Dear Families,We have made it through the fall holidays although it has been different. Hopefully each of us found special ways to connect, learn and be Jewish! The month of…
Dear Rabbi,I feel I’ve gained more from this High Holiday season than previous years, probably because I’ve been taking classes this year and have learned a lot about the holidays…
Every once in a while, a bit of bright sunlight filters through the pandemic gloom that all of us are experiencing in one way or another. Mine came by sound.…
By Rabbi Be Sternman In Pirkei Avot (5:22), Ben Bag Bag is famous for being quoted: “Turn it (Torah) over and turn it over again, for everything is in it.”…
Like so many others in the Jewish community, I grew up hearing a simple narrative about Israel. I learned of the miraculous return of our people to our homeland and…
Dear Families, This past week at the Goldberg Early Childhood Center, I told the children all about Jonah plus I gathered staff (through Zoom, of course) for learning about the…
By Rabbi Dan Lewin Three key powers rest within the soul: emunah (deep faith), bitachon (trust) and simcha (happiness). Each flows from the former: Faith leads to trust; without faith,…
Dear Rabbi Fried,Could you please explain what is accomplished by sitting and eating in a sukkah? We understand it is a mitzvah to do so and the kids love it,…
In honor of the recent Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A.’s 125th Annual Convention and the National Ladies Auxiliary of the JWVA’s 92nd National Convention (via Zoom), and all the…
Dear Families, The month of Elul (which was last month) precedes Rosh Hashanah each year. During that month of reflection as we prepare, we are told to hear the shofar…