Upcoming Events

• Fri., July 3:  CBS office closed for Independence Day.
• Fri. & Sat., July 3-4:  Rabbi's first services.
• Thu., July 9, 5-8 p.m.:  Welcoming of Rabbi Moldo to CBS with hors-d'oeuvres.
• Fri., July 10, 7:30 p.m.:  Graduate and scholarship service.
• Tue., July 21, 12:00 noon:  Lunch and Learn.

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Services

Erev Shabbat (Friday):

Evening services begin at 7:30 p.m. followed by Oneg Shabbat.  (Monthly family services 1st Friday of each month.)

Shabbat Morning (Saturday):

Morning services begin at 9:30 a.m. followed by Kiddush. 

Concert Series

Sunday Afternoons at CBS

Season 18 has been announced; check the Concerts page for latest news.

Go Green with CBS

Reusable tote bags now available! See flyer for details.

Mazel Tov Graduates!

Mazel Tov to our graduates!

[If your child's name is not listed, please let the Office know--along with their plans for further education or first job--so that we can honor them at our Graduates service.]

Welcome Rabbi Moldo!

Rabbi Larry Moldo was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota. At B'nai Abraham Synagogue he studied for his Bar Mitzvah. He soon learned how to tutor younger children in synagogue skills and how to mentor other tutors at his congregation, now called B'nai Emet Synagogue. This complemented his Jewish education at the Talmud Torah of Minneapolis, where he spent many hours studying for the National Bible Contest. As a youth in Saint Louis Park, he joined the ranks of other intellectual teens as part of the Labor Zionist Youth Movement, Habonim (Habonim-Dror). This group introduced him to Israeli Folk Dancing, an avocation he maintained for many years.

Rabbi Larry studied at the University of Minnesota, specializing in Psychology and Education before getting a degree in Jewish Studies. He then worked in Peoria, Illinois, as Youth and Education Director; he served in Omaha, Nebraska, as Ritual Director and sometime-Youth Director, then moved to the greater Kansas City area, where he volunteered at Ohev Sholom.

Rabbi Larry found out about the Academy for Jewish Religion (AJR), the seminary which trains both Rabbis and Cantors. Rabbi Danny Horwitz and Rabbi Larry often took courses together--not only to learn how to work as a team, but to appreciate each other's strengths. AJR is not affiliated with any movement, and both its students and its faculty vary in their religious backgrounds and how they choose to express their personal piety. All share in the desire to help facilitate people's desire to connect and re-connect with God in a Jewish manner. His courses covered Jewish History, Hebrew, Biblical Studies, Rabbinic Literature, Practical Rabbinics, Philosophy, and Pastoral Care.

Rabbi Larry's student pulpit during his seminary years was as the only Jewish clergy in Elmwood Park, New Jersey. During the course of his rabbinic studies, he also took part in over 1600 hours of Clinical Pastoral Education, which included time spent visiting patients, reviewing the visits, and learning how to be a little more effective. He continues to maintain active membership in the National Association of Jewish Chaplains, and is a Clinical Member of the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education. Recently Rabbi Larry presented a session for the NAJC titled "A Basic Overview of Family Systems Theory."

During his years at the Academy, Rabbi Larry helped winnow through and organize the first sets of donated books for the Academy library, served as the Tefillah coordinator for the annual retreat, and has served the Student Association as listserve manager, Vice-President, and President. He was awarded the first Dr. Ora Horn Prouser Bible Scholarship. After Ordination, Rabbi Larry served Temple Beth El of Greater Buffalo.

Rabbi Larry was married to Andrea Joy in 1991. Their son, Samuel Carl, was born in 1995 and currently attends the American Hebrew Academy, a pluralistic college preparatory combined Boarding and Day School in Greensboro, North Carolina. Rabbi Larry played clarinet in grade school, bassoon in junior high, and taught himself folk guitar during high school. For fun he likes to read science fiction, fantasy, mysteries, comic books, and philosophy.

Online Membership Directory

Our membership directory is now online, thanks to our portrait partner Lifetouch. Look for the "Member Directory" button on this page, or click here:  directory.

On your first visit, click on the "Forgot your username or password?" link, then enter the email address you supplied Lifetouch.  An email will be sent to you with your username/password.  Should you have any trouble, please call the CBS office for login help.

Once successfully signed in, look for the "edit profile" link in the upper right.  Adjust the checkboxes on the next screen to (optionally) make your information available to other members, then click the "Submit Changes" button.