As you know, my kids and I have spent lots of time this week baking hamantaschen for our Ramat Shalom family. From scratch, we made over 2,000 hamantaschen!…
My notes from Friday’s Dvar Torah (19 February). What does it mean to be a “Jew”? To answer this we must start with another question? Who was the…
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The Jewish month of Adar began earlier this week! This means that Purim is just days away and, therefore, it is time to be surrounded by joy. Can’t…
Jews need each other. We need a minyan (10 people) in order to pray. Traditionally, in order to study Torah, we need a partner. We can’t chant Torah…
Last Shabbat, at our Friday night service, we had a very interesting discussion about the fact that Moses married outside of the tribe of Israel. His wife, Tziporrah,…
My D’var Torah (words of Torah) from Friday night, January 22nd So many of us have gone through or are currently going through extremely dark and trying times.…
While this one is hard to believe, just imagine the teen saying: “but my religion orders me to strap these boxes on my body….” See the article here.
An great article about the Jewish community in Haiti can be found here.
As a synagogue community, we have given countless dollars to Haiti. Some of us, like our own Dr. Steven Swirsky have even traveled to Haiti to help. Many…
As you may have heard, the Reverend Pat Robertson stated that the horrific earthquake in Haiti last week was a result of the country’s pact with the devil.…