Services & Programs / Calendar
Simchat Torah Celebration / Kindergarten Consecration (In-person)
You are warmly invited to join CBI's beloved Simchat Torah celebration! The program, led by rabbis Tom and Ezra will begin in the main sanctuary with a brief service as we consecrate our Kindergarten class.
Then, the Torah scrolls will be taken from the ark and carried to O'Mansky Hall where we will sing and dance with them to live music. We will unroll the entire Torah around O'Mansky Hall (quite a sight to see!).
Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah - Morning Service With Yizkor (In-person)
Join us for a traditional egalitarian morning service in honor and remembrance of the loved ones who are no longer with us and to mark the end (and new beginning) of the Torah reading cycle.
Mishkan Tefilah - Bar Mitzvah Of Zachary Whittaker (In-person & On YouTube)
Join Rabbi Tom Gutherz and Rabbi Ezra Leventhal to celebrate Shabbat and the Bar Mitzvah of Zachary Whittaker.
October 7 Commemoration (In-person)
Join us as we mark the 3rd anniversary of the October 7th attack on Israel with song, poetry, prayer and reflection.
Kabbalat Shabbat (In-person & On YouTube)
Welcome Shabbat with your favorite melodies at our Shabbat evening Reform service led by Cantor Sharon McCord.
Mishkan Tefilah - B’nei Mitzvah Of Benjamin Freedman (In-person & On YouTube)
Join Rabbi Tom Gutherz and Rabbi Ezra Leventhal to celebrate Shabbat and the B’nei Mitzvah of Benjamin Freedman.
Traditional Egalitarian (In-person)
Join the CBI traditional egalitarian minyan for a conservative Shabbat morning service, using the Sim Shalom prayer book. This service is usually lay-led.
Book Discussion - Chaim Grade “Sons And Daughters” (In-person)
The CBI Adult Education Committee warmly invites you to a book discussion of Sons and Daughters by Chaim Grade. This book is described as a “family saga set again the backdrop of a changing world [...] it’s a towering work, a loving lament for the shtetl life of 1920s and ’30s Eastern Europe and a heartrending chronicle of generational schism” (Sam Sacks). Reading the book in advance is highly recommended - more details can be found in the CBI newsletter.
Kabbalat Shabbat (In-person & On YouTube)
Welcome Shabbat with your favorite melodies at our Shabbat evening Reform service led by Rabbi Ezra Leventhal.
Mishkan Tefilah - Bar Mitzvah Of Mason Baker (In-person & On YouTube)
Join Rabbi Tom Gutherz and Rabbi Ezra Leventhal to celebrate Shabbat and the Bar Mitzvah of Mason Baker.
Traditional Egalitarian (In-person)
Join the CBI traditional egalitarian minyan for a conservative Shabbat morning service, using the Sim Shalom prayer book. This service is usually lay-led.
CBI Lecture Series: Laura Katzman - The Life And Work Of Ben Shahn (In-person)
We hope you will join us and JMU art history professor Laura Katzman for a look into the life and work of renowned Jewish artist Ben Shahn.
Shabbat In The Park & Blessing Of Pets (In-person)
Welcome Shabbat at a local park at a service led by Rabbi Ezra Leventhal and Cantor Sharon McCord. Join us as we express gratitude for the companionship of our pets, and reflect on our responsibility to cherish and care for all creatures. You are invited to bring your pet and have it blessed by our Rabbis.
Traditional Egalitarian (In-person & On YouTube)
Join the CBI traditional egalitarian minyan for a conservative Shabbat morning service, using the Sim Shalom prayer book. This service is usually lay-led.
Beit Midrash / Text Study (In-person)
Join Rabbi Tom to explore a variety of Jewish texts (poetry, literature, Torah, Talmud etc.) and dive deeper into their meaning together.
Kabbalat Shabbat (In-person & On YouTube)
Welcome Shabbat with your favorite melodies at our Shabbat evening Reform service led by Rabbi Ezra Leventhal.
Traditional Egalitarian (In-person)
Join the CBI traditional egalitarian minyan for a conservative Shabbat morning service, using the Sim Shalom prayer book. This service is usually lay-led.
🏳️🌈 Pride Havdalah Celebration & Sukkah Social(In-person)
Join Rabbi Ezra in the CBI Sukkah to mark the end of Shabbat with brief Havdalah service, celebrate Charlottesville Pride, and schmooze with some drinks and treats afterwards!
Traditional Egalitarian (In-person & On YouTube)
Join the CBI traditional egalitarian minyan for a conservative Shabbat morning service, using the Sim Shalom prayer book. This service is usually lay-led.
Erev Sukkot Family Shabbat(In-person)
Join Rabbi Tom Gutherz and Rabbi Ezra Leventhal for a family-friendly service, shake the Lulav and Etrog, and fulfill the commandment of dwelling in the Sukkah.