“It must be hard to leave a congregation.” I hear that just about every year. It is hard to leave the people and community that have […]

A Wonderful Future for Temple Shaaray Tefila During the interviews that led to me coming to Temple Shaaray Tefila, the Rabbinic Search Committee asked for a […]

Join Us for Shavuot Yizkor, Today, Friday, May 22nd, 10 AM There was a lot of coming and going around the Yizkor memorial service when I […]

Why Join Us for Confirmation, Shabbat Services, Tonight, 7 PM? Bar and Bat Mitzvah come to mind when we think of the ceremony marking the entry […]

A Fifteen-Year Dream Has Come True I have always been the type of person who knows what she wants. For fifteen years, I was sure I […]

Thank You First, I want to thank you for your kindness and understanding while my mother was ill, and in the days following her death. Temple […]

What’s Holiness All About Anyway?   One could argue Winnie the Pooh was a philosopher. Yes, that Winnie the Pooh – the one one that always […]

Invisible Grief: How Aaron’s Silence Says More Than Words We live in a society that is surrounded by constant noise. Advertisements. Music. Laughter. Yelling. Car honks […]

If You Were a Kitchen Utensil, What Would You Be? Beyond four cups, four children, and four questions, there’s a fourth set of four to consider, […]

Israel Update: A Personal Lens Thank you for your expressions of concern for my family in Israel and for my wife’s safe return. Adam, Eliya, the […]

Humility and Strength Can Show Up in the Smallest of Ways “The most expensive perfume…and the most powerful poison…come in small packages.” This was a quote […]

Preparing for Yom Hashoah: A Call for Personal Stories and Reflections on Family Connections I want to write to you about Yom Hashoah because we are […]

Is Shabbat the first or last day of the week?! Have you ever flipped to the last pages of a book to take a peek at […]