Welcome to Beit Ahavah

You are an integral part of our growing congregation and community!          Please download the
New & Returning Membership Welcome packets for 2019-20

The wonderful High Holydays are coming soon! ~ Please join us for uplifting, inclusive, welcoming and wonderfully musical services and events for Rosh Hashanah (Sept 29-30), Yom Kippur (October 8-9) and throughout Sukkot & Simchat Torah (October 13-21).  High Holydays information and invitations, schedules, sign ups for meals and volunteering, family services and more is found here:

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Rabbi Riqi’s 10 Year Anniversary! 

View Rabbi Riqi’s 10-Year Anniversary Tribute Book, May 12, 2017.
Mazel tov and thank you for your generous support!

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In The News

Mass Live, 10/30/18, “Hundreds in Northampton remember victims of Pittsburgh synagogue shootings“-Over 600 from the Jewish community, their friends and supporters of different faiths gathered in an emotional vigil two days after a gunman killed 11 people worshiping at the Tree of Life synagogue to grieve, pray and gather together led by Rabbi Riqi Kosovske, Rabbi Justin David and Rabbi Andrew Hahn.

The Daily Hampshire Gazette, 10/29/18, “Crowds Join Vigil in Northampton in honor of 11 slain at Pittsburgh Synagogue” – On Monday evening, well over a hundred people including the mayor walked a mile with candles in hand from the Unitarian Society downtown to join hundreds at Congregation B’nai Israel in a community vigil gathering of standing room only led by Rabbi Riqi Kosovske and Rabbi Justin David in response to the anti-Semitic killing of 11 people at Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh.

The Daily Hampshire Gazette, 9/10/18, “Reform synagogue welcomes all-comers for New Year” – Open doors are a vital aspect of the synagogue’s mission. “We encourage anyone who’s curious… and would like to come along,” Lauri Meade said.
Daily Hampshire Gazette, 5/13/18: “Northampton’s Reform Synagogue Celebrates 20 Years” – Read about the amazing time had at our 20th Anniversary Celebration from May 12 and see pictures from Shabbat B’Yachad- “Sabbath Together”. Click here for more articles!

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Beit Ahavah Blog:

• The Joys of a Small Congregation: (3/25/2017) - We Have a Sense of Family We Have a Sense of Tenacity We Have a Sense of Involvement We Have a Sense of Personal Responsibility to the Congregation We Have a Sense of Tolerance We Have a Sense of Humor We Have a Sense of Intimacy with our Rabbi We Have a Sense of Continuity … Continue reading The Joys of a Small Congregation: →

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