Community News
May 31, 2023
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 […]
May 24, 2023
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, […]
May 18, 2023
Dear Friends, For 15 months we have seen the devastating photos of Kyiv, Bachmut, and Bucha. We have heard the pleas for help, the cries of […]
May 11, 2023
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 […]
May 4, 2023
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 […]
April 27, 2023
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 […]
April 20, 2023
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 […]
April 3, 2023
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 […]
March 30, 2023
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 […]
March 23, 2023
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 […]
March 16, 2023
Dear Friends, I took a deep breath as I read today’s headline, “Bank Fears Go Global as Markets Convulse.” Two American banks failed in the past […]
March 2, 2023
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, […]
February 16, 2023
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 […]
February 9, 2023
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 […]
February 2, 2023
Welcome the Stranger Dear Friends, You might have seen Hazrat Ahmada and not even known it. He lives in Mount Kisco. You may have seen him […]