Beth Shalom, a Jewish Reform Congregation, was founded in 2002 to provide a new and additional form of Judaism in Italy. presently we have more than 100 members from Italy, the U.S., Switzerland, England, Australia, Israel, Sweden, Cyprus and France. Beth Shalom is a member of the European Region of the World Union for Progressive Judaism, the largest Jewish organization in the world.

Our approach to Judaism is modern and we believe in its significance in our daily lives and the importance of the Synagogue as a symbol of our community.

 At Beth  Shalom, we celebrate our rich diversity as a congregation, a community coming from many communities. And when we join together to welcome Shabbat, to study or to celebrate, we are a great intergenerational family. We are newcomers and old-timers, children and adults, individuals, couples and families, Jews by birth and by choice, non-Jewish partners and spouses. As we raise our voices in prayer and song, we know that we are one community with a common bond.

BETH SHALOM LATEST NEWS     ** **  

We at Beth Shalom are pleased to announce the arrival of Rabbi Reiner in September.
Read below about our new Rabbi: 

 Fred N. Reiner has served as Senior Rabbi of Temple Sinai, Washington, DC, since July 1985. During his tenure the congregation has doubled in size to nearly 1200 households, added a nursery school, expanded its religious school,

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Those of you who were here on Yom Kippur will remember Rabbi Loeb reciting, with the assistance of our Chazan Joyce, the moving words of Un ne Tahne Tokef-probably the key prayer in the High Holiday ritual. For those of you who don’ t recall the words-I will take a few minutes to quote them

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http://www.aish.com/literacy/jewishhistory/Crash_Course_in_Jewish_History_Part_54_-_Reform_Movement.asp

Jewish History Series (Part 54 of 68)
Reform Movement
by Rabbi Ken SpiroThe German Jews who founded the Reform Movement emphasized their loyalty to the “fatherland” in order to be accepted in mainstream German society.
As we saw in the last installment, the Enlightenment gave Jews new rights — human rights and citizenship rights — which they

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Question in Italy: How do we reach non-Orthodox Jews?
By Ruth Ellen Gruber · June 10, 2010
Click on the link below to read article on the Global News Service of the Jewish People
http://www.jta.org/news/article/2010/06/10/2739565/question-in-italy-how-do-we-reach-non-orthodox-jews
The president of the Italian Rabbinical Assembly, Rabbi Elia Richetti, with crutch, mingles with tourists outside the Jewish Museum in Venice. (Ruth Ellen Gruber)ROME

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