PRIDE in our Community Dear Friends, One of the oldest Jewish symbols is the Rainbow. Noah’s rainbow represents diversity and peace. All the colors of […]
Dear Friends, This week we thanked Sharon Feldman for her hours of voluntary service as the President of our congregation. The Hebrew word for President, Nasi, […]
Dear Friends, During our Shabbat service last Friday, when we got to the Shehechiyanu moments, celebrating happy events, Vivian Cohen spoke up, “The CDC has declared […]
Dear Friends, A few months before the invasion of Ukraine, congregant Harvey Doppelt and I travelled to the Ukrainian Mission at the UN to lead the […]
Dear Friends, This week Israel celebrated its 75th Birthday! The State of Israel is a modern miracle. Just three years after Jews walked out of Auschwitz, who […]
Dear Friends, This week we observed Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Memorial Day, on the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Thank you to our member Harvey Loeb […]
Dear Friends, While a professor at Harvard, Michael Walzer wrote a book “Exodus and Revolution” about the message of Passover. “So pharaonic oppression, deliverance, Sinai, and […]
Dear Friends, What makes this night (and this Passover) different?\ At the end of the Seder we proclaim the ancient dream “Next Year in Jerusalem!” This […]
Passover and Ramadan Parallels Dear Friends, At the beginning of the Passover Seder we say, “Let all who are hungry come and eat.” Opening our homes […]
Laughter is the beginning of prayer, and humor is a prelude to faith Dear Friends, Purim reminds us our deeds matter. Esther bravely stood up against Haman, […]
Dear Friends, In our country a fight is raging over abortion. Judaism and Christianity have different views on when life begins. For Christians, life begins at the […]
Tu B’Shvat, the original Earth Day Dear Friends, In his State of the Union address this week, the president said, “Let’s face reality. The climate crisis […]
Dear Friends, With tremendous joy we are making history tonight. After 46 wonderful years we are installing the talented and gifted, Ines Kapustiansky, as our Temple’s […]