Brotherhood

Brotherhood strives to enhance our congregational community, by enabling members to find identity, involvement and inspiration in their lives through greater participation in the Beth Emeth community. Your Brotherhood enhances the Jewish experience for our congregants by: 

• Organizing and cooking for the Religious School opening day picnic 

• Building the congregational Sukkah 

• Donating funds for special religious school projects. 

• Recognizing the graduating seniors involved in the CBE Religious School with Scholarship Awards. 

• Recognizing the efforts of our b’nai mitzvah and confirmation students with gifts from the congregation. 

• Donating funds to CBEYG.

• Providing opportunities for religious school students to attend special programs. 

• Providing scholarship funds for children to attend Jewish overnight summer camp. 

• Helping to keep the memory of the Holocaust alive by purchasing and distributing Yom HaShoah Candles to the greater Jewish community with help from other local synagogues.

• Contributing to the success of Purim Palooza, Summer Cuisine, The Renassiance Group Kickoff Barbeque, creating Beth Emeth Maple Syrup, CBE/SAAJCC Senior Health Fair and the Soup Kitchen

• Whether it is a 1st Friday dinner, the Berk Lecture Series, Welcome Dinner for the Bishop of Upstate NY or the Channakuh Latkes & Brisket dinner, All are open to Beth Emeth Members and the Greater Jewish Community at a very reasonable cost because your brotherhood is there to provide manpower and expertise make these events a success.

Fill out this form to join Brotherhood.

All members of Congregation Beth Emeth are welcome to become members of Brotherhood. We encourage you to continue the tradition of l'dor vador.

From the kitchen of our esteemed Brotherhood Chef -- Rob Dorkin! CLICK HERE for some favorite recipes +  CLICK HERE for Rob's delicious kugel recipe.

Organized in 1923 as a successor to the Temple Men’s Club, which had been founded in 1915, Brotherhood continues its service to Reform Judaism, Congregation Beth Emeth and the Capital Region Jewish Community. Since 1923 as a charter member of the National Federation of Temple Brotherhoods (now the M.R.J. - Men of Reform Judaism), Beth Emeth’s Brotherhood strives to enhance the experience of temple membership by enabling men to find identity, involvement and inspiration in their lives through fuller participation in our temple community