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, far in excess of most small synagogues, that appeal to the wide range of our members’ demographics and backgrounds. Life-cycle events such as weddings, bar/bat mitzvahs, confirmations, conversions, and baby naming ceremonies form an integral component of our community.
From Our Blog
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 […]
Vital Jewish Memories – Yom Kippur
The great Roman lawyer and political figure Cicero described memory as “the treasury and guardian of all things”(1st century BCE). No other animal carries in its brain so many memories of such complexity. No other living creature on earth can regularly revisit those memories for happiness, for safety and for the accomplishment of complex tasks. […]
El Pacto En Yom Kipur: ¿Cómo Mantenemos Nuestro Contrato Con Dios? – Erev Yom Kippur
Cuando tenía nueve años, fui contratado para cantar la voz de varón alto en un coro que acompañaba al cantor en los servicios de High Holy Days en las sinagogas ortodoxas. Hasta el día de hoy, todavía recuerdo mucho de la música que cantamos: los pasajes de unísono, las armonías, mis pequeños solos y sobre […]
The Covenant On Yom Kippur: How Do We Keep Our Contract With God? – Erev Yom Kippur
When I was nine years old, I was hired to be the boy alto in a choir that accompanied the cantor at High Holy Day services in Orthodox synagogues. To this day, I still remember a lot of the music we sang: the unison passages, the harmonies, my little solos and especially the rousing music […]
