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Central Oregon’s Jewish Reform Congregation

Events

  1. 10 Dec
  2. 12 Dec

    Erev Shabbat Service

    6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
  3. 13 Dec

    Torah Study

    10:00 am - 11:30 am
  4. 14 Dec

    TBT Hanukkah Party

    6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
  5. 15 Dec

    Board Meeting

    5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
  6. 16 Dec

    Ladies' Lunch

    11:30 am - 12:30 pm

Find Your Connection

About TBT

For Jewish families, retirees and singles at every level of faith, Temple Beth Tikvah provides a comforting embrace for the soul of your DNA.
Read more about TBT 

Temple Beth Tikvah has a wealth of Jewish programming for families with children from toddlers to teens. We greatly respect the needs of our children and feel it is important to support the families while nurturing their child’s own Jewish values and growth.
Read more about our Family programming

Shabbat Services

Join us to welcome Shabbat on Friday nights and Saturday mornings. For more information, click here. For our calendar of services and events, click here.

 

Membership Payment

You can make your membership payment here.

Order Your Tribute Bookplates 

Honor your loved ones with a beautiful bookplate capturing the character of Central Oregon. For more information and to order your bookplate for our Shabbat Mishkan T’filah and our High Holy Days prayer books, the Mishkan HaNefesh: Machzor for the Days of Awe, click here.

Messages

Divrei Tikvah
From Rabbi Sara Abrams

This year at TBT we will be celebrating Chanukah on the very first night, December 14th in the Gregorian calendar. Of course, in the Jewish calendar, Chanukah begins on the same day every year—the 25th of Kislev. The nights are dark at this time of year and the days very short, a time when we, along with nature, hibernate and begin to gestate all that can be nurtured in the winter months to be reborn in the spring. Indeed, the very last night of Chanukah falls on the winter solstice this year, the darkest night. And yet every dark night bears good news—the light that we could hardly notice in the fullness of summer can shine so tenderly at the beginning of winter.

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President’s Message
From Ginger Weeden

As we approach year’s end, I am delighted to announce our 2025 Year-End Matching Donation Campaign: Through a generous gift, our community has the opportunity to triple the impact of every dollar you contribute. For every contribution you make now, that gift will add double the amount, helping us strengthen every corner of our congregation—from our rabbi compensation fund, to membership recruitment and engagement programs.    Read more about the matching campaign.

From the Union For Reform Judaism / Reform Movement

Proud JEWS

Proud JEWS jemerman

Right before Sukkot, I noticed the word "JEW" carved into my sidewalk. I began to grind out the word, but rather decided to replace the space by adding "Proud JEWs" to the sidewalk.

Sacred Spaces, Sacred Responsibility: Practical Lifesaving Steps

Sacred Spaces, Sacred Responsibility: Practical Lifesaving Steps jemerman

Very few people plan to save a life; but maybe it's time to change that thinking.

No Holiday Dilemma this December

No Holiday Dilemma this December ltheodore2

I looked forward to the lights that adorn houses and streets in celebration of the holiday, not to mention watching Christmas specials on television and getting extra days off work to be with family. However, things changed last year when my family and I joined our friends to help them decorate their Christmas tree.

Wearing Strength: Jewelry as a Symbol of Jewish Resilience

Wearing Strength: Jewelry as a Symbol of Jewish Resilience jemerman

In times of uncertainty, many Jews have found solace and strength in objects that carry meaning beyond their physical form.