About Beth El Congregation
Our Mission
Beth El Congregation is a progressive synagogue affiliated with the United Synagogue that fulfills the spiritual, educational and social needs of its members by nurturing religious practices and traditions, Jewish values and Tikkun Olam.
Our History
Beth El was formed in 1948 by a number of families from Beth Tfiloh Congregation. It was their intent to create a synagogue that did not have separate seating for gender at services, and had a more developed Bat Mitzvah service. Through these ideals these congregants met with leaders in the Conservative Judaism movement and formed Beth El Congregation. Read more.
Beth El Congregation of Baltimore serves the spiritual, social and intellectual needs of our diverse community by providing:
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• Shabbat, holiday and daily services in the morning and evening with baby rooms available for our youngest members.
• Clergy who minister to our congregants both communally and personally, from brit milot and baby namings to the shiva period.
• Unique and innovative Shabbat and holiday services such as outdoor Friday night services, Shabbat Chadash, Island Shabbat, Jazz Shabbat, our annual Purim spiel and more.
• Inspirational Adult and Junior Choirs led by our cantor.
• Award-winning adult Jewish education programs, featuring lectures, textual study classes, films, trips, concerts, theater and more.
• Social networks including Brotherhood, Sisterhood, Sisterhood Too, Seniors, BEYOM (Beth El Young Members), USY and Kadimah and more.
• Our award-winning and nationally recognized Berman-Lipavsky Religious School, Pauline Mash School for Early Childhood Education and our Infant & Toddler day care.
• Beautiful, newly renovated, state-of-the-art facilities to help families celebrate significant life-cycle events such as a circumcisions, baby namings, B’nai Mitzvah, graduations, birthdays or weddings.
• Memorial Park in Randallstown, a beautifully maintained cemetery and Makom Kodesh (holy place).