Our History
Kahal B’raira has flourished since its humble beginnings in September of 1975.
Here is a short timeline of the congregation:
- 1975 Rabbi Sherwin Wine, founder of the Society for Humanistic Judaism, asks Barbara and Seymour (Sy) Schnuer to organize a congregation in Boston. On September 19th, the first meeting is held.
- 1978 The first Humanistic High Holiday service and Chanukah celebration take place in Boston.
- 1979 The Sunday school is started.
- 1980 The name “Community of Choice” is chosen and translated into Hebrew: Kahal B’raira (KB).
- 1984 Congregation celebrates its first Bar Mitzvah, that of Daniel Dain.
- 1986 Steven & Linda Brion-Meisels chair the Sunday School Committee and serve as first Principals.
- 1989 First KB graduates teach Sunday School: Evonne Wetzner & Josh Dodes.
- 1999 100 households are in the congregation.
- 2003 KB hires Gladys Maged as administrative facilitator.
- 2006 KB hosts the Society for Humanistic Judaism Conference and (a year late) celebrates its 30thanniversary
- 2007 KB moves to Fayerweather Street School in Cambridge.
- 2019 Gladys Maged retires as administrative facilitator, Lidia Pruente is hired as managing director.
Tue, 8 October 2024