Temple Beth Sholom is a complete and full-service congregation dedicated to promoting intellectual and spiritual guidance to the Jewish community of Sarasota and surrounding areas.
We value lifelong learning and have several opportunities to broaden your knowledge including: Shabbat Shmooze, Cup of Joe and the Five Books of Mo, Scholars in Residence, Hebrew classes, Lunch & Learn, and much much more.
Our community is honored to celebrate our congregants' life cycle events including birth, b'nai mitzvah, marriage, and conversion.
Grow spiritually and as a person with us through our programming, dynamic discussions, communal bonds, and religious education.
Temple Beth Sholom is a vibrant full-service egalitarian congregation. Our kehillah (community) values congregational diversity and encourages a mix of innovation and tradition by providing uplifting experiences. We are proud of how each member brings their own story to our diverse community. We welcome those who have a multi-generational history at our congregation, those new to the city or Temple Beth Sholom - people of all ages and backgrounds who are seeking a Jewish community - a place to call home.
Please join us on Zoom!
By computer, all you have to do is click on the link https://zoom.us/j/2926069224? , enter the password, and follow prompts to join the meeting.
TBS Members, please check your congregational emails or contact us at TBS for the password.
For all others, please fill out this form
Via Zoom Tuesdays 11:00 am-12:00 pm
Beginning October 13
PLEASE NOTE: This class has a different Meeting ID # & link than we normally use.
Meeting ID #: 963 2545 1665
Please Click Here To Join This Class
Via Zoom Wednesdays 11:00 am-12:00 pm
Beginning October 14
PLEASE NOTE: This class has a different Meeting ID # & link than we normally use.
Meeting ID #: 960 7454 2663
Jan 2021
Thursday, January 21 at 10:00 am on Zoom This year’s course is titled Siblings – Part 2: Second Temple Judaism and the Development of Early Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism. The c…
Jan 2021
Thursday, January 21 at 1:00 pm on Zoom Dr. Schwartz is a renowned expert on Jewish American history with more than three decades of experience as a professor and institutional leader. Chancel…
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The High Holidays encourage us all to reflect on the past year, to be thankful, repent, and also for tzedakah, gifts to charity. Temple Beth Sholom congregants & guests continue to be very involved with social action and assisting charitable organizations. These include the Salvation Army, All Faiths Food Bank, JFCS Kosher Food Pantry, Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center (SPARCC), and Family Promise.
Temple Beth Sholom’s community food drive has been a huge success! Temple and community members have donated over 1,800 pounds of food to go to local families. Donations have been distributed through Meals on Wheels and through the Salvation Army. Additionally, the Temple received an amazing gift of 15 cases of canned food from Sid Finkelstein. Sid’s thoughtfulness and generosity should be an inspiration to us all.
Everyone who is able is encouraged to drop off canned and non-perishable food items in front of the entrance to Temple Beth Sholom, or if you call the office during business hours, someone will come to your car and pick it up for you.
We understand that finding the right synagogue is important. Here are just a few reasons that we believe you should join us. Whether you join us for services, Lunch & Learn, yoga, or mah jongg, we look forward to meeting & welcoming you. If you'd like to find out more for yourself, stop by or contact us!
Walk into Temple Beth Sholom, and you will instantly feel welcome. Our community prides itself on being diverse and meeting people where they are. Being part of our kehillah, we will celebrate with and support you during every stage of life. You can also get involved by joining a class such as yoga, a club such as Men's Club, volunteer, or join a committee such as the social action committee. There are also many more opportunities. TBS is a place that you can call home.
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With the myriad of programs and events we offer, there truly is something for everyone. Whether you are interested in the Torah, Israel, Hebrew, contemporary Jewish issues, history, or
anything in between, we probably have it. We are dedicated to continuing education and learning together.
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Our Rabbi, Howard Siegel, is sure to spark inspiration. Our services are uplifting and steeped in tradition yet are also applicable to our everyday lives.
Tikkun Olam or "repairing the world" (i.e. social action) has always been important in the Jewish faith. TBS continually works with the Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center through donation
drives. We work with All Faiths Food Bank as well and deliver casseroles to the Salvation Army. TBS supports Family Promise as well in providing assistance to homeless families. Reach out to
our social action committee for more ways to get involved.
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We are proud partners of The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism as well as The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee. Additionally, we are part of "Dalet" which is a consortium of several synagogues of all denominations in the area. We collaborate with each of these groups to achieve a tight-knit Jewish community.
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Temple Beth Sholom is a safe place to explore your identity. Rabbi Siegel's door is always open to discuss Jewish thought or life in general. Our mix of services, programs, and events are sure to aid you in finding something of interest.
TBS has an incredible number of extraordinarily talented members – from ritual to business to programming to financial to social action to fund-raising. We all contribute, according to our interests and abilities. Plus, we are supported and led by an involved and caring Rabbi. Aristotle was correct: “The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.”
- Stan Mitchell
If you’re a member of this temple, you could be on zoom programs every day all day. I have to pick which ones to join. At this rate I will know more Judaism than I ever knew I could.
By the time I moved to Sarasota with my husband, Steve, in 2004, I had lived in many places and belonged to many synagogues. It was only three years later that I walked into Temple Beth Sholom to say Kaddish for Steve with Joan Braude by my side.
I started to teach in the Hebrew school and attend Shabbat services regularly. I still volunteer in the Day School. I had my Bat Mitzvah on the bimah and recently celebrated my 80th birthday in the social hall with my three children around me. I may have belonged to many synagogues in the past but, Temple Beth Sholom is truly my home.
- Esta Snider
Though I hadn’t pursued any form of Judaism since my son made his Bar Mitzvah (He is now 31!), walking into the synagogue reawakened my soul. The smell of the siddurs, the tallitot hanging on pegs, I was brought back to my youth and all that is Jewish.
It is important to note, I did not join immediately. I tried a few shuls on for size. After attending my first Shabbat service, I noticed I wasn’t being rushed by tag-wearing couples assigned to sit with potentially new members reminiscent of a cult-like atmosphere. Instead I was welcomed by everyone I met, yet I was given space to experience the spirituality and totality of all that is good.
TBS is my refuge for prayer, reacquainting myself with G-d, and learning Torah. I am home.
- Cate Blank
Temple Beth Sholom kind of rescued me.
The folks here embraced me and allowed me to become part of this community.
I love the programs, dinners, events - all of it and all of them!
- Linda Sack
My wife and I have been members of Temple Beth Sholom for the past 41 years. Two of our favorite parts of TBS are Rabbi Michael Werbow and the friendliness of the congregation. We both volunteer and I am on the board of the Mens Club. We also just celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary with the temple.
- Ted Probst
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