Our services this weekend, May 24 to 25th

SHABBAT BEHA’ALOTCHA TORAH: NUMBERS 12: 1 to 16 HAFTARAH: PSALM 90 FRIDAY 24 MAY Evening service 6.00 p.m. – Followed by a Kiddush. Children’s Chocolates sponsored by Bruny Simpson SATURDAY 25 MAY Morning service at 9.30 a.m. – 11.00 a.m. followed by a Brocha in the Courtyard/Garden Adult Education Programme – 11.15 a.m. – 12.15 …

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One Night of Song – Still time to Book!

From the sacred to the secular, from the deep south to the shtetl, “One Night of Song” is your opportunity to hear one of SA’s best Jewish choirs do a once-off performance. Don’t miss out! On Sunday, 2 June at 7.00 p.m. at BEIT EMANUEL, 38 Oxford Rd, (entrance in 3rd Avenue) Parktown. R100 (This …

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Bet David Bingo Evening is this Saturday night

Bet David invites you to their first major fund-raising event of 2013 – a fun-filled, family Bingo Bonanza. Tickets are only R150.00 for the first five games. Extra cards are R30.00 each or R50.00 for two. Spot games are R25.00 each. Wonderful prizes to be won – see attached flier. This event will take place …

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Shabbat Morning Service at 9.30 a.m.

Shabbat Morning service begins at 9.30 a.m. For your easy reference, herewith is a list of speakers and topics for the new Adult Education programme for May and June 2013. 25 May Dr. Dora Wynchank Jews and moods: Mood disorders and the Jewish people 1 June Prof. David Bilchitz Kaddish symphony – Blasphemy or or …

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Please contribute to Shofar Magazine – 5774

The SAUPJ will once again be publishing a Shofar Magazine for Rosh Hashana 5774. In contrast to what has been featured in the past, Shofar 5774 will be a magazine with a difference: it will be the SAUPJ’s first Progressive Jewish Lifestyle magazine that looks at all aspects of Progressive Jewish Life in the 21st …

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Our services this weekend, May 24 to 25thOne Night of Song – Still time to Book!Bet David Bingo Evening is this Saturday nightShabbat Morning Service at 9.30 a.m.Please contribute to Shofar Magazine – 5774

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 The people who make up Beit Emanuel

Welcome to our warm and open community

Beit Emanuel is Johannesburg’s largest progressive congregation, an open and egalitarian community, where you will receive a warm welcome. We offer a full range of Jewish religious services, from Shabbat services to marriages, bar/bat mitzvah and conversion classes, community outreach, youth programmes, facilities for hire and much more.

For our latest news and forthcoming activities, see our News page.

Our congregation is led by a full-time rabbi, Dr Robert Ash. See our profile of Rabbi Ash.

Shabbat services

Friday night services commence at 6.00pm. There is usually a Kiddush accompanied by a light meal, at around 7.15pm. Visitors are welcome.

Saturday morning services commence at 10.00am, and are usually followed by a Kiddush accompanied by a light snack. Visitors are welcome.

The Saturday service is preceded by a Torah Breakfast, at which a guest speaker presents an interesting religious topic for discussion, starting at 8.30am.

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West facade of the Beit Emanuel synagogue

Facilities for Hire

Beit Emanuel has an extensive campus of buildings. Some of these may be hired for meetings or for social or educational events. Our largest facility is the Synagogue main functions hall. This extensive space includes a stage and two bar/food serving areas. The main hall can seat up to 200 people at tables seating up …

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Childens'activities are a central feature of the shul programme

Bar and Bat Mitzvah

Introduction: Our Programme We have reorganized the Beit Emanuel School into four year groups, two junior years and a two year senior programme. The senior classes are jointly managed and delivered by Harriet Davis, an experienced senior teacher, and our Rabbi, Dr Robert Ash. The staff teaching the senior programme have devised a series of lessons and …

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