Covid-19 Vaccine Clinic On Monday, Feb. 7 At Beth El Temple Center

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Photo: The vaccine clinic will take place on Monday.

Belmont Health Department and VaxinateRX is holding a Covid-19 vaccine clinic on Monday, Feb. 7 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Beth El Temple Center, 2 Concord Ave. The clinic includes Pfizer 1st, 2nd, and booster shots.

• Individuals 5 to 11 years old can sign up to receive their 1st or 2nd dose of the pediatric Pfizer vaccine.
• Individuals 12+ can sign up to receive their 1st, 2nd or booster* dose of the adult Pfizer vaccine.
*As long as it has been 5+ months since their second dose of Moderna or Pfizer, or 2+ months.

Register for a vaccine appointment at https://www.appointmentquest.com/scheduler/2180061935? schedule=belmontvaccineclinic If you have difficulty with registration, call Belmont Health Department at 617-993-2720 or email Lsharp@belmont-ma.gov for assistance.

Present insurance cards, photo ID, and vaccination cards at the appointment.

Booster Monday At Beth El: Free Covid-19 Shots From 4 PM to 7 PM

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Photo: Getting your card filled with a booster shot

The Belmont Health Department is offering a limited number of Moderna Covid-19 booster shots to eligible residents 18 and up. Massachusetts has expanded the eligibility criteria for booster shots, and the new criteria can be found below.

Belmont’s booster dose clinic will be held on Monday Dec. 13 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Beth El Temple Center, 2 Concord Ave.

Register for a booster dose appointment here:
https://home.color.com/vaccine/register/belmont
If you have difficulty with registration, call 617-993-2720 or email Lsharp@belmont-ma.gov for assistance.

Please present insurance cards, photo ID, and vaccination cards at appointment.

  • If you are 18+, and received the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, you can get a booster dose once two months have passed since your original dose.
  • If you are 18+, and received either the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine, you can get a booster dose once six months have passed since your second dose.

*Booster shots can be any of the approved COVID-19 vaccines, regardless of your original dose; at this clinic the Moderna vaccine will be provided.

Register Now! Town Sponsored Covid-19 Vaccinations For Kids, 5-11, Set For Friday, Nov. 12 At Beth El Temple

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Photo: Pediatric doses of the Pfizer vaccine will be distributed at the clinic on Nov. 12 (credit: Pfizer)

The Belmont Health Department is sponsoring Belmont’s first pediatric vaccination clinic on Friday, Nov. 12 from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Beth El Temple Center, 2 Concord Ave. The follow-up second dose clinic will be held on Friday, Dec.
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This age group was authorized by the CDC on Tuesday, Nov. 2 to receive the pediatric dosage of Pfizer vaccine, in the two-dose timeline 21 days apart.

Please register for an appointment at the link below:
https://www.appointmentquest.com/scheduler/2180061935?schedule=belmontvaccineclinic

This clinic is specifically for Belmont residents and students who attend school in Belmont. If you register and are not a part of one of those groups, your appointment will be cancelled.

Belmont High’s Art Show Saturday Night at Beth El Temple

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Photo: Art that will be presented on Saturday, April 2.

Artist from Belmont High School are presenting their Second Annual Art Show this Saturday, April 2, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The show will take place at the Beth El Temple Center, 2 Concord Ave. and feature work from students in Advanced Placement, Art Honors, photography, sculpture and ceramics. 

The night will include performances by Ben Jones, Jack Merullo and Nic Neves, Kail Pelicane, slam poetry by Francesca Pellegrini and more.

Bring your kids for fun activities, free art, music, poetry and food.

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Yom Kippur Begins Friday at Sunset

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The painting is a detail of “Jews Praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur” by the 22-year-old Maurycy Gottlieb c. 1878.

By Len Abram

At sundown today, Friday, Oct. 3, Jews across the world and at the Beth El Temple Center on Concord Avenue will begin observing the holy day of Yom Kippur, the day of atonement.

According to tradition, the Day of Atonement marks the end of 10 days of reflection and repentance, imagined in the liturgy as a Day of Judgment for each person before the Supreme Judge, whose final decisions are written in a heavenly book.

The Hebrew greeting, “Gemar chatimah tovah,” translated as “May you be inscribed for good in the Book of Life,” captures the metaphor and meaning of the day.

Abstaining from food and drink fulfills the Biblical commandments of self-denial and solemnity. Physical desires are denied to concentrate on spiritual needs through prayer and self-improvement.

At Yom Kippur, Jews often seek out those whom they have wronged to ask forgiveness.

Although the central prayers and confessionals are collective, emphasizing “we,” not “I,” Yom Kippur means something special to each person following the ancient tradition going back six millennia.