Our mission at Temple B’nai Israel - The Satell Center for Jewish Life on the Eastern Shore is to welcome all who seek connection with the Jewish community. We provide a warm community for worship, education, lifelong learning, celebration, and comfort.
Our vision is to nurture and sustain an active Jewish community and its inclusion in the social fabric of Maryland’s Eastern Shore for future generations.
Temple B’nai Israel is an inclusive and welcoming congregation. We practice our religious custom of welcoming the stranger and encourage participation from all who seek a connection to Jewish life regardless of religious background, race, ethnicity, gender, ability, socioeconomic status, political affiliation, age, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We also support interfaith couples and families, those who have been historically and institutionally marginalized or excluded from the Jewish community, and those who consider themselves agnostic, atheist, or questioning. As a Union for Reform Judaism member congregation, we are committed to being an open tent, a sacred community that welcomes all people.
