BNAI ABRAHAM SYNAGOGUE
1545 Bushkill Street, Easton, PA 18042
Phone: (610) 258-5343 Fax: (610) 330-9100
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site last updated 6/27/09
... a Conservative Synagogue serving the Community for over 100 years
Bnai Abraham Synagogue
The early history of Bnai Abraham Synagogue is, in large part, also the history of the eastern European immigrants who settled in the Easton area in the late 19th century. Congregation Bnai Abraham has served the Easton Jewish community for over one hundred years.
Initially meeting in the homes of members, the earliest embodiment of Bnai Abraham incorporated the institutions of the mikvah (a ritual purification bath), a Talmud Torah (Hebrew School), a shohet to supervise the observance of kashrut (Jewish dietary laws), social organizations for men and women, and a Hevra Kaddisha (Burial Society). In 1907 the congregation hired its first Rabbi and The Daughters of Rebecca was established to organize charitable, social and educational programs.
We are an egalitarian congregation, so that men and women participate actively in the service and are counted toward the minyan, the quorum of ten Jews over the age of 13 needed for communal prayer. All men, and those women who choose, wear a kippah or yarmulke (head covering) when in the Sanctuary as a sign of respect and humility before G-d. Adult Jewish males, and those women who choose, also wear a tallit (prayer shawl) to fulfill the biblical commandment to make fringes on the corners of their garments.
Today, Rabbi Mark Shrager guides Congregation Bnai Abraham with the teachings of Conservative Judaism. Bnai Abraham is affiliated with the United Synagogue of America. The synagogue serves the community as a house of prayer, a house of study, and as a community.
Summer Hours:: Bnai Abraham office will be closed every Monday & Friday for the months of June, July and August 2009. Normal office hours are 10-3pm.
June 9 Tues :: Board Meeting 7:30pm
June 12 Fri :: Mizmor Shir BAS @ 5pm, Wine & Cheese; Dinner 6pm, TCP @7pm for Yoga and Torah Study & Shabbat Services
June 20 Sat :: Samuel Topp's Bar Mitzvah
June 28 Sun :: Congregational Meeting 10am with Brunch
July :: No Friday night Shabbat service during month of July
Every Thursday :: Adult Torah Study 10am, 4 & 7 pm classes
Every month :: Synagogue Choir Rehearsal first Sunday at Noon. New members welcome.
Every Wed 9am & Fri 10am :: Mindful Fitness
Jewish War Veterans meet second Sunday of each month at JCC Allentown at 10am. Brunch follows.
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June 22 Mon :: Rosh Chodesh Tammuz 1st day
June 22 Mon :: Rosh Chodesh Tammuz 2nd day
