We are a small, friendly Reform congregation located in Des Moines, Washington,
between Seattle and Tacoma.
We serve the Jewish Community of South King and North Pierce Counties.

Friday Night services every week. Services start at 7 PM

Shabbat Morning services once a month at 10 AM

Friday August 8, Hybrid
Led by Rabbi and Julie
Baby naming for Yorgo & Penny’s son Eliot

Friday August 15, Zoom
Led by Judy Schainen

Saturday August 16, Hybrid
Led by Rabbi and Maya
Followed by dairy potluck and Torah study

Saturday August 22 Hybrid
Led by Rabbi and Julie

Friday August 29, Zoom
Led by Sherwin and Robyn Alpert

Rabbi Mirel introduction

About our Rabbi

simchat torah Dedication of new Torah cover June 2025

The Story of Bet Chaverim:
We started off as “Community Synagogue Of South King County”, CSSKC.
During a Sunday school session, a more meaningful name, Bet Chaverim (a house of friends) was nominated.

Choir 3/28/25

Funding for Community Synagogue of South King County (Bet Chaverim) has been made possible, in part,
by a grant from the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle

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Membership information

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10 Minutes of Torah

In the summer of 2019 Rabbi Jim Mirel became the spiritual leader of Bet Chaverim.
About our Rabbi

Since our founding in 1989, Bet Chaverim has been an inclusive community,
welcoming a diverse membership.
We are made up of a range of ages, singles, married couples, and families.
We are proud of our interfaith couples.

Although members generally live in South King and North Pierce Counties,
others come from further away,
drawn by the quality of the services, the education we provide for children and adults,
as well as the numerous social and cultural activities.

Our goal is to continue to build a Jewish community based on inclusiveness,
and reflecting the congregation’s belief in cooperation and mutual support.
We welcome and invite you.

“Do not separate yourself from the community;
do not believe in yourself until the day you die;
do not judge your fellow until you have reached their place;
do not say something inappropriate,
for it will then be appropriated; and do not say,
‘When I am free I will study,’
for perhaps you will not become free.”

Rabbi Hillel [he is said to have been born in Babylonia around 110 BCE and died in Jerusalem
in the first years of the Common Era. His grave is in Meron, in northern Israel. ]

In the beginning G-d created the heaven and the earth.