January 2023

The Values Behind Death

Rabbi’s Message – January 26, 2023 Rabbi, do Jews have a final confessional?  Where did the tradition of burying people within a day come from?  Do we have to shovel earth?  Why don’t we have open-casket viewings?  What makes a casket “kosher” anyways?  We need to wear those ribbon button things right?  I get these […]

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Shabbat Tzedek

Rabbi’s Message – January 12, 2023 Rabbi Tina Sobo This weekend is known in the Reform Movement as “Shabbat Tzedek” or the Shabbat of Justice, which is marked annually on the Shabbat preceding Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.  On January 3, the RAC (Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism) sent a letter to the members

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