Monthly Calendar of Services and Events
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April 26, 2025 -
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April 26, 2025 -
Monday & Thursday at 8:00 AM – In Person/Zoom
Monday – Thursday at 5:45 PM – Zoom
Kabbalat Shabbat, Friday at 5:45 PM – Zoom
Shabbat, Saturday at 9:30 AM – In Person/Live Stream
*Sunday at 9:30 AM – In Person/Zoom
*when Religious School is in session
*Please contact the CBI office for the link and passcode to Zoom services.
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Friday mornings in April & May at 11 AM – 12 PM, In-person at CBI
Join us each Friday morning to discuss and learn the weekly Torah portion with fellow CBI members and friends.
No registration or a knowledge of Torah required. Let’s all learn together!
THIS PROGRAM IS OPEN TO THE MEMBERS OF ALL LOCAL CONGREGATIONS WITH RSVP
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM at CBI
Angie Katz will be the discussion leader. It is not necessary to have read the book to join the discussion.
A fifty-year-old Bridge game provides an unexpected way to cross the generational divide between a daughter and her mother. Betsy Lerner takes us on a powerfully personal literary journey, where we learn a little about Bridge and a lot about life.
After a lifetime defining herself in contrast to her mother’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” generation, Lerner finds herself back in her childhood home, not five miles from the mother she spent decades avoiding. When Roz needs help after surgery, it falls to Betsy to take care of her. She expected a week of tense civility; what she got instead were the Bridge Ladies. Impressed by their loyalty, she saw something her generation lacked. Facebook was great, but it wouldn’t deliver a pot roast.
Tentatively at first, Betsy becomes a regular at her mother’s Monday Bridge club. Through her friendships with the ladies, she is finally able to face years of misunderstandings and family tragedy, the Bridge table becoming the common ground she and Roz never had.
By turns darkly funny and deeply moving, The Bridge Ladies is the unforgettable story of a hard-won—but never-too-late—bond between mother and daughter.
The Toledo library has 5 physical copies (including 2 large print), plus various digital formats. 36 libraries have copies on SearchOhio. One library has copy on OhioLink.
OPEN TO THE WOMEN OF ALL LOCAL CONGREGATIONS
Please RSVP to Ellen Federman at efederman@sbcglobal.net by Sunday, April 20th.
Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM at the Toledo Museum of Art, 2445 Monroe St., Toledo
This tour at the Toledo Museum of Art will focus on the special exhibit of paintings by the eminent Dutch flower still life painter Rachel Ruysch (1664–1750).
At a time when women’s access to careers as professional artists was severely limited, Ruysch nevertheless became highly successful and widely renowned. Despite the great success she experienced during her lifetime, Ruysch has never received the attention she deserves. The exhibition explores her fascinating life and work for the first time and juxtaposes them with those of her sister Anna, who was an accomplished flower painter in her own right but is all but forgotten today.
We invite you to discover Rachel Ruysch’s masterful brushwork, her illusionistic depictions of the natural world, the astonishing botanical diversity and teeming insect and animal life in her paintings, and how her works reflect the intersections between painting, nature, and science.
The Toledo Museum of Art also houses the Museum Cafe. If you are interested in having lunch before the tour arrive at noon and indicate so when you RSVP. Attendees are responsible for their own lunch expenses.
Tour cost is FREE for museum members, $10 for non-members and parking is FREE!
The tour group is limited to 15 CBI members. Spaces will be filled on a first come, first serve basis. RSVP by email to kbrody@cbitoledo.org on or before April 21st.
Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM at the Cherry Street Mission Building, 1501 Monroe Street
We are in need of 8-12 volunteers.
The volunteers will be putting together packages of food for children that live in the Toledo area.
RSVP to Kim Brody at kbrody@cbitoledo.org.
Friday Evening, May 16, 2025 5:45 PM In-Person at CBI:
Kabbalat Shabbat, Delicious Shabbat Dinner, and lecture with Rabbi Stein:
“The Torah of Toledo: Toledo’s Gifts to the American Jewish Community”
Shabbat Morning Services, Saturday May 17, 2025 9:30 AM In-Person & Livestream at CBI
Mincha & Shabbat Third Meal, Saturday, May 17, 2025 5:45 PM at CBI
Cost for the Kabbalat Shabbat dinner is $18 per person.
The Third Meal is FREE for CBI members and $5 for guests.
THIS PROGRAM IS OPEN TO THE MEMBERS OF ALL LOCAL CONGREGATIONS WITH RSVP
Please RSVP to the office by Friday, May 9, 2025 and indicate which events you plan to attend.
Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM at CBI
Chef and cheese expert, Liz Donaldson, will share with the group how different cheeses are made.
We will also enjoy a delicious lunch incorporating many varieties of cheeses discussed in the presentation.
A registration fee of $15 in cash or check (made payable to “Women of CBI”) will be collected at the door when you arrive.
The Tikkun Olam for this program is a monetary donation to Connecting Kids to Meals.
THIS PROGRAM IS OPEN TO THE WOMEN OF ALL LOCAL CONGREGATIONS WITH RSVP
RSVP to Miriam Beckerman at mesb@bex.net by Thursday, May 22nd.
Shabbat Candles • Candlesticks • Kiddush cups • Challah Covers • Challah Knives & Boards • Havdallah Sets • Holiday Items • Shofars • Menorahs • Jewelry Assortment • Mezuzzot & Scrolls • Tallits (Prayer Shawls) • Women's & Men's Kippot • Tzedakah Boxes • Jewish Books • Kid's Holiday Items • Jewish Books and much, much more!
To make an appointment, please contact
the office at 419-517-8400.
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From the North:
Take US 23 to Sylvania Exit, turn left on Monroe St. to Harroun Rd. Take Harroun Rd. to Holland-Sylvania Ave., turn left at light. Take Holland-Sylvania Ave. to Sylvania Ave., turn right at light. Follow Sylvania Ave. about 1/2 mile to entrance to JCC/YMCA drive, turn left, then follow signs.
From the South:
Take US 23 to the Central Ave. Exit, turn left on Central Ave. Take Central Ave. to McCord Rd. (second light), turn right. Take McCord Rd. to Sylvania Ave. (about one mile), turn right, go about 1/4 mile to next light, turn right into JCC/YMCA drive, follow signs.
From the East:
Take I-475 West to Talmadge Rd. Exit, turn right on Talmadge Rd. Go to next light at Sylvania Ave. and turn left on Sylvania. Go about 2 and 1/2 miles on Sylvania Ave. to red light at entrance to JCC/YMCA drive, turn left, then follow signs.
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