Hen Mazzig taken from https://www.facebook.com/henmazzig Please mark your calendars and join me as we welcome Hen Mazzig on November 7th at 7:30pm at http://www.ramatshalom.org. If you care about Israel,…
Attribution: Taysheyi [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)] As we prepare for Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah and a wonderful celebration here at Ramat Shalom on Sunday evening, it is imperative for…
My 2019/5780 Yom Kippur Sermon This past summer, Cheryl, the kids and I traveled from Israel to Poland where we visited Auschwitz-Birkenau, our first time visiting concentration camps.…
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…
Ramat Shalom’s Selichot Service, the official kick-off of the High Holiday period, will take place this Saturday evening, September 21 at 7:30 PM. With all of the division…
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…
I wanted my Friday post to focus on the fact that today is Tu B’Av – the Jewish day of love – which you can learn more about…
The Jewish calendar takes us on a bit of a roller coaster during the summer. Last Saturday/Sunday, we marked one of the darkest days of the Jewish year,…