Read Our Rabbis' Weekly Messages
May 31, 2023
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 […]
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May 24, 2023
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, […]
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May 18, 2023
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 […]
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May 11, 2023
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 […]
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May 4, 2023
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 […]
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April 27, 2023
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 […]
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April 20, 2023
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 […]
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April 3, 2023
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 […]
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March 30, 2023
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 […]
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March 23, 2023
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 […]
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March 16, 2023
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 […]
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March 2, 2023
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, […]
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February 16, 2023
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 […]
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February 9, 2023
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 […]
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February 2, 2023
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 […]
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January 26, 2023
January 26, 2023
Dear Friends, “24 Days into the Year, 69 Deaths in Mass Shootings.” My heart sank this Wednesday as I read the front-page headline of the New […]
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January 19, 2023
January 19, 2023
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 […]
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January 12, 2023
January 12, 2023
Dear Friends, God’s rainbow is comprised of people of many colors. Rev Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. taught “Judge a person not by the color of […]
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January 5, 2023
January 5, 2023
Dear Friends, Each one of us has a family story. Last week I took my children to the Lower East Side of Manhattan to see the […]
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December 29, 2022
December 29, 2022
Dear Friends, Tonight, is the last Shabbat of 2022. As we look back over the past year we can see there has been moments of darkness, […]
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December 22, 2022
December 22, 2022
Dear Friends, While meeting with Ukraine’s Jewish President this Wednesday, US President Joe Biden showed great respect for the Jewish people by comparing Ukraine’s struggle to […]
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December 15, 2022
December 15, 2022
Dear Friends, It’s time to take your Hanukkah menorah off the shelf and find a box of candles. Hanukkah starts Sunday, December 18th. Please come join […]
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December 8, 2022
December 8, 2022
Dear Friends, Be a Modern Maccabee I am mourning the recent death of my cousin Fritzi, a Holocaust survivor, who died in her sleep a month […]
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December 1, 2022
December 1, 2022
Dear Friends, A holy moment occurred at the Temple. Stephanie Garry, a former Temple President, and I invited members of the congregation to a session entitled, […]
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November 22, 2022
November 22, 2022
Dear Friends, I hope you were able to celebrate Thanksgiving, yesterday, in good health and happiness. I want to recognize and thank all the volunteers and Social […]
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