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Beth El Temple Center is a Reform congregation of approximately 400 memberships, affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism. Beth El Temple Center is located in Belmont, Massachusetts and serves many surrounding communities, including Cambridge, Watertown, Waltham, Lexington, Arlington and Somerville. Beth El has a strong egalitarian tradition and welcomes Jews and their families who want to be a part of our Jewish community. Beth El Temple Center offers a place for learning and living Torah, a place to help repair the world, and a place to nurture your soul. |
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Written by Rabbi Jonathan Kraus
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Monday, 02 April 2012 00:00 |
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Recently, my daughter sent me a link to the video, "Kony, 2012" produced by the organization, Invisible Children. The half hour video seeks to educate people, especially young adults, about some of the terrible human rights abuses perpetrated by Joseph Kony and the "Lord's Resistance Army" (LRA) over more than two decades in Uganda and other countries of Central Africa. These horrors include the widespread kidnapping of children (more than 30,000 children when the LRA was active in Northern Uganda) to turn them into sex slaves or child soldiers (the latter, often beginning their indoctrination by being required to murder their parents).
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Are you a new member who’d like to meet other temple members in a warm, friendly setting? Are you a longtime member who’d like to meet some new people? Would you like to enjoy a night out while supporting BETC? Then this is the event for you!
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Music is near to the heart of all of us at Beth El Temple Center. Read here about the many opportunities to experience music over the coming months.
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Every year at this time, we receive a number of questions about observing the dietary laws for Pesach (Passover). Here is a basic overview that may help.
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J. Jacob Krause, a member of Beth El Temple Center, was recently featured on JewishBoston.com for his role in staging "For a Look or a Touch" with the Boston Gay Men's Chorus. The piece sets to music the true story of two young Jewish men, lovers, in the time of the Holocaust. The piece will be performed at the concerts that takes place on March 24th and 25th at 8pm at the New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall.
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