The FJC welcomes Marilyn Price as Scholar-in-Residence for the Shabbat and weekend of May 21-25. From services on Friday night to Torah study on Saturday and a workshop and performance on Sunday, there is something for everyone from this inspiring Jewish educator, puppeteer, and performer.  ...full story

Our brief service remembers those who died in the Holocaust, as well as those who saved lives. Following the service is a screening of the acclaimed documentary "Secret Lives," which tells the emotional stories of some of those Jewish children saved by non-Jews.  ...full story

Our Community Seder was a tremendous success! Here are some of the questions (with answers) generated by our guests.   

"Rhode Island's Bluegrass Supergroup" The Pegheads perform in a benefit coffeehouse for Haiti at the FJC. Enjoy a Sunday afternoon of bluegrass music while contributing to the URJ's Haiti Relief Fund, which distributes support to numerous agencies in Haiti. Doors open at 2:30 PM and the coffeehouse begins at 3:00 PM. Suggested donation for adults is $10; children are free, or may make a donation.  ...full story

Our congregation's Religious Living Committee has extended a special invitation to a talented and inspiring worship leader, musician Arnie Davidson, to conduct our Shabbat service on Friday evening, March 26^th at 7:30 P.M.   ...full story

A rare screening of Tatia Rosenthal's 2009 stop motion animation film $9.99, based on several short stories by Israeli short story writer Etgar Keret. Featuring the voice of Academy Award-winning actor Geoffrrey Rush. Saturday, Nov. 21 at 7:30 P.M. $8 members / $10 non-members. Public is welcome.  ...full story

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Iced Tea and conversation on the deck of Dana's Kitchen in Falmouth - three Thursday afternoons from 3-4pm this July. Join us on July 9, 23 and 30.  ...full story

Our annual Summer Series includes eight events this year, all on Tuesday evenings at 7:30 P.M. Included in the series are guest speakers, Israeli feature films, a documentary, a fundraiser/performance, and an art exhibit. All events are open to the public.  ...full story

Support the Falmouth Jewish Congregation by attending this special musical account of the Rothschild family starring Bernie Dean. A dessert reception follows.   ...full story

Rabbi Landsberg’s personal experience of a traumatic brain injury, and the insights and commitments that emerged from it, will get us thinking and feeling about issues as real as our bodies and what we can–and cannot–do with them....  ...full story

What a difference a decade--and a person--can make in the life of a congregation!

We celebrate, as Pamela Rothstein, Director of Congregational Learning and Programming, celebrates her first ten years of service to our congregation!  ...full story

Over twenty-five hearty souls gathered on April 8 for a "once-every-twenty-eight-year" experience....  ...full story

A printable Calendar of Events for the January Lifelong Learning Program 2009 "Exploring Jewish Diversity." You can also find events listed on the FJC website calendar. Click on individual events for a full descriptions and details.  ...full story

BLESSED IS THE MATCH movingly portrays the life and tragic death of Jewish heroine Hannah Senesh - Zionist, poet, and resistance fighter, who was killed by the Nazis after a failed attempt to help save the Jews of Hungary, her native land.  ...full story

Prepare to be inspired and energized by FJC teens this Shabbat. Rock Shabbat, with a teen rock band, will be followed by presentations by three teens who traveled to Israel on NFTY trips this past summer.  ...full story

Our annual winter thematic program will focus on diversity in Judaism, touching on everything from diversity in culture, language, race, gender, and class. Programs throughout the month of January (actually, beginning with Len Lyon's talk in December) offer opportunities for both multigenerational and age-specific learning.   ...full story

Seventeen of Ruth Ann Laster's series inspired by Psalm 23 will be exhibited from October 19 to November 16. An opening reception and artist's talk are scheduled for Sunday, October 19 from 3 - 4:30pm. Light refreshments will be served.   ...full story

Tuesdays in July bring a wonderful selection of films, documentaries, and guest speakers as part of our annual Summer Series. All events are open to the public and begin at 7:30 PM. Each event (with the exception of "Encounter Point") costs $10 for members and $15 for non-members. Refreshments included. Consult the July calendar for detailed information about each event.

As part of our congregation’s celebration of Israel’s 60^th anniversary, we are honored to welcome Germany’s Consul General in Boston, Dr. Wolfgang K. Vorwerk, a diplomat with extensive experience in the Middle East and a longstanding interest in German-Jewish affairs. We invite you to hear Dr. Vorwerk’s remarks and to reflect on the nature of German-Israeli relations since the establishment of Israel sixty years ago.

Celebrate National Women’s History Month this March with Guest Speaker Dr. Agnes Mwang’ombe, Founder and Director of the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands Foundation in Kenya and supporter of equality and education for girls and women Friday, March 21 6:00 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat Service, followed by a Potluck Dinner Please join us in extending a warm welcome to African feminist and scientist Agnes Mwang’ombe as part of her weekend visit to Falmouth on March 21-23. On Friday evening, the FJC will host Ms. Mwang’ombe at our Kabbalat Shabbat service, when she will briefly share some words on her work and at our specially-scheduled potluck dinner, where we will have the opportunity to engage in conversation. On Saturday evening Ms. Mwang’ombe, supported by diverse organizations on Cape Cod, will give a public lecture about her work. (details to come) Many thanks to FJC member Sandy Faiman-Silva for connecting us with Dr. Mwang’ombe   ...full story

Ms. Reichel, who works at the Prignitz Museum in Havelberg, Germany, will present an illustrated lecture about her research into the town's Jewish past and her efforts to educate the public. She will be joined by Jaroslav Sonka, Seminar Director at the European Academy Berlin, who will comment on the broader context of German research and education on the topic of Jewish history.   ...full story

We celebrate the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in a variety of ways here on Cape Cod...  ...full story

Judaism and the Environment is the theme of our annual January program. As always, our congregational learning affords us the opportunity to explore one topic. Eco-Kashrut, environmental preservation both locally and in Israel, and the environment in sacred texts are but a few of the subjects we will study.  ...full story

This is no joke! Or is it? ... Love broadway musicals? Enjoy making a fool of yourself in the company of members of all ages and staff willing to don wigs and silly costumes? Then the Megillah According to Rodgers and Hammerstein is for you!!  ...full story

In Jewish life [...] we are accompanied not only by our fellow beings but by books and ritual objects which deepen and enhance our experience of the sacred...  ...full story

Once again, we have reason to feel proud of our congregation’s commitment to tikkun olam....  ...full story

Our third annual "Rock Shabbat" , Friday evening, Nov. 2 at 7:00 P.M. in the Meeting House, highlights talented teen rock musicians from our congregation as well as uplifting contemporary Jewish music.....

    The FJC's Director of Congregational Learning and Programming, Pamela Rothstein, recently attended a seminar on Jewish life in Germany held at the European Academy in Berlin and sponsored by the German Foreign Ministry. This report appeared in The Jewish Advocate. Ms. Rothstein will make a presentation about the seminar on Friday, Sept. 28 at 8:15pm, following an abbreviated Shabbat service at 7:30pm. The public is welcome.

Join us for a first-person report from the historic city where Jewish culture once flowered....  ...full story

Talk by Harvey Cox, August 7, 7pm

"The Death of Belief and the Rebirth of Faith", a talk by noted American theologian, Harvey Cox, will take place at the East End Meeting House on the corner of Sandwich and Hatchville Roads. There will be a reception following the talk at the Falmouth Jewish Congregation, 7 Hatchville Road (site of parking). This presentation is sponsored jointly by the Falmouth Jewish Congregation and the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Falmouth. Admission is free; there will be a suggested voluntary donation of $5.00. For further information contact the Falmouth Jewish Congregation, (508) 540-0602.

On Tuesday evenings this July, the FJC will again offer a Summer Series with films, speakers, an art show, a jazz concert, and a book discussion. All events are open to the public and FJC members are encouraged to invite friends to these lively summer gatherings.  ...full story

 Join us for a special film and discussion program on Cape Cod Waters with FJC members Maxine Wolfset and Barry Balan. Cape Cod water quality and sewage systems are hot items in the local news and public debate. Join Mashpee resident and filmmaker Maxine Wolfset and Barry Balan, a chairman of Chelmsford, Massachusetts’ Sewer Commission for the past 21 years, for a showing of Maxine’s documentary film Save Cape Cod Waters, Part IV: Sewer Systems Will Help.   ...full story

Use your imagination and transport yourself to a New York deli while you listen to Yiddish radio programs from the 1930s and 1940s. You supply the sandwich or salad and we'll do the rest. Come and enjoy!  ...full story

Tu B'Shevat has grown beyond its connection to trees and fruits and leads contemporary Jews to thoughts about the environment. The FJC marks the holiday with a screening of the film "An Inconvenient Truth" this Sunday, February 4 at 12:30 PM. Following the film, attorney and environmental activist Ross Bluestein will direct a discussion about global warming.   ...full story

To honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we will join others from across the Cape on Sunday, January 14th. Marchers will gather behind the Post Office on Main Street in Hyannis at 2:00 P.M. for a short march to the Federated Church of Hyannis on Main Street for a service which begins at 2:30 P.M.   ...full story

Black-Jewish relations has been characterized as a “natural alliance” by some, and “venomous” by others....  ...full story

Our annual winter program takes place this January with a month-long exploration of Israel -- the land, the people, the politics, the arts and more.   ...full story

On Monday, October 23rd at 7:00 PM in the Tilden Arts Center of Cape Cod Community College, a consortium of interfaith organizations and individuals will host, free of charge, for the community , a screening of the documentary "An Inconvenient Truth"....  ...full story

The topic of this talk, the nature of apology, remains specifically relevant during the period of the High Holy Days, when we turn our attention to seeking forgiveness for the wrongs we have committed in the past year...  ...full story

The Reform Movement, standing in solidarity and support with Israel at this time of need, has created the 2006 Israel Emergency Fund....  ...full story

Jewish singer/songwriter Peri Smilow will appear in concert on Saturday night, August 19th at 7:30 P.M. in the congregation's Meeting House. This concert is a fundraiser for the FJC.       

Enjoy lunch (brown bag) and a fascinating film about the creation of talented Israeli artist Tamar Messer's beautiful haggadah.   ...full story

On Friday Night March 3, 2006, hundreds of synagogues across the continent will take part in an historic national Jewish event to celebrate what unifies all Jews ---Shabbat! This event, hosted at the FJC by the Committee for Outreach and Synagogue Community will begin in Speen Hall on March 3^rd, 2006 with a catered Shabbat meal and will be followed by welcoming the Sabbath together at a 7:00pm family service.  And everyone is invited...singles, couples, families, all ages are welcome. Please plan to join us that night as we celebrate Shabbat together with Jews from across America and Canada.

Brighten up your life in the midst of the dark and cold of winter. COSC (The Committee for Outreach and Synagogue Community) invites singles, couples and families with children to bask in the warmth of a Shabbat dinner with other members of their FJC family on Friday, February 10.

Celebrate the FJC's 25th anniversary on Saturday, March 18 by participating in the creation of a congregational tallit -- a one-of-a-kind treasure that celebrates our community. A fun, creative activity for ALL AGES, followed by a concert with Rick Calvert....

If we need a reason to celebrate then we have a great one!  The FJC is celebrating it’s 25^th year and on March 18^th, the Committee for Outreach and Synagogue Community will host a joyful afternoon long celebration.  We invite EVERY member to join us to create a communal tallit.  We follow that where we encourage everyone to bring their friends and family to enjoy a concert by Jewish musician and composer Rick Calvert (who composed the beautiful Yismchu we sing at services), participate in Havdalah and be with us for an international potluck supper.  The day begins at 2 with the creation of the talit. The concert will be at 4 and Havdallah at 5. Come for one event, come for the entire afternoon, bring the children, bring your friends and be part of the FJC family.  Sign up for the Tallit creation requires preregistration.

Shiru L’Adonai

Friday, January 27 at 7:30pm in Goode Chapel

Extra music and instruments enrich our worship as we sing unto God this Shabbat. We are commanded to love Adonai b-chol l’vavecha, uv-chol nafshecha, uv-chol m’odecha Ż with all our heart, with all our spirit, and with everything we have. Come give it your all!

On Saturday, January 28, we will host Dr. Marc Lieberman, founder of the Tibet Vision Project, for a screening of the award-winning film by Isaac Solotaroff, Visioning Tibet.

Mirembe Kawomera means "delicious peace" in the Ugandan language of Luganda. It is the name of a Ugandan coffee-growing cooperative of Abuyada Jews, Muslims and Christians who grow coffee on the mountainside of an extinct volcano called Mount Elgon.....  ...full story

Mark your calendar now! Our second annual coffeehouse to raise funds for the Falmouth Housing Authority's "Homeless Prevention Fund", featuring......Martin Grosswendt.

Our country is reeling from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina but even as we mourn we pull together to meet the needs of the survivors......  ...full story

The Falmouth Jewish Congregation welcomes guest speaker Dr. Aaron Lazare, author of On Apology and Chancellor and Dean of the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Prepare for the High Holy Days by hearing from this expert on apologies.   ...full story

All are welcome at an Open House on Thursday September 1 from 7-8PM, where you can find out about the wonderful community that is the Falmouth Jewish Congregation. Meet professional staff and the congregation's leadership, find out about membership and tour the facilities.   ...full story

Enjoy films, art, music and more at the FJC's Summer Series, Thursdays at 7:00pm from July 7 - August 11. Read further and see the monthly calendar for details. All events are open to the public and handicap accessible.  ...full story

  We celebrate Shavuot with study and worship and cheesecake!!....  ...full story

  Be on the lookout for information about another FJC Summer Series, starting this July. Films, speakers, and more will educate and entertain us this summer.

The FJC marks Yom Hashoah on Wednesday, May 4 at 7:00pm with a brief service and a screening of the film Jacoba: The Heroism of an "Ordinary Woman." Jacoba, directed by Joram ten Brink (brother of FJC member Uri ten Brink), tells the story of how the ten Brink family was saved by an extraordinary Christian woman in a small Dutch village.  ...full story

Join author Sandra Faiman-Silva for a discussion of her book The Courage to Connect: Sexuality, Citizenship and Community in Provincetown. This event is co-hosted by the FJC, Falmouth's No Place for Hate Committee and the Falmouth Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.  ...full story

Over half-a-million people grooved to the tunes and fun of "The Megillah According to Woodstock" on March 24th......  ...full story

Here's how things looked around the synagogue in the aftermath of the Blizzard of '05!  ...full story

Dr. Uri ten Brink, Geophysicist at the U.S. Geological Survey in Woods Hole and Adjunct Scientist at WHOI, will speak on the topic of tsunami threats in the Caribbean on Saturday, February 5 at 12:30pm. This event is hosted by the Falmouth Jewish Congregation at 7 Hatchville Road and is open to the public. Dr. ten Brink will bring his expertise to a timely discussion of the recent tsunami and will discuss his research into earthquake zones around the world and the particular tsunami threat that faces the Caribbean and the Atlantic Coast. A short film entitled The Puerto Rico Trench: Exploring the Deepest Place in the Atlantic Ocean by Dr. ten Brink’s brother, filmmaker Joram ten Brink, will be part of this presentation. For further information or to RSVP, please call 508-540-0602.  ...full story

On Monday morning, February 14, at 9:30, Mindy Todd's THE POINT welcomes Rabbi Elias Lieberman and George Spivey to discuss James McBride's The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother.   ...full story

Pamela Rothstein, Director of Congregational Learning and Programming, leads a discussion of James McBride's The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother, on Thursday, February 10 at 2:00 P.M.  ...full story

[Due to the January blizzard, this event has been rescheduled for Saturday, March  26 at 12:15 P.M.!!]

Our featured speaker for the January Program "Celebrate 350!" is Karla Goldman, historian at the Jewish Women's Archive. Join Ms. Goldman for a talk on "Beyond the Synagogue Gallery: A 350th Anniversary Look at Women, Men and the Shaping of American Judaism" on Saturday, March 26 at 12:15 P.M. You may bring a brown-bag lunch at 11:45 if you wish.

The month of January is filled with special events marking the 350th Anniversary of Jewish settlement in America. Check the monthly calendar for a full listing of events.  ...full story

Join author, human rights activist and Cape resident Helen Helfer for a discussion about race in America. Ms. Helfer, author of Footprints on the Land: American Stories About Race, will also show the film RACE: The Power of an Illusion. This event is free and open to the public and is being held to mark the birthday observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.   ...full story

"Feeling groovy?!"

The Falmouth Jewish Congregation welcomes acclaimed poet, novelist and essayist Marge Piercy for a poetry reading on Saturday, December 11 at 7:30pm. This event is open to the public.  ...full story

There are precious few opportunities for us to come together as communities of faith...   ...full story

For the fifth year our congregation will spend part of the winter exploring an aspect of Jewish life. This year we join with Jews around the country in celebratin the 350th anniversary of Jewish settlement in North America.  ...full story

On Saturday, November 6 at  7:00pm the Falmouth Jewish Congregation, together with Christ Lutheran and St. Barnabas Memorial Church, will host a coffeehouse with singer/accordianist Pavia. Proceeds will benefit the Falmouth Homeless Prevention Fund.  ...full story

Over 35 FJC members participated in he 19th annual

Captained by the indefatigable Sam Trotz, the "FJC Sukkah Builders & Kibbitzers, Inc." successfully erected our courtyard sukkah...  ...full story

The Housing Assistance Corporation honored our congregation with an award for "Fairness and Justice Year after Year"...  ...full story

Our congregation's Omer response for Bridgeport --the planned residence for eight currently-homeless individuals-- has raised over $1800...  ...full story

Our first annual Family Fun Fair is a great community-building and fundraising event. Activities for all ages under a big tent on the field from 11:30 am-3:30 pm, Sunday, May 2. Dont miss this event!   ...full story

Mark your calendars for another summer of stimulating programs on Tuesday evenings at the FJC.  ...full story

Our congregation will commemorate Yom HaShoah with a brief service and a screening of the documentary film Tak For Alt: Survival of a Human Spirit, about the Danish rescue of Jews during the Second World War.  ...full story

Mark your calendar for an afternoon of wonderful jazz, Dixieland, and swing music with the Symphony Swing Band Jazz Quintet at the Meeting House on Sunday, May 16 at 3:00 p.m.   ...full story

Prepare for Passover by coming to hear the powerful words of Mr. Francis Bok, former Sudanese slave, who will address the topic of slavery in our own times.   ...full story

Our congregation’s response resulted in unprecedented levels of giving this year...   ...full story

Our observance of the casting-off ceremony known as tashlich took place under a glowing, cobalt sky...

[Photo by Sam Trotz]   ...full story

Are you looking for ways to deepen and enrich your High Holy Day experience this year? Check out the many new books and CD's in the Righter Library.   ...full story

Rabbi Lieberman is preparing to offer his third adult bar/bat mitzvah course which will meet on a weekly basis, from October through May....   ...full story

S’lichot (Hebrew for “prayers of forgiveness”) is the name given to a late-night service held on a Saturday night preceding Rosh Hashanah.   ...full story

The story behind our new congregational tzedakah box is a fascinating and inspiring one. Read on.   ...full story

The FJC's second summer art show opening on Thursday, July 31 features the work of member and painter Ruth Ann Laster and local weaver Gunjan Laborde.   ...full story

This Thursday Summer Series focuses on the Jews of Boston and features an engaging documentary and reminiscences by FJC members who have spent time in Boston.   ...full story

This Summer Program event features a panel discussion with professionals from the fields of social work, law, and medicine addressing the topic of aging and answering your questions. Thursday, July 10 at 7:00 p.m. in Speen Hall.   ...full story

Jewish mothers and film -- a terrific combination for a Summer Program event. You won't want to miss this entertaining documentary! Thursday, July 24 at 7:00 p.m. Admission $10.00.   ...full story

Join Rabbi Lev Ba'esh for an open discussion about Judaism and homosexuality.   ...full story

Do you love the smell and taste of challah but don't know how to make it? Come learn.   ...full story

This year's event, celebrating the Cape’s Gay, Lesbian, Bi-Sexual and Transgender (GLBT) community, will be held in Hyannis on Saturday, July 19th...   ...full story

This seven-day, 108-mile trek will go through all 15 Cape towns and end in Falmouth on Sunday, July 13th...   ...full story

In our desire to offer something similar to our community, we have chosen to interpret the idea of a healing service more broadly...   ...full story

This summer we will worship outdoors here on beautiful Cape Cod. Join us on Friday, July 11 for Kabbalat Shabbat at the Waquoit Bay National Esturarine Research Reserve, followed by a picnic dinner.   ...full story

Take a look at our new Summer Program: Thursdays at the FJC. Every Thursday evening this summer at 7:00 p.m., you'll find something of interest at the FJC, from art shows and films to cooking workshops and panel discussions and concerts.   ...full story

Do you want to learn more about chopped liver? Join this cooking workshop and learn not only how to make traditional, gourmet, and vegetarian chopped liver, but about its history and place in Jewish culture. Consider bringing your own chopped liver and special recipe.   ...full story

Would you like to learn to blow the Shofar? At a date TBA this summer, the FJC will fun workshops for members interested in blowing the shofar at High Holy Days.   ...full story

National Hunger Awareness Day (June 5) was created in early 2002, when a continuing downturn in the economy, subsequent massive lay-offs, and the events of September 11th had contributed to a significant increase in the number of Americans unable to feed their families...   ...full story

For those who may be unfamiliar with the structure and nuances of Shabbat worship...   ...full story

Join us for a discussion with FJC member and Brandeis University professor Stephen Dowden, who will focus on the question of Franz Kafka as a Jewish writer.   ...full story

Rabbi Michael "Micky" Boyden will speak about the status of Progressive Judaism in Israel...   ...full story

Were you one of the unlucky ones who missed The Megillah According to the Beatles?   ...full story

The act of sacred remembrance lies at the core of our Yom Ha-Shoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day)observance...   ...full story

On Saturday, April 19th, at 10:00 A.M. in Goode Chapel, we will experience our third encounter with Mishkan T’filah...   ...full story

Experienced meditation instructor George Burgoyne (Achdam ben Avraham) continues to lead a Jewish Meditation Group which meets on the last Sunday of each month   ...full story

Come to this Haggadah workshop with Educator Pamela Rothstein and discover the wide array of Haggadot currently available, from the traditional to the feminist, from gender-sensitive to Californian. Sunday, March 23 at 11:00 a.m.   ...full story

Come experience the (possible)future of Reform liturgy!   ...full story

To honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we will join others from across the Cape on Sunday, January 19th.   ...full story

This year the FJC will be doing something different for Erev Purim -- a Purim shpiel (play) -- The Megillah According to the Beatles.

"Guaranteed to raise a smile!" (The Sushan Times)   ...full story

This year's January program speaker is ethnomusicologist and author Rabbi Jeffrey Summit, Hillel rabbi at Tufts University. Enjoy a Sunday morning breakfast and join Rabbi Summit for a stimulating and timely talk on music in Jewish worship.   ...full story

With piano, with guitar, and with our voices, we will have opportunities to become better acquainted with not only the music and words themselves, but also the meaning of the prayer passages which have been set to music.   ...full story

FJC members are invited to celebrate the final evening of Chanukah this year at a pot-luck lattke dinner, followed by a family service on Friday, December 6. Please R.S.V.P. to the temple office by Thursday, December 5.   ...full story

Figures like these make it seem like AIDS is winning. But all over the world, people like you are making a difference.   ...full story

A new website sells only 100% Israeli products; Israeli charities to benefit.   ...full story

Every year at the High Holy Days we join hands with other Reform, Conservative and Reconstructionist congregations to support The Corners of Our Fields....   ...full story

Learning, dance, music and refreshments are all part of the second annual Women's Celebreation of Sukkot at Brandeis Univeristy, Thursday, September 26 at 5:00 p.m.  ...full story

For those of you who choose to remain at the congregation all day on Yom Kippur, we offer the challenging and provocative film "The Quarrel."   ...full story

Do something good for our congregation and for yourself by attending our fall benefit concert with exciting young artists from the Middle East, Amit Peled (Israel) and Daniel del Pino (Lebanon). The program will include Jewish-inspired works from the classical repertoire.   ...full story

...as of mid-October, our congregation’s contributions to the annual “Walk to End Homelessness”totaled $4685...   ...full story

Some time ago, the congregation committed itself to raise funds to purchase two external automatic defibrillators.   ...full story

When my husband, Arthur, and I were trying to decide where we wanted to relocate (after being in Des Moines, Iowa for more than 25 years), I knew that I needed to live in a place with an active Jewish congregation.   ...full story

Did you miss the wonderful films shown in Boston this year as part of the Boston Jewish Film Festival? Now you will have the opportunity to view two of them right here at the FJC: Promises (interviews with Israeli and Palestinian children) and Trembling Before G-d(about gays within the Orthodox world).   ...full story

How does American policy match up with international efforts to preserve the environment? Find out at our Social Action Breakfast!   ...full story

All ages will enjoy this performance by singer/songwriter/guitarist Rabbi Larry Milder.   ...full story

It is truly “the gift that keeps on giving”!   ...full story

Recent improvements include upgraded equipment for the office and rabbi’s study, high-speed internet service with wireless in-building connections, a laptop computer with DVD-drive and a flat-screen monitor as well as a digital projector...   ...full story

The Jewish Family Times Passover issue is full of information and ideas about Passover. Copies will be distributed to Religious School families and additional copies will be available on the foyer tables for congregants.   ...full story

The Falmouth Service Center is especially in need of cereals and personal care items (toothpaste, soap, deodorant, etc....   ...full story

Sha'arei Torah's final week is full of exciting events, including a group Torah reading, a special Torah study session, a visit by Sofer (Torah Scribe) Neil Yerman on Sunday, January 27, and a discussion of Walking the Bible on Thursday, January 31.   ...full story

We plan to discuss the precarious balance between civil liberties, and the empowerment of the government to detain suspects and use methods of obtaining private information which it feels is necessary in order to protect American citizens...   ...full story

Throw off your inhibitions!...   ...full story

Your redeemable cans and bottles will help pay for the Falmouth Service Center’s new facility...   ...full story

Our congregation has received two special and extraordinary gifts...   ...full story

Our congregation has received a special and extraordinary gift, a handcrafted ceramic kiddush cup created by Woods Hole artist Joan Lederman....   ...full story

Throw off your inhibitions! Dust off that musical instrument or comedy routine, find that story you love to share, practice your old magic tricks, brush up on that dance routine...WE WANT YOUR TALENT!   ...full story

The FJC Sisterhood’s JUDAICA SHOP is ready for your Chanukah shopping!   ...full story

After creeping closer and closer over the past few years   ...full story

Rabbi Elias Lieberman has been designated as this year's recipient of the Upper Cape Domestic Violence Coalition's "Elizabeth Lee Peace Award"   ...full story

Between forty-five and fifty FJC walkers stepped off from Falmouth's Village Green on Sunday, September 23rd   ...full story

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We are still shocked by the tragic events of September 11, 2001. All of us are moved to do what we can to reach out to those in distress.   ...full story

What does a rabbi have to say to an Episcopal church in Blue Hill, Maine?   ...full story

"...we are interested in inaugurating what might become an FJC tradition: a tour of members’ sukkot...   ...full story

The congregation has received a copy of the Third Edition of the Guide to Compensation and Restitution for Holocaust Survivors   ...full story

At the end of June, Sam Rome traveled with his family to Israel  ...full story

The Falmouth Jewish Congregation has received a generous grant of $20,000 from the Wilbur Marvin Family Fund to be used to upgrade the congregation’s office computers, acquire appropriate furniture to support that hardware, support the creation of a temple website, and to place computers and software in our Religious School. The grant was made possible through the efforts of our member, Rich Marvin....   ...full story