Welcome to Temple Beth Shalom, Puerto Rico
Temple Beth Shalom (TBS), the Reform Jewish Congregation of Puerto Rico, was founded in 1967 by a group of families seeking the warmth and intimacy of a small congregation. Contributing to this ambiance are our off-island members, non-jewish associate visitors, visiting rabbis, and cantors.
We offer a generous range of programs that appeal to the wide range of our members’ demographics and backgrounds. We observe regular Shabbat and Jewish Holiday services, as well as host adult education sessions and film screenings. Life-cycle events such as weddings, bar/bat mitzvahs, confirmations, conversions, and baby naming ceremonies also form an integral component of ourcommunity.
Recent Posts
An evening with Eva Schloss
In commemoration of the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht, Puerto Rico has an exclusive opportunity to the memorable story of Eva Schloss, stepsister and childhood friend of Anne Frank. Eva Schloss will be traveling from London to share her story of triumph and survival with the Puerto Rio community. Like her stepsister, Eva went into hiding in Holland until she, […]
Kristallnacht: What We Know Now
Rabbi Norman Patz Temple Sholom of West Essex Shabbat Toledot November 9-10, 2018 / 2 Kislev, 5779 “Don’t send your boys to school in the morning.” That’s what a neighbor told the mother of John and Ernie Oettinger on November 9th 1938. The neighbor was a fireman who knew the SS plans for attacking Jews […]
Ecumenical Ceremony commemorating the passing of Hurricane Maria
On Thursday, September 20th, Rabbi Patz was one of the clergy invited to speak at the Ecumenical ceremony convened by the Puerto Rican Secretary of State to memorialize the one year anniversary of Hurricane Maria. The event included addresses by Governor Ricardo Rossello and Jeniffer Gonzáles -Colón, PR’s Resident Commissioner in Washington, D.C. The Secretary […]
Memorias Judías Vitales – Yom Kippur
El gran abogado romano y figura política Cicerón describió la memoria como “el tesoro y guardián de todas las cosas” (siglo I aC) Ningún otro animal lleva en su cerebro tantos recuerdos de tal complejidad. Ninguna otra criatura viva en la tierra puede revisar regularmente esos recuerdos para la felicidad, para la seguridad y para […]
