Program Description: "My Forty Years as a Congregational Rabbi," is a collection of stories and anecdotes from Rabbi Mike Stevens serving congregations in Ohio, Montreal, and Indiana. Some of the stories are very funny, some are poignant or sad, and many are very inspiring. Question and answer session to follow.

Lunch provided by our friends at AROSA.

Where: Beth Shalom, 5713 Yates Mill Pond Rd., Raleigh, NC 27606

When: Tuesday, March 4 from 12-2pm

Cost: Beth Shalom and JCC members $10; General Community $18

Registration Deadline: Thursday, February 27

For more information: gena.brown@shalomraleigh.org

Click here to register.

Program Description: Come join us for our first speaker of 2025, Leonard Rogoff, as we learn about the history of the Jewish South.

Leonard Rogoff is a former president of the Southern Jewish Historical Society and recipient of its lifetime achievement award.  He has taught at the University of North Carolina, North Carolina Central University, and Duke University.  He has lectured widely on the Jewish South and contributed to numerous anthologies and journals.  His books include Down Home: Jewish Life in North Carolina; Homelands: Southern Jewish Identity in Durham and Chapel Hill, North Carolina; and Gertrude Weil: A Jewish Progressive in the New South.  He currently serves as historian and president of Jewish Heritage North Carolina.

Lunch is provided by Seniors Helping Seniors.

Where: Beth Shalom, 5713 Yates Mill Pond Rd., Raleigh, NC 27606

When: Tuesday, January 7 from 12-2pm

Cost: $10

For more information: gena.brown@shalomraleigh.org

Program Description: Join the annual Community Dreidel Exchange, hosted this year by Beth Shalom. Bring a gift-wrapped, decorative dreidel valued at no more than $36.00 to exchange.

When: Thursday, December 12 from 6:30-8:30pm

Where: Beth Shalom, 5713 Yates Mill Pond Rd, Raleigh, NC 27606

For more information: Leslie.Needham@shalomraleigh.org

Program Description: Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action

Learn how to make a difference – and spread the word on how solutions to our Climate Crisis are available and affordable. As Jews, we are compelled to act, as our ancestors did, who faced extinction, with courageous action. The climate crisis is the defining challenge of our lifetimes.

Triangle’s Dayenu Circle will empower our Western Wake friends with “Climate Action tools” to address our heating planet earth. A quick review of the Climate Crisis will reveal how we are all impacted. Followed by the good news that solutions exist to “cool our planet,” and how they are gradually being implemented. The presentation will be enhanced by engaging participants interactively in meaningful and fun ways. The Renewable Energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable electric energy is happening – and we are all invited to participate.

The presentation will be given by Arthur and Anya Gordon. Now in retirement, Arthur founded and operated the Irregardless Cafe & Catering in Raleigh for 45 years. Irregardless Cafe was the first restaurant in North Carolina to enforce “No Smoking,” 25 years before the state of North Carolina mandated it. The Cafe also used Solar Panels to heat the hot water, and operated the Well-Fed Community Garden, 3 miles from the Cafe, which grew organic produce served at the Cafe. Anya served on the City of Raleigh’s Environmental Advisory Board as it’s Chairperson and cares passionately about our planet.

“The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.” Albert Einstein

Where: Beth Shalom, 5713 Yates Mill Pond Rd. Raleigh, NC 27606

When: Tuesday, November 5 from 12-2pm

Cost: $10

For more information: gena.brown@shalomraleigh.org