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Welcome to Congregation Beth Shalom

We are a welcoming, egalitarian congregation located at 134 S. Cary Drive. We are affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism, but our goal is to support the Jewish traditions of all. Friday nights services are at 7:00 p.m. except for the first Friday of the month, which is usually a children’s service starting at 6:00 p.m. We have Torah study most Saturdays at 9:00 a.m. Want more information? Email us at bethshalomauburn@gmail.com. Interested in joining? Download our membership form (.docx).

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From the Union For Reform Judaism / Reform Movement

For Some of Us the Holidays Are Just…Hard

For Some of Us the Holidays Are Just…Hard jemerman November 18, 2024

Death and Mourning

As we head into the holiday season, I am acutely aware of how much different this year is going to be than previous ones. I will be celebrating without my mom for the first time. My mother died in January 2021, and I'm still dealing with the unexpected waves of grief that wash over me, sometimes out of nowhere. As I head into this first winter holiday season without her, I'm not quite sure I know what to expect, other than everything is going to be very different.

The Cost of Free Land

The Cost of Free Land jemerman November 14, 2024

Secular Holidays

The author's Great-Great-Uncle Louie Sinykin posing with men in Dakota garb in South Dakota's Black Hills. Date unknown.

When I was a child growing up in the 1980s, the story I learned about Thanksgiving followed the classic script: it highlighted amity between the Pilgrims and their Indigenous neighbors. Due to this connection, the hunger of the European settlers was met with squash and turkey.