Get to know our Rabbis and Cantor
Rabbi Janine Jankovitz
Rabbi Janine Jankovitz is honored to serve Congregation Beth El-Ner Tamid as their rabbi. She was ordained by the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in 2020. She has worked for over a decade in congregational life both as a student rabbi and prior to rabbinical school as an Education Director.
Rabbi Jankovitz is committed to building a warm and inviting Jewish community. She believes in klal yisrael and the value of embracing all identities, genders, races, ethnicities, ages, and abilities. She believes that Torah and its teachings can lead us to build a more just and righteous world.
Rabbi Jankovitz is a Philadelphia native and a graduate of Temple University. She is a writer who has been published in several online and print publications. She and her husband, Steven, live in Mt. Airy.
Contact Rabbi Jankovitz at [email protected]
Rabbi Barry Blum
Rabbi Barry Blum, a native Philadelphian, was raised in Overbrook Park. He served in the CBENT community for 31 years; his community work includes serving as past president of the Marple Newtown Clergy Association and Chaplain for several local nursing homes through Jewish Children and Family Services. In the past, Rabbi Blum served as the Camp Rabbi each summer at the B’nai B’rith in Starlight, Pennsylvania, where he served as a Judaism Specialist.
Rabbi Blum shares a passion for Israel, having visited there eleven times on missions and family milestones. Rabbi & Amy Blum were honored by JNF and the congregation. A woodland was established in their honor in the Lahav Forrest in Israel.
Rabbi Blum and his family remain involved in our CBENT community. His work continues to involve food insecurity and social action. The Rabbi Barry and Amy Blum Social Action Fund has been established in their honor to fund this cause.
Cantor Steven Friedrich
Cantor Steven Friedrich has nearly 4 decades of experience as a cantor and in synagogue administration, as well as a half-century experience as a B’nai Mitzvot tutor and religious school teacher.
A graduate of Muhlenberg College, Cantor Steve studied the cantorial arts as a student of Cantors Seymour Schwartzman and Moshe Burger, as well as in the Masters in Jewish Music program at Gratz College under the tutelage of Professor Sholom Altman, z”l and Dr. Irving Cohen, z”l. As a strong baritone, Cantor Friedrich leads prayer in musical ranges that are comfortable for most people and in a style that encourages all congregants to join in with great spirit.
He is also an accomplished teacher of Jewish music and Judaica, training children as they work towards becoming Bnai Mitzvah and encouraging all congregants to grow in their knowledge of Judaism through a variety of classes in Nusach (prayer modes), cantillation, Jewish music, Tanach (Bible), Jewish history and Jewish literature.
Cantor Steved resided for over 20 years in Broomall, raising 3 sons with his wife. He and Ann now live nearby in Hershey’s Mill.
April 2024
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9:30am Morning Minyan
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7:15am Morning Minyan
7:30pm Men's Club Meeting
7:30pm Membership Meeting
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6:30pm Bissel of Torah
7:30pm Executive Board Meeting
7:30pm Religious Committee Meeting
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6:30pm Evening Minyan
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7:15am Morning Minyan
1pm Crafting
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Meet & Greet Rabbinical Candidate Rabbi Michal Morris Kamil
7pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service
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Scholar in Residence Program -celebrating Dr. Beverly Emanuel
Meet & Greet Rabbinical Candidate Rabbi Michal Morris Kamil
Shabbat Mevarchim,Parshat HaChodesh
Parshat Shmini
10am Shabbt Services - Luncheon to Follow
12:20pm Philosophical Issues of Judaism Meeting
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Scholar in Residence Program -celebrating Dr. Beverly Emanuel
Meet & Greet Rabbinical Candidate Rabbi Michal Morris Kamil
9:30am Morning Minyan
9:45am Men's Club Softball
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7:15am Morning Minyan
10am Set-up for Bid n Buy
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Rosh Chodesh Nisan
10am Set-up for Bid n Buy
6:30pm Bissel of Torah
7:30pm Religious Committee Meeting
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6pm Set-up for Bid n Buy
6:30pm Evening Minyan
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7:15am Morning Minyan
6:30pm Bid n Buy
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7pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service
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Parshat Tazria
10am Shabbat Service
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9:30am Morning Minyan
12pm Love Thy Neighbor Planning Meeting
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Shofar Deadline
7:15am Morning Minyan
7pm Sisterhood Meeting
7pm Finance Meeting
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6:30pm Bissel of Torah
7:30pm Board of Director's Meeting
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6:30pm Evening Minyan
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7:15am Morning Minyan
1pm Crafting
7pm Investment Committee Meeting
7pm Shir Joy Band Rehearsal
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Rabbi Jankovitz Out - Rabbi Marx Retirement
7pm Ruach Hadash Musical Service
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Shabbat HaGadol
Parshat Metzora
10am Shabbat Service
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9:30am Morning Minyan
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First Seder
Erev Pesach,Taanit Bechorot
7:15am Morning Minyan / Service of the First Born
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Office Closed
Pesach
9:30am Passover Service @ CBENT
6pm CBENT Community 2nd Seder
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Office Closed
Pesach,1st Day Omer
9:30am Passover Services - Day 1 @ CBENT
6:30pm Evening Minyan
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Chol Hamoed Pesach,2nd Day Omer
7:15am Morning Minyan
7:30pm (Reschedule) Security Meeting
7:30pm Love Thy Neighbor Planning Meeting
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Chol Hamoed Pesach,3rd Day Omer
7pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service (Zoom Only)
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Chol Hamoed Pesach,4th Day Omer
Parshat
10am Shabbat Service
12pm Oneg Sponsored by Beth & Steve Burak
12:20pm Philosophical Issues of Judaism Meeting
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Rehearsal - Parker Thomas
Chol Hamoed Pesach,5th Day Omer
9:30am Morning Minyan
1:30pm Mostly Waltz Dance Group
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Office Closed
Pesach,6th Day Omer
7:15am Morning Minyan
9:30am Passover Service (Zoom Only)
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Office Closed
Pesach,Yizkor,7th Day Omer
9:30am Passover Service / Yizkor @ CBENT
6:30pm Bissel of Torah
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8th Day Omer
6:30pm Yom Hashoah Program
6:30pm Evening Minyan
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9th Day Omer
7:15am Morning Minyan
7pm Choir Rehearsal
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Cantor Out
10th Day Omer
7pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service
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Cantor Out
Shabbat Mevarchim,11th Day Omer
Parshat Achrei Mot
10am Kabbalat Shabbat Service Rededication Hanukkah Shabbat Guest Speaker Elyse Wechterman head of RA
10am Shabbat for the Soul
12:20pm Philosophical Issues of Judaism Meeting
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