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Mark Your Calendar! 

All of our services and events at CBA, including the High Holidays, are open to the community, no tickets required.  Upcoming dates for events at CBA:

  • January 27 at 7PM, "Watchers of the Sky" free screening at Congregation Shir Shalom (not at CBA)
  • February 15 at 4PM, Abraham's Table Community Discussion
  • February 20 at 6:30PM, Kabbalat Shabbat with Cantor Gelman and special guests GNFC Boy Scouts of America and Hillel of Buffalo
  • March 6 at 6PM, Purim Spiel and Shabbat with Megillah Reading at Temple Beth Zion (not at CBA), potluck dinner before services at 7PM
  • March 20 at 6:30PM, Kabbalat Shabbat with Cantor Gelman
  • April 17 at 6:30PM, Kabbalat Shabbat with Cantor Gelman and special guests Nickel City Jews
  • May 15 at 6:30PM, Kabbalat Shabbat with Cantor Gelman
  • June 19 at 6:30PM, Kabbalat Shabbat with Cantor Gelman

February Kabbalat Shabbat at CBA
Friday February 20 at 6:30PM

Please join us on Friday February 20th at 6:30PM for our monthly musical Kabbalat Shabbat celebration!   We will be celebrating Scout Shabbat with the Greater Niagara Frontier Council's Jewish Committee on Scouting and local scouts, as well as joining with Hillel of Buffalo.  The musical Kabbalat Shabbat will be led by Cantor Irwin Gelman with accompaniment provided by the CBA house band under the direction of Marty Kerker. If you play an instrument and are interested in joining the band, please email Marty, mkerker@aol.com.   

Everyone is welcome at our Potluck Dairy/Pareve Oneg after services. Please bring a dish to pass - dairy, vegan, or kosher fish dishes welcome, but please no meat or shellfish. Please label your dish if it includes nuts. Some ideas are salads, casseroles, dips, desserts, or beverages. 

Whether you are a long time member or someone who has recently discovered us, we look forward to catching up with you during our uniquely spirited, musical Shabbat festivities.

Vintage Jewish Movies at CBA!
Sunday January 18 at 4PM

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Please join us on Sunday, January 18 at 4PM for the 1995 musical documentary, "In the Fiddler's House." In this delightful PBS video, Itzhak Perlman, hailed by many as the world's greatest violinist, leaves the classical concert hall to go on a personal search for the roots of klezmer, the Jewish celebratory music that his own parents knew and loved in Eastern Europe. Perlman's journey takes him to the streets of Poland and the cafes of New York, to music festivals, weddings, and modern klezmer groups such as Brave Old World, Kapelye, The Klezmatics, and the Klezmer Conservatory Band.  If you love klezmer music, be sure to mark your calendars -- this is a film not to be missed.

This will be the first documentary we've screened. It is only 55 minutes long, but we will also view one or two comedic shorts. The entire program will be just over an hour. For those who would like to continue the festivities over dinner, we will go to either Panos or India Gate immediately afterwards.

Films are projected on a 7 foot screen ,  supported by a full sound system -- popcorn, drinks, cookies , coffee and good company  all provided.  Previous films in the series  have included “The Heart of NY,” “ Seize the Day,”  “Next Stop Greenwich Village,”  “Avalon,”  “The Juggler,”  “The Two of Us,” "Lies My Father Told Me," and "The Gig."   As with all CBA programs, the movie matinee is a community event - All are welcome! 

We Get By With A Little Help From Our Friends

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In the past year, CBA has benefitted greatly from your time and talents - from the DIY'ers who have taken on the building repairs, to our daveners and musicians. At this year's Congregation Meeting, many new ideas for CBA activities and improvements were suggested. If you would like to help with Ritual, Programming, or Capital Planning, please contact our volunteer coordinators:
  • · Ritual ~ Irwin Gelman ~ Cantor.Gelman@congregationbethabraham.net
  • · Programming ~ Marty Kerker ~ mkerker@aol.com
  • · Capital Planning - Bobby Weinrib ~ dadrib58@aol.com

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CBA appreciates your financial support of our temple.  We are happy to offer the convenience of online donations.  Please note that PayPal deducts a 2.9% fee plus 30 cents per transaction for this convenience.    In addition to our annual appeal to cover our operating costs, the Little Shul on Elmwood needs your financial help with our basement renovations.  If you would like your donation to be used for the basement project, please put a comment in your paypal transaction so that we can recognize you when the new basement social hall opens this fall!  Thank You!!!!

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