Jewish tradition teaches us that we dads are required to do a few important things when it comes to raising their children. We’re supposed to teach our kids:…
Click here for our online Haggadah Ramat Shalom’s Online Passover Song Sheet – 2020 Afikomen Song I’m over here come find me. I’m hiding in the books.I see…
A Prayer In Response to COVID-19 by Rabbi Andrew Jacobs As I take a deep breath, God, May I remember the lesson you shared with the prophet Elijah,…
A Mother’s Day Tale/Midrash (originally posted Mother’s Day 2015) At the beginning of time, God created the plants and the trees, the Sun and the Moon. God created…
We welcome you to join us online for our Kabbalat Shabbat service tonight at 7:30pm. You can watch us on Facebook Live or on our webcam. Please join…
Understandably, the hate that was on full display in the streets of Charlottesville deeply affected us. We want to know what we can do to make a difference,…
Last week’s message highlighted many of the programs that will make up this year’s iServe (9th-12th grade) program. Lots of you responded to this message, letting me know how…
Tomorrow night, we celebrate the holiday of Shavuot. According to Jewish tradition, it is on Shavuot that Moses climbed Mount Sinai and received not just the Ten Commandments,…
The powerful words of Marina Keegan
In 2000 The National Moment of Remembrance Act was passed by Congress. On Memorial Day (this Monday), at 3:00PM, this Act asks us to stop everything we are…
It is hard to believe that Passover is over! During the holiday, over on the ISHBlog, I explored ways in which slavery is still part of the world in…