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WEEKLY SERVICES AT TEMPLE BETH EL

Friday night services begin at 6:30 PM followed by an Oneg Shabbat for food and fellowship.

Our weekly Talmud study group meets Saturday morning at 9:00 AM, we meet in person and on Zoom for those who can’t make it to Temple.

Saturday Morning services: Full Torah service on 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month 10:30 AM and blessings and Torah text study on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Saturday mornings.

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“Temple Beth-El invites you to connect with us, with your sense of self, and with Judaism. Join us on a rewarding and challenging pathway to a richer and more meaningful life.”

Temple Beth-El serves the greater Las Cruces, New Mexico area.

If you have any questions, please feel free to call us at 575-524-3380.

From the Union For Reform Judaism / Reform Movement

For Some of Us the Holidays Are Just…Hard

For Some of Us the Holidays Are Just…Hard jemerman November 18, 2024

Death and Mourning

As we head into the holiday season, I am acutely aware of how much different this year is going to be than previous ones. I will be celebrating without my mom for the first time. My mother died in January 2021, and I'm still dealing with the unexpected waves of grief that wash over me, sometimes out of nowhere. As I head into this first winter holiday season without her, I'm not quite sure I know what to expect, other than everything is going to be very different.

The Cost of Free Land

The Cost of Free Land jemerman November 14, 2024

Native American issues

The author's Great-Great-Uncle Louie Sinykin posing with men in Dakota garb in South Dakota's Black Hills. Date unknown.

When I was a child growing up in the 1980s, the story I learned about Thanksgiving followed the classic script: it highlighted amity between the Pilgrims and their Indigenous neighbors. Due to this connection, the hunger of the European settlers was met with squash and turkey.