Congregation Beth Israel of Walla Walla

If you have trouble remembering the Hebrew letters, or if you haven't really learned them at all, art can be a fun way to improve your reading skills. As you draw the letters with precision, you will get to know each one intimately. After you've built art out of a word, you'll recognize it anywhere. In this workshop we will start with some warm ups before jumping into lettering. We will practice writing each of the letters in the aleph…

Our Potluck Shabbat dinner and Tu B'shvat Seder was a great success in January, and we are looking forward to getting together again on the Third Friday in February. This month, we will be having our dinner on the night after Purim Katan, so the twin themes for the dinner will be Shushan (Persia) and Joy. The rabbis tell us that when the month of Adar comes in, Joy increases. This is why we add an extra month of Adar…

In January we had our first Hebrew Calligraphy and Art Workshop in which we created posters for an eastern wall in our home so that we would know which way to face when praying. Along the way, we learned a little bit from the Sefer Yetzira -- a primary kabbalistic work that tells about how the letters of the Hebrew Aleph Bet were used to create the universe, and we learned a bit about the basic strokes involved in creating…

The entire congregation is invited to Maddison Wickham’s naming ceremony & 3rd birthday party on February 23 at 6:30pm at the synagogue building. There will be a short service followed by food (dairy) & fun. RSVP below

Do you have an advance directive for your medical care? Have you appointed someone to be your medical proxy in the event that you are unable to make medical decisions for yourself? If you had a medical emergency in the street, can EMTs or a nurse use your phone to call your emergency contact without unlocking your phone? Have you thought about what type of life saving treatment you want and what sorts you would prefer not to have? Does…