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Apr 20, 2024
April 2024 | President's Message
Another Purim celebration has gone down in history! Watch for the photos in next month’s issue. Rabbi Geier and Rabbi Schaktman shared...


Apr 20, 2024
How can we Celebrate Freedom in World of Injustice?
We truly feel and believe that we are free. Are we being naïve?


Apr 19, 2024
How a Leading Women's Zionist Organization is Helping Israel Rebuild
Hadassah Hospitals Rise to the Occasion Since the trauma inflicted on Israel since October 7, Hadassah as stepped up to heal countless...


Apr 13, 2024
Parashat Tazria: Choosing Exposure to Sanctity
In this week's Torah portion: Tazria, the topic of ritual purity after childbirth is addressed, focusing on the birth of a boy or a girl....


Apr 5, 2024
Parashat Shmini: Man's Capacity for Resilience
The inauguration of the sanctuary, that moment after weeks and even months of hard work and preparation for the magnificent portable...


Mar 29, 2024
Parashat Tzav: Transforming Sacrfice into Gratitude
The Torah portion known as Tzav continues to describe the order of sacrifices, as previously mentioned in the preceding portion, Vayikra,...


Mar 22, 2024
Parashat Vaykra: Lizkor Laolam lo Lishkoach - Remember Forever, Never Forget
Greatness and humility. It doesn't sound easy, and sometimes they even seem incompatible. Vayikra invites us to enter a world of ritual...


Mar 15, 2024
Parashat Pekudei: Not Just Remembering, but Taking Action on What Is Needed
We are in the last portion of the book of Shmot, Exodus. Closing a book is somewhat like closing a chapter in the history of the People...


Mar 8, 2024
Parashat Vayakhel: A Time to Build Together
Parashat Vayakhel begins by enumerating the mitzvot regarding the observance of Shabbat, but its main focus is actually the construction...


Mar 1, 2024
Parashat Ki Tisa: Finding Value in Uncertainty
In 3 more weeks, we will have gone through Ta'anit Esther, the half-fast that we observe from dawn on the eve of Purim until the festival...

Feb 26, 2024
Tallit Washing and Ironing
To date Ruth has washed and ironed 27 tallits! The High Holy Days will be here before you know it – and wouldn’t it be wonderful to have...


Feb 26, 2024
Cemetery Head and Footstone Cleaning
We are taking requests to clean head and footstones in our five cemeteries: Temple Beth El House of Israel Mason Road Sharie Tefillah...

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Feb 24, 2024
A Matter of Survival: Tracing the Complex History of the State of Israel [Part 3]
Click here for part 1 | Click here for part 2 What happened in the second half of 1947 and during 1948 is complicated to narrate. David...


Feb 24, 2024
March 2024 | Message from our President
Spring in February was a nice surprise. I hope this finds everyone well. Did you make your reservations [click here]? We are celebrating...


Feb 23, 2024
Parashat Tetzaveh: Moses, Aaron, and the Power of Unity
Parashat Tetzaveh is the only one in the entire book of Exodus in which the name of Moses does not appear. It is the portion in which a...


Feb 15, 2024
Parashat Terumah: A Time to Give and Rebuild
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: "Tell the Israelites to bring Me an offering; take My offering from all those whose hearts prompt them...


Feb 8, 2024
Parashat Mishpatim: The Value of Choice
Parshat Mishpatim is an overwhelming cluster of laws that the Kadosh Baruch Hu delivered to our people. Just last Shabbat, we received...


Feb 2, 2024
Parashat Yitro: What Does it Mean to Be Rich?
The Torah portion of this week is surely the most well-known in its content, along with last week's Shabbat, in which we relived the...


Jan 31, 2024
Now Accepting Entries: The Helen and Leon Sperling Holocaust Education Essay Contest, 2024
Calling all students grades 6-12! Submit your entry for the Sperling Holocaust Education Essay contest and win cash prizes and more!!

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Jan 30, 2024
A Matter of Survival: Tracing the Complex History of the State of Israel [Part 2]
Click here for part 1 | Click here for part 3 In the 1850s, a new variety of orange was discovered in the citrus orchards of Jaffa, and...
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