Community at Temple Israel Rabbi’s Message – March 27, 2024 I often share with folks newer to Judaism or Jewish learning that we celebrate the High Holidays, the Three Pilgrimage Festivals (Sukkot, Passover, and Shavuot), and that pretty much every other Jewish holiday is a variant of “They tried to kill us, we survived, let’s […]
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Community at Temple Israel Rabbi’s Message – March 21, 2024 This weekend we will celebrate the festival of Purim. We will toast to Jewish survival in the face of annihilation. As we do so, we will also raise our glasses to Esther and Vashti, two courageous women who took matters into their own hands and
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Community at Temple Israel Rabbinic Intern’s Message – March 14, 2024 If you think about it, the Purim story has a lot of mystery and intrigue. We hear of treasonous plots, hidden identities, and undertaking dangerous missions in the name of saving your people. Looking at it this way, the story of Esther is one
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Community at Temple Israel Rabbi’s Message – March 7, 2024 In my reflections of my last visit to Israel, I shared a few thoughts that were spurred on by a conversation at the Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center. There, we had spoken with Dr. Stephen Daniel and Rabbi Joshua Kolp, who encouraged us to look for opportunities
