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Rabbi Emeritus Alan Henkin and Soloist Fran Beckerman lead a Shabbat Evening Service.

Purim at BKB.

All ages participate in worship.

BKB’s Turkey Drive delivers the turkeys for the needy.

BKB annually honors military veterans at a Shabbat Evening Service in early November.

The annual Chanukah Latke Shabbat Dinner on the Shabbat during Chanukah.

Congregants make matzah at BKB.

Shalom and welcome to BKB! BKB has been the face of Judaism in the Antelope Valley since 1951. BKB is a warm and diverse Reform community, and we look forward to meeting you at a Shabbat service or one of our social or educational events. BKB is a place to learn, pray, and grow. BKB welcomes individuals exploring Judiasm, interfaith couples and families, LGBTQ individuals and families, singles, couples, and people of all ages and backgrounds.

Everyone is welcome to attend our weekly Friday night Shabbat services led by our Student Rabbi or one of our exceptional lay leaders (either streaming only or in-person and streaming) and our monthly Saturday morning service with our Student Rabbi. Join with us in prayer on the High Holy Days and other holiday celebrations. BKB provides Jewish education for all ages, including religious school and adult Jewish learning programs. All are invited to attend BKB social and community events.

To find out what is happening at BKB, please see the Calendar of Events Page on this website or look for the BKB page on Facebook by searching for “Congregation Beth Knesset Bamidbar”.

Congregation Beth Knesset Bamidbar welcomes the entire community to come and find out for yourself what BKB is all about.

Congregation Beth Knesset Bamidbar

The Reform Jewish Congregation of the Antelope Valley

BKB-An Inclusive Community for Belonging, Celebrating, and Growing

From the Union For Reform Judaism / Reform Movement

For Some of Us the Holidays Are Just…Hard

For Some of Us the Holidays Are Just…Hard jemerman November 18, 2024

Death and Mourning

As we head into the holiday season, I am acutely aware of how much different this year is going to be than previous ones. I will be celebrating without my mom for the first time. My mother died in January 2021, and I'm still dealing with the unexpected waves of grief that wash over me, sometimes out of nowhere. As I head into this first winter holiday season without her, I'm not quite sure I know what to expect, other than everything is going to be very different.

The Cost of Free Land

The Cost of Free Land jemerman November 14, 2024

Secular Holidays

The author's Great-Great-Uncle Louie Sinykin posing with men in Dakota garb in South Dakota's Black Hills. Date unknown.

When I was a child growing up in the 1980s, the story I learned about Thanksgiving followed the classic script: it highlighted amity between the Pilgrims and their Indigenous neighbors. Due to this connection, the hunger of the European settlers was met with squash and turkey.