Affiliated with the URJ Congregation Betenu Five Northern Blvd #1 Amherst NH 03031 USA +1 603/886-1633 serving the greater Nashua area

Announcing: The Matt Savage Concert

Introduction to Betenu

Betenu offers a weekend religious school, which prepares its students for the elements of successful reform Jewish life and tries to impart to its students an appreciation of the heritage and traditions that are always available to them.

Click to see The Parent Handbook. The file is about 1 Meg, so caution is advised if you do not have a high speed internet connection.

Rabbi Joshua Segal brings to the community the experiences of an HUC-ordained rabbi who has served a variety of communities in the US. He was also a working engineer with a doctorate in his technical field, retiring in 2001 after a 28 year career with the MITRE Corporation. Additionally, he is a Certified Alpine ski instructor, with 30 years experience. He currently teaches at Crotched Mountain.

For further information about Congregation Betenu, please send email to:
Office Manager Office Manager or Membership Chair Elaine Silberberg.

Tickets for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur 2008-5769

For reasons described in the August: Tickets at Betenu, tickets will be required for this year's High Holydays. For details, call the temple office, 603 886-1633 or email Office Manager

For High Holyday Schedule and other Betenu events, you can view the current Betenu calendar.

OFFICE OPEN as follows:

Specifically:
August 25, 27, 28
September 1, 3, 4, 8, 10, 11, 15, 17, 18, 22, 24, 25, 29 (Erev R'H - maybe)
October 2, 6, 8 (Erev Y"K - maybe)

Reaching the Rabbi

Rabbi Segal. He prefers to be contacted by email rabbi@betenu.org. but for emergencies or for those without email, please call the temple: 603-886-1633. If no one is available, the president or any Vice President also have access to the rabbi's cell phone number.

Directions

To get to Betenu, take Route 101A (Amherst St) west from Route 3, Nashua and Merrimack or east from Milford to Northern Blvd, which is between the Wal-Mart and the Mobil gas station. Cross the railroad track, and take the first right, which is the parking lot for the Northwood Green office complex. Betenu is the first building on the left. See also Map to Betenu.

Betenu on the Internet

The congregation was one of the first to use Internet electronic mail to distribute its schedules and bulletins. There are mailing lists for announcements, for forwarding news and messages of interest, and for general discussion. To be added to any or all of the mailing lists, contact the list manager (a couple of people, not a program, so please be friendly) at request@betenu.org. You can view more information about these lists as well as our Acceptable Use Policy.

Congregation Betenu maintains an anti-harassment policy.

If you like, you can view the current Betenu calendar.

Interfaith Activities

Due to the large geographic area covered by Congregation Betenu, we belong to two regional interfaith associations. These include Nashua Area Interfaith Council and the Souhegan Valley Interfaith Assiciation (SIFA).

Charitable Donations

Congregation Betenu maintains several different funds to which donors can earmark tax-deductible charitable contributions. The General Fund is applied to various purposes at the discretion of the board. The Rabbi's Discretionary Fund empowers our rabbi to supply money to a variety of causes as he sees the need arise. The Library Fund is used to buy books and related supplies. The Prayer Book Fund is used to keep the sanctuary supplied with books to meet the needs of different services. The Torah Fund was established to assure the ongoing maintenance of our Torah scrolls. The Building Fund is used to meet expenses on the current building, as well as to eventually grow or replace the facilities to meet future needs.

New additions to our funds include:

• The Diantha Gross Educational Endowment Fund, whose interest income is used to provide scholarships for tuition at Betenu's religious school
• The Sandhaus Music Fund, used to fund musical education at Betenu
• The Scholarship Fund is an unrestricted source of scholarships to any youngster with financial need

Other donations can be accepted for various purposes. There are a number of ways donations can be commemorated, from a simple note of thanks, to a leaf on our Tree of Life or plate on our Memorial board, to the naming of a room or facility. For further details, please see the Betenu donations page.

Mission Statement

To accomplish this, the congregation will provide Jewish education for its adults as well as its children, and this education must include not only the Torah itself but also the Jewish traditions, ethics, law, and history that underlie our Reform perspective on it. We hold that people may worship God in different ways, particularly through prayer or deeds; Betenu exists to support both. To fulfill our commandment to make the world a better place, we must be engaged in the local community. This gives our members the satisfaction of creating improvements within their own lifetimes, and educates our children by example. Our understanding of improving the world is based on compassion and reason, and we welcome alliances with all like-minded people.

Newsletter

Betenu's paper newsletter is produced by Office Manager <newsletter@betenu.org>. The publication deadline is the fifteenth of each month.

Acceptable Use Policy

Anti-Harassment Policy

Archive of Newsletter Messages from Betenu's Rabbi and Betenu's President

Rabbi
Jan. 2007: Snow	Feb. 2007: Distance - A Shifting Paradigm	Mar. 2007: Are We Academically Superior?	Apr. 2007: Passover and Spring	May 2007: Reflections on Passover	June 2007: A Paradigm for Success
July 2007: Summer Services	Aug.: And now Israel, what does God require of you?	Sept. 2007: Take Stock and "Bonds"	Oct. 2007: My New Book and a Book Signing	Nov. 2007: That's Jewish	Dec.: Chanuka 2007
Jan. 2008: Winter	Feb. 2008: Moses, the Burning Bush and our Winter	Mar. 2008: Gambling with the Future	Apr. 2008: Seders	May 2008: The Earth is God's and the Fullness Thereof	Jun. 2008: TBD
July	August	September	October	November	December

President
Jan. 2006:	HH 2007 VP-Finance Message:	March	April	May	June
July	August	September	October	November	December
Jan. 2007:	February	March	April	May	June

The Betenu Shabbat CD

See the article from the Reporter about the Shabbat CD (557 KB). Reprinted from The Reporter (11/02) by permission of the Jewish Federation of Greater Manchester.

High Holydays 2004 Sermons:

Sermons Combining Skiing and Judaism

Special Course Offering: Skiing and Jewish Mysticism

Updated Date: 2008/Aug.28 by jls. Suggestions, additions and comments invited.