..as of August 1, 2020 we ALL are now members of Bnai Shalom. We are now a legally merged congregation.
Marc Abo and Harvey Cartine, Co-Presidents Bnai Shalom
Services may be in-person, live streaming, or via Zoom due to fewer Covid cases in our community.
Call in number is the same for all zoom events – 1–646–558–8656 unless otherwise stated. Call the office to register for Zoom credentials. To watch livestream go to Bnai Shalom's YOUTUBE CHANNEL LINK
Friday Shabbat Services – 7:30 P.M., November 7, 14, 21, and 28
Saturday Shabbat Services – 10:00 A.M., November 1 and 15
Don't forget to set your clocks back on Sunday, November 2, at 2:00 A.M.
Friday, Nov. 3 - 4:32 P.M.
Friday, Nov. 10 - 4:25 P.M.
Friday, Nov. 17 - 4:20 P.M.
Friday, Nov. 24 - 4:17 P.M.
Friday, November 7, at 6:00 P.M. If you would like to attend, RSVP to Irene at 610-258-5343. The cost is $18 per person for members and $36 per person for non-members. No walk-ins please.
The Jewish Day School of the Lehigh Valley's 72nd Annual Gala - Evening of Tribute will be held on Saturday, December 6, 2025. The JDS Annual Gala is the key fundraiser for the Jewish Day School and a wonderful opportunity to support the Jewish Day School students, faculty, and operations.
The JDS educates our students in a vibrant, nurturing environment where Jewish values and traditions and academic excellence thrive. Gala Tickets with Gala Ad Journal message space are included with your ticket purchase. This year the JDS will honor Run For Their Lives (advocacy for the Israeli Hostages) and recognize three extraordinary pillars of our community whose leadership brought this vital organization and awareness to the Lehigh Valley: Naomi Schachter, Tama Tamarkin, and Miriam Zager.
We want to ensure the Jewish Day School is here for years to come..to transfer knowledge from generation to generation. The JDS will prepare Jewish children to use their voices for good and root advocacy into their shared Jewish values through enhanced curriculum.
The JDS forges a strong, proud Jewish identity at a young age so it is firm as they grow older and remains firm when they are challenged and/or exposed to high pressure from other religions and philosophies on the street or on college campuses.
Your financial support ensures the JDS will build future Jewish leaders in our community. The stakes and threats have not been this high in years. Rather than shield our children - we want to prepare them. The Jewish Day School prepares students who apply themselves to a rigorous dual curriculum. JDS courses include American Literature, Civics, History, and Government, and Israeli and Ancient Jewish History, dual languages (English and Hebrew) and new classes in Jewish advocacy and upstanding not offered locally anywhere else. In addition, our school offers students daily morning prayers, Jewish holiday celebrations and observances, faculty experts trained in emersive language style learning, a large Jewish library full of Jewish texts and a wide selection of world classics and modern resources for study, hot Kosher meals, small student to teacher ratio, plus so much more.
Please take this opportunity to partner with the Jewish Day School of the Lehigh Valley and support its mission to financially secure the Jewish Day School for future generations as the stakes have never been higher. We are grateful for partners like you who help our mission to build the Jewish leaders of the future. May God bless you for being a blessing!
If you are interested in purchasing tickets, please feel free to contact us at gala@jdslv.org or simply complete the below information and return with payment to the JDS at 2313 W. Pennsylvania St., Allentown, PA 18104 by November 17, 2025.
The Jewish Day School is a 501(c)(3) non-profit. Our EIN is 23-7344-525.
Please click here if you would like to purchase tickets and R.S.V.P. online at www.jdslv.org/gala.
Sincerely,
Julie Hochhauser
72nd Annual Gala Chair
Join us for a fun time at Bnai Shalom BINGO!
Doors open at 12:00 P.M. Bingo starts at 1 P.M.
Dates for 2025: December 7th!
No outside food or drinks allowed!
15 GAMES (PACKAGE) + TICKET GAMES + $350 JACKPOT (Not included in package)
• (+ 2 SPECIALS PAYOUT 50/50)
• $25/person in advance ($30 at door) for PACKAGE
• JACKPOT: $2 per 3 boards / $5 per 9 boards
• TICKETS GAMES: $1 per ticket
**We only accept cash payments.**
The Bnai Shalom Bingo and Tricky Tray fundraiser is on December 7, 2025. Please consider donating a basket, volunteering to help, and inviting your friends and neighbors to attend. This event has the potential to raise several thousand dollars.
Cash Bingo and Tricky Tray fundraiser for Bnai Shalom on December 7, 2025
Bnai Shalom, 1545 Bushkill Street, Easton, PA 18042
Doors open 11:30 A.M., first game starts at 1:00 P.M., tricky tray to follow
Tricky Tray Baskets
• We need donations for the tricky tray. Items must be in new condition. Suggested items include children's toys and puzzles, holiday items, housewares, pet toys and treats, gift cards, small electronics, etc.
•Items are needed by November 20 to ensure enough time to make the baskets. Bring your items to the synagogue. If this is problematic, call Howard and he will pick up your items.
•Event letters are available from the office to give to any restaurant or store in your area you think would donate a gift card or item to the event.
NOTE: All donated items are for the tricky tray only and are not available for purchase prior to the event.
Volunteers for the Event
•Help with concessions, selling bingo and ticket games, 50/50 raffle tickets, and tricky tray tickets.
•Help assist during bingo and tricky tray.
•Help setup and clean up the social hall.
Contact Howard Nathanson at 484–241–5840 to volunteer or ask questions.
Holiday Cookie Extravaganza!
Calling All Congregants!
The Membership and Sisterhood committees are having a Holiday Cookie Extravaganza!
We are looking for all of our bakers to make three dozen of your favorite cookies and bring them to the Synagogue for distribution and delivery on Sunday, December 14th, at 11:00 a.m. We will need helpers to box up and deliver the cookies to our congregants. If you have any dietary needs we should know about, please inform us and we will do our best to accommodate you.
If you can help with boxing up, delivery, or especially both, please contact either Nancy Ebert at 610-217-6798 or Laura Shultz at 570-517-4121.
Update: Mah Jongg Lessons began on Sunday, October 16th. Jill and Howard Nathanson explained the basics for seven people with the desire to learn this game.
There were handouts and plenty of patience. We had a follow up lesson on October 26, 2025. If you would like to learn how to play please reach out to us!
RSVP to Lauren Glick at laurbg21@gmail.com or Laura Schultz at eyeore1963@yahoo.com.
Congregation Bnai Shalom will continue helping those in need by making the mitzvah of Tzedakah a regular feature. We will highlight charities each month in addition to helping Bnai Shalom. This form of social justice is a commitment that will continue to enrich those needing support and, in turn, enrich those who donate. Please send it to the attention of our secretary, Irene Kurpen at Bnai Shalom. She in turn will place the sealed donations into the Tzedakah Box. Under the auspices of Rabbi Adrienne Rubin and our accountant, there will be regular accounting and distribution of the funds. You, in turn, will receive a receipt of your donation. Since the beginnings of our previous congregations, we have been an integral part of the Easton community. Our logical focus will be to serve needy recipients in our community. If you have suggestions for our upcoming Tzedakah spotlight, please send them to Herb Woolf at: herbwoolf13@gmail.com.
Charity options for monthly donations:
Please support our Community Food Pantry families during the month of November by helping us stock up on FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS. Thank you for your participation!. Your donation can be dropped off in Founders Hall.
PRoJeCT of Easton's mission is to build a better community by helping people help themselves. 320 Ferry St, Easton, PA 18042
Visit PRoJeCT of Easton's website.
Safe Harbor’s mission is to foster lifelong success and stability in homeless men and women by addressing the root causes of their homelessness.
536 Bushkill Drive Easton, PA 18042Tzedakah Box - Bnai Shalom (attention Irene Kurpen) 1545 Bushkill Street, PA 18042.
Congregation Bnai Shalom has served the Easton Jewish Community since 1839.
Congregation Bnai Shalom is a creative, inclusive congregation inviting ALL people to deepen their bonds to Judaism and to thrive in their personal journeys.
About our historyBOARD MEETING - Tuesday, November 25, 7:00 P.M.
Our next meeting will take place on Sunday, November 2, at 10:30 A.M.
AN OFFICER AND A SPY
By Robert Harris
A historical thriller that fictionalizes the real-life Alfred Dreyfus Affair, a notorious miscarriage of justice in the late 1890s in France. The book explores the themes of espionage, conspiracy, corruption, and antisemitism. The novel won the Walter Scott Prize (2014) and the American Library in Paris Book Award (2014).
Make a one time and/or automatic monthly donation to Bnai Shalom with any major credit card. If you prefer the donation be allocated to a specific fund please contact the office. Unless specified, all donations will be deposited into the General Operating fund.
SERVING THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF EASTON SINCE 1839