Sunday August 7th Bradley Beach Congregation Agudath Achim honored the firemen and first aid volunteers, with a special breakfast.  This was an opportunity to show our appreciation and thank these volunteers for their incredible commitment, and life-saving work.  The children presented special hand-made thank you cards and were treated with a chance to dress up as a fire fighter.  

Special thanks and recognition to Beth for her GREEN THUMB

Our landscaping is AMAZING

Welcoming Shabbat at the Bradley Beach gazebo: An uplifting spiritual experience. 

Rabbi Kelman deserves credit for this wonderful Shabbat Service and refreshments following the service. Not only was it a chance for community outreach but a delightful opportunity for a social get-together for the entire congregation. 

Rabbi Kelman is bringing such programs to welcome all those seeking a Jewish spiritual home to our wonderful synagogue, Agudah Achim. 

We also must include a note of thanks to our local Jewish Federation for their support in underwriting this special event.


Ozzie & Cathy

July 4th Celebrations Continues with Fireworks

- Bradley Beach - Sunday, July 3rd
- Asbury Park - Monday, July 4th

Operation Thunderbolt - Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Raid on Entebbe

On Saturday evening July 2, 2016 at Congregation Agudath Achim a commemoration of the Israeli Raid on Entebbe to free hostages taken aboard Air France Flight 139 included a showing of a Documentary and Movie about the historic event.

Attendees were treated to a Pizza and Ice Cream dinner in addition to the two films.

The raid on Entebbe was a masterful plan created by the IDF to fly four transport aircraft from Tel Aviv to Entebbe in Uganda, where the hostages were being held. The raid and rescue was not without its casualties. Yonatan Netanyahu, older brother of Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu, was the only IDF fatality. Three hostages were also killed. The operation was renamed Operation Yonatan in memory of Yoni Netanyahu.

June 27th Sisterhood Book Club - 12:00 NOON

Discussion about:  The ICE CREAM QUEEN of ORCHARD STREET by Susan Jane Gilman
Location:  202 Evergreen Ave, Bradley Beach

JOIN US NEXT WEEK - MOVIE & PIZZA

'Raid on Entebbe' 9:45 PM July 2nd
Relive together the incredible events of this modern-day miracle

In commemoration of the 40th Anniversary of the Entebbe July 4th 1976

Starting a WELCOME Committee to meet and greet folks new to the community. 

 Yom Yerushalayim

Join us next Mozaei Shabbat and Sunday morning for a special Yom Yerushalayim davening. As a special treat, Benjy Gottesman, a very talented musician, will lead us both next Mozaei Shabbat in a special musical Havdalah, and in a musical Hallel on Sunday morning. We look forward to celebrating this great, miraculous day together.

Amazing Bradley Beach Memorial Day Service this morning!  Keynote speaker was Ben Stewart a World War II Veteran who served in the 92nd US Army Infantry Division as a Buffalo Soldier in Northern Italy in the front lines in 1944.  Our community was well represented by Dr Cotler and Rabbi Kelman.

Our 2016 Summer Season has had an AMAZING start. 

The Sisterhood started us off with a Challah Baking Evening - Thursday night

Followed by a Luncheon to Welcome our new Rabbi Kelman - and his family to the community

 There was was the learning and conversation

• Perek in the Pews “What Judaism taught Macbeth and Andy Warhol”
• We had a guest speaker for Suedah Shilit - Dr. Yehuda Stolov 

This morning we hosted a meaningful Memorial Program with Stanley Shapiro, a local resident and veteran of the Navy during the Korean War, accompanied by two fellow Jewish veterans and Mayor Gary Englelstad of Bradley Beach.  Wh

ile we will recall all American soldiers, we pay special attention to the Jews who have fought for and fallen for America including special the 149 Jews killed at Normandy and who are buried at the Normandy American Cemetery.

Thank you all for making this Memorial Day weekend so successful.  Wishing all our members who will be traveling - a safe and successful trip.  Looking forward to hearing all your stories when you return to Bradley Beach.

Special thanks to the members of the sister 'hood' ---> Keep on the look out as more exciting events are being planned