Service Schedule
Daily Minyan
Weekdays - 7:30am and 6:00pm
Sundays and Civil Holidays -
8:00am and 6:00pm
Shabbat Services
Morning Shabbat Service - 9:30am
Evening Service - 6:00pm
Daily Minyan
We hold Minyan twice a day, everyday. The daily Minyan is an opportunity for us to fulfill the mitzvah of daily prayer. It also provides a traditional setting for the Mourner's Kaddish to be recited by those who are mourning a recent death or observing a yahrzeit. Daily Minyan is an important service that CBI offers to the entire Flint Jewish community.
Shabbat Services
Our traditional Shabbat morning services are lay-lead. Skilled and knowledgeable congregants, male and female, conduct the services and perform other ritual duties. Services at CBI engage all members and visitors, and offer many opportunities to learn and participate. Children are welcome on our bemah and encouraged to lead prayers as well. Services are always followed by a light kiddush lunch, offering an opportunity for congregants and guests to visit and kibbutz. Newcomers and visitors are welcome.
Rabbinic Fellow
Congregation Beth Israel has been selected to participate in the Legacy Heritage Rabbinic Fellows Program through the Jewish Theological Seminary for a second year. Our intern for the 2009-2010 academic year will be Philip Ohriner.
Philip will be with us on the following weekends: January 8-10; January 29-February 1 (Tu B’Shevat); February 12-14; April 9-11; and April 23-25.
This is a wonderful opportunity for CBI and we encourage you to participate in these special weekends. The more participation we have, the more successful this fellowship will be for our congregation and for Philip.
To learn more about Philip, see “Meet Rabbinic Fellow Philip Ohriner” on the Ritual Committee page.
Special Shabbatot
Several times throughout the year Alternative Shabbat Services are offered. These services are interactive with opportunities to participate and ask questions. Interesting discussions and learning have evolved during these services.
We occasionally invite guest rabbis to lead Scholar-In-Residence weekends at our synagogue. Sisterhood holds a Women’s Shabbat once a year in conjunction with the Women's League for Conservative Judaism, and the Men’s Club holds a World Wide Wrap every year in conjunction with the Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs. We also hold special Shabbatot in honor of members’ milestones and accomplishments. No simchah goes uncelebrated!
Please help us celebrate the 70th birthday of our president, Leonard Meizlish, with a special Shabbat service and Kiddush on February 27!
The evening of February 27 brings Purim and our Family Megillah Reading. Join us for a spirited reading of the Story of Esther, followed by hamantashen, pizza, beer and special treats for the kids.
On March 13, our Shabbat service will be followed by a lovely lunch and book review.