Baron Hirsch Congregation

Happy Purim! 🎉 Kudos to the ladies of our women’s megillah reading on a wonderful job again this year.

Happy Purim, everyone! Among the many festive programs we hosted was our annual women’s megillah reading. Kudos to these outstanding ladies for doing a beautiful job! We’re also grateful to the generous sponsors of this program, Saralyn and Danny Weiss.

Join us on the 5th night of Chanukah, December 29, at 5:30 PM for the Baron Hirsch Chanukah Dinner! There will be pizza, latkes, sufganiyot, and an ice cream sundae bar. Plus, trivia for adults and activities for kids!

For more details and to register to attend, visit baronhirsch.org/ChanukahDinner.

Our teen Israel advocacy program begins tomorrow! It’s open to all local Jewish high school students, regardless of synagogue affiliation. This year’s series culminates in a highly subsidized trip to Washington, DC.

We’re grateful to the Jan and Andy Groveman Teen Israel Advocacy Fund and the Lemsky Endowment Fund for their generous support of this program.

The talented members of our High Holidays boys’ choir enjoyed a fun night out at the Memphis Grizzlies game with Rabbi Ian Lichter, Cantor Ricky Kampf and Torah Mitzion Memphis. We’re thankful to Larry and Judy Moss for generously making this possible and to these young men for sharing their voices with us to enhance our inspiring holiday services!

A huge thank you to Lindi VanderWalde for organizing the very successful Stop the Bleed training this past Monday! The training was highly informative, and our members now feel well-equipped to handle an emergency.

What an amazing day we had at the 33rd Annual ASBEE World Kosher BBQ Contest and Festival!! We are so grateful to our dedicated volunteers, sponsors, judges, competitors and attendees for braving the heat and making today’s event so special. We’ll be posting photos and more about the event in the coming days. But in the meantime, check out this great feature from WREG News Channel 3. https://wreg.com/news/asbee-kosher-bbq-festival-returns-after-four-year-hiatus

ASBEE Kosher BBQ Festival returns after four-year hiatus MEMPHIS, Tenn. — After a four-year break due to COVID, teams were back competing in the 33rd Annual ASBEE Kosher BBQ contest. Former Memphis mayor and contest judge Jim Strickland was one of …

Great to see the 33rd Annual ASBEE World Kosher BBQ Contest and Festival featured in The Daily Memphian!
Local food reporter Jennifer Chandler recently hosted two of our BBQ committee volunteers, Eric Mogy and Larry Gruner, on her Sound Bites podcast. (Link to the episode is in the comments!)

Kosher barbecue festival returns after three-year break The event touted as “the Greatest Kosher BBQ Competition in the World” returns this weekend.