August 2026

Community at Temple Israel Rabbi’s Message – August 13, 2026 Usually when I have a first meeting for a b’nei mitzvah student, it is with a tween and we take a moment to talk about the why of celebrating becoming Bar/Bat/Bet Mitzvah.  On a Monday in October, I gathered with around a dozen folks on Zoom and […]

Community at Temple Israel Rabbi’s Message – August 6, 2026 Next week we enter the month of Elul, the season that begins our spiritual preparation for the High Holy Days. We hear the shofar. We engage in cheshbon hanefesh, an honest accounting of our lives. We reflect on our relationships—with God, with others, and with ourselves.