What we’re about
How do you do Jewish? Are you a secular Jew who wants to share Jewish culture and identity with your family? Do you celebrate Jewish holidays and want to know more about how to celebrate them without the supernatural underpinnings?
Beth Ami provides a place where secular Jews can find a comfortable home. We appeal to those who respect and love our Jewish heritage and want to affiliate with others with similar viewpoints. We are Jews who want Jewish studies for our children and ourselves, who want to observe Jewish holidays, appreciate Jewish culture, and express a connection with the Jewish people and Israel in a non-theistic setting.
Beth Ami is a warm, welcoming community that gathers to deepen our connections to each other as well as embrace our shared Humanistic Jewish identity. We celebrate major holidays, Shabbat/Havdalah, and life cycle events, including baby namings, bar/bat mitzvahs, weddings and memorial services. For more information visit bethami.com.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Take in a film with Beth AmiDairy Arts Center, Boedecker Theatre, Boulder, CO, CO
Let's go to the movies together! The Dairy Center in Boulder is showing "Bad Shabbos", winner of a Tribeca Festival Award.
The IMDb summary says, "An engaged interfaith couple are about to have their parents meet for the first time over a Shabbat dinner when an accidental death gets in the way."
Still unsure? Watch the trailer here.
Purchase your tickets online from the Dairy here. Make sure you are getting Saturday the 6th.
Please click the attend button after you purchase your tickets so we know you are coming!
We will meetup in the lobby before the show so we can try to sit together. It is general seating so arrive early. After the show we can hang out a bit in the lobby to discuss the film.
Beth Ami is the only Humanistic Jewish congregation in Colorado and is a proud affiliate of the Society for Humanistic Judaism. We celebrate Jewish holidays, learning and life cycle events through the secular lens of history, culture, and reason. We believe in the human capacity to create a better world without supernatural intervention.
Beth Ami is a welcoming community where we connect to Jewish past, celebrate Jewish present and link to Jewish future through a humanistic philosophy. We encourage anyone interested in learning about Humanistic Judaism to attend this and all our events.
We are a non-profit 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Corporation and rely on membership dues to support the infrastructure required for our events. Please consider becoming a paid member, which includes membership in the Society for Humanistic Judaism. Send a message on Meetup if you are interested in membership.
Let's do Jewish together - Humanistically!
- Humanistic Rosh Hashanah/Tashlich Service and DinnerLouisville Recreation & Senior Center, Louisville, CO$40.00
Our Rosh Hashanah Community Service is open to all and will include a catered Mediterranean buffet after. We’ll welcome the new year with the call of the shofar, meaningful readings, new and old songs, some blessings and your participation - all from a culturally Jewish point of view. Join us as we gather for the New Year and break bread (or pita) together.
To prepare seating and servings, we need your RSVPs by Sept. 16th. Beth Ami will provide service booklets, apples and honey, grape juice (for a brief Shabbat service), and a light Mediterranean buffet.
Beth Ami members are free. We are requesting a $40 donation per non-member adult payable at the event in cash or check. Greater or smaller donations are equally appreciated. Children under 18 are free. We can not accept credit cards.
Let us know if you're bringing children, and their ages!
Please also consider bringing a donation of non-perishable food which will be delivered to Community Food Share.
Click the attend button before Sept 16th so we know to expect you.
Beth Ami, the only Humanistic Jewish congregation in Colorado, is a proud affiliate of the Society for Humanistic Judaism. We celebrate Jewish holidays, learning and life cycle events through the secular lens of history, culture, and reason. We believe in the human capacity to create a better world without supernatural intervention.
Beth Ami is a welcoming community where we connect to Jewish past, celebrate Jewish present and link to Jewish future through a humanistic philosophy. We encourage anyone interested in learning about Humanistic Judaism to attend this and all our events.
We are a non-profit 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Corporation and rely on membership dues to support the infrastructure required for our events. Please consider becoming a paid member, which includes membership in the Society for Humanistic Judaism. Send a message on Meetup if you are interested in membership.
Let's do Jewish together - Humanistically!
- A Meaningful Humanistic Yom KippurBoulder Public Library - Meadows Branch, Boulder, CO
Beth Ami and other Humanistic Jewish groups consider Yom Kippur the culmination of the self-analysis initiated on Rosh Hashanah. The holiday offers the opportunity to ask forgiveness from ourselves and those we have wronged, and to vow to be active, involved, caring people in the coming year. It is also a time for remembrance while we mindfully listening to Kol Nidre, performed by the cellist Anne Brennand. We will say a Humanistic Kaddish as a memorial and hear the call of the shofar one last time.
Some Humanistic Jews fast on Yom Kippur, some do not. For some, this connects them with the Jewish community. For others, it raises their consciousness about world hunger. Whatever you choose to do, we hope you come to our event to consider your humanness and all our human fallibility. Then finish feeling a sense of hope and commitment for the coming year.
If anyone would like to "break-the-fast" as a group we can gather and discuss a location after the service.
Click the attend button so we know to expect you. There is no fee for this event, but donations are always welcome. Twenty dollars is the traditional amount but greater or smaller donations are equally appreciated. We can not accept credit cards.
Please also consider bringing a donation of non-perishable food which will be delivered to Community Food Share.
Beth Ami, the only Humanistic Jewish congregation in Colorado, is a proud affiliate of the Society for Humanistic Judaism. We celebrate Jewish holidays, learning and life cycle events through the secular lens of history, culture, and reason. We believe in the human capacity to create a better world without supernatural intervention.
Beth Ami is a welcoming community where we connect to Jewish past, celebrate Jewish present and link to Jewish future through a humanistic philosophy. We encourage anyone interested in learning about Humanistic Judaism to attend this and all our events.
We are a non-profit 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Corporation and rely on membership dues to support the infrastructure required for our events. Please consider becoming a paid member, which includes membership in the Society for Humanistic Judaism. Send a message on Meetup if you are interested in membership.
Let's do Jewish together - Humanistically!
- Shabbat + JADE (Jewish Aid in Dying)Boulder Public Library - Main Branch, Boulder, CO
What happens at a Jewish funeral, are people buried, cremated...composted? What are the traditions and decisions that can guide us in making choices for ourselves and our loved ones. Decisions needed in the final stages of life can bring up difficult ethical and legal questions.
Join us for a brief humanistic Shabbat and discussion with Evie Cohen from JADE (Jewish Aid in Dying) to learn about the array of options available in planning for yourself or others.
Beth Ami is the only Humanistic Jewish congregation in Colorado and is a proud affiliate of the Society for Humanistic Judaism. We celebrate Jewish holidays, learning and life cycle events through the secular lens of history, culture, and reason. We believe in the human capacity to create a better world without supernatural intervention.
Beth Ami is a welcoming community where we connect to Jewish past, celebrate Jewish present and link to Jewish future through a humanistic philosophy. We encourage anyone interested in learning about Humanistic Judaism to attend this and all our events.
We are a non-profit 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Corporation and rely on membership dues to support the infrastructure required for our events. Please consider becoming a paid member, which includes membership in the Society for Humanistic Judaism. Send a message on Meetup if you are interested in membership.
Let's do Jewish together - Humanistically!
