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We define ourselves by our core values.
- Caring Community: We are a caring community that creates a welcoming and supportive environment.
- Inclusivity: We are a diverse community with varying views on Jewish practice and varying levels of observance. This diversity is accepted and embraced without judgment.
- Shared Responsibility: Our members are engaged and feel responsible to help improve both our congregational community and the secular community through social action initiatives.
- Menschlichkeit: We strive to conduct ourselves in a way that is respectful and caring.
- Devotion to Learning: We will continuously offer learning programs to meet the diverse interests of all congregants.
- Balancing Tradition and Innovation: We deeply respect the traditions that unify all Jews. We balance traditional observances with innovations that reflect more contemporary social values.
- Spirituality: We strive to accommodate the spiritual needs of all our members and to infuse spirituality in all things we do.
- Comfort Level: We create a comfortable, informal environment, one in which individuals feel valued and accepted.
- Engagement: We seek to have programs that maximize individuals involvement and engage our members.
- Jewish Continuity: We are devoted to passing a strong sense of Jewish identity and pride from generation to generation.
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Vision
We strive to be a participatory Reconstructionist congregation engaged in a dynamic exploration of Jewish identity and spiritual practice as part of a caring community that appreciates diversity and values substance over style.
Mission
CBH is a progressive, inclusive Jewish Reconstructionist community that:
- Expects active engagement in the life of our community
- Evolves Jewish practice by blending tradition and innovation
- Quests for spiritual growth and development of a deep, lasting Jewish identity for each of its members while strengthening the Jewish people as a whole
- Brings rigor to both school-age education and Life long learning
- Is committed to the work of achieving social justice, near and far
- Cares for its members through all stages of their lives.
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