.
Join for or a continued conversation from our last “White Nationalism, Antisemitism and Otherness” Reflection to hear about current voting advocacy activity in our lives and congregations and welcome renowned speakers.
Dr. Tonisha Pinckney is a Ph.D. criminologist who will be talking about police reform and hopeful paths forward to peace and justice.
GBIO is sponsoring a candidate forum because State Representative Angelo Scaccia is retiring from the MA State House.
Candidates running to fill the 14th Suffolk seat include:
Rob Consalvo
Duckens Petit Maitre
Gretchen Van Ness
All candidates have agreed to attend this virtual event where we will discuss these current legislative issues:
Affordable housing (during the pandemic and beyond)
Decarceration (during the pandemic and beyond)
Police reform
Health care reform, including mental health parity
Please register to meet the candidates and learn where they stand on these issues: Candidate Forum Registration
HBT is additionally holding a pre-forum virtual house meeting to identify concerns related to these issues that our members would like to have raised at the Candidate Forum. Zoom invitation will be sent out prior to the event.
Please email Elana Wolkoff enwconsult@gmail.com with any questions.
Hear stories from HBT members who are already engaged in protecting the 2020 Election and learn how you can plugin.
We will gather in the final hours of Tisha B’Av for a vigil led by Black Jews as we cry out in grief, mourning, and outrage against the violence of anti-Black racism and white supremacy in our world and in our communities.
Join Marya Axner, the former Director of New England Jewish Labor Committee (JLC) for a lecture titled: "Lens on anti-Semitism: Unraveling the confusions, finding the patterns, building allies.”
The Allen J. Worters Memorial Lecture honors the pursuit of Jewish learning at Temple Hillel B’nai Torah, with its mission of promoting adult education which is accessible to all, by providing a multi-dimensional exploration of Jewish identity reflecting top-notch Jewish scholarship.
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