Cantor Debbie and I celebrated Shabbat and an early Chanukah with our Early Childhood Center students this morning! We need Chanukah desperately this year. It will bring light…
Watching on as a Ramat Shalomnik chooses Judaism! Today, I want to focus on gratitude. This isn’t easy. It’s been another very challenging week for Jews, for Americans,…
This week’s Torah portion tells the famous story of Noah and the flood. It’s told as part of a detailed genealogical accounting of Noah and his family: “These…
Rabbi Cheryl Jacobs’ Kol Nidrei Sermon Now is the time for turning. The leaves are beginning to turn from green to red and orange. The birds are beginning…
My 2019/5780 Rosh HaShanah Day 1 Sermon On Rosh Hashanah it is written and revealed, and on Yom Kippur, the course of every life is sealed! How many…
A year defaced by anti-Semitism, hatred, bigotry and fear of the other,A year marred by violence in our schools, our synagogues and other places we gather together,A year…
We are in the midst of the Jewish month of Elul, the month that ends the Jewish year. As we prepare for the new Jewish year, which begins…
Rabbi Andrew Jacobs(adapted from Avinu Shebashamyim by Rabbi Fred Guttman) Avinu Shebashamyim, God of the heavens, the world that You have created is filled with awesome wonders.Often, we take these…
On the Jewish calendar, we’ve entered “The Three Weeks” – a very sad time on the Jewish calendar. The Three Weeks began last Friday evening and culminates with Tisha B’Av…
The past two and a half weeks have left me with much to think about. As many of you know, Cheryl, the kids and I traveled through Israel…
When Rabbi Dov Baer of Lubavitch (1773-1827) was a young father, he and his wife and children lived in the same house as his father, Rabbi Schneur Zalman (1745-1813).…