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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 24, 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 23, 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 15, 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 8, 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...
Feb 2, 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!!
Jan 31, 2024
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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...
Jan 30, 2024


February 2024 | Message from our President
Hello my friends, The Temple Beth El website (tbeutica.org) has been going through many updates. A huge thank you to Sara Tisch for...
Jan 30, 2024


Parshat Beshalach: Miriam's Song Unites People
Parshat Beshalach describes the trials and wonders experienced by the children of Israel in the days following their departure from...
Jan 26, 2024


Parashat Bo: Powerful Weapons Against Ignorance & Hatred
The narrative of the last three plagues—locusts, darkness, and the death of the Egyptian firstborn—begins this week. This concludes...
Jan 19, 2024


Parashat Vaera: Heeding Life's Warnings
"If you continue behaving that way, things are not going to go well!" It's a phrase we used to hear when we were kids, or at least that...
Jan 12, 2024


Parashat Shemot: Turning Adversity into Advantage
Do you know the popular saying "the calm before the storm?" Many times, we find ourselves in an almost ideal calm situation, where...
Jan 5, 2024


Parashat Veyechi: The Disruptive Nature of Family
This Shabbat, we conclude the book of Genesis– Bereshit. If we were to summarize it in a few words, we could say that its content...
Dec 29, 2023
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A Matter of Survival: Tracing the Complex History of the State of Israel [Part 1]
Click here for part 2 | Click here for part 3 When we were kids, we learned about the People of Israel, the conquest of Canaan, and the...
Dec 27, 2023


January 2024 | Message from our President
Happy 2024! Our community Chanukah oneg was well attended by members of the Interfaith Coalition, Beth El and Emanu-El members. We lit...
Dec 27, 2023


Parashat Vayigash: Pain and Reconciliation
Let's talk about pain. As a people, pain is something we respect, keep current, and try not to forget. We don't cease to celebrate joys;...
Dec 22, 2023


Parashat Miketz: Finding Hope in a Dark Time
Our Parasha, Miketz, brings the stories of Joseph's success, the fulfillment of the dreams he interpreted. Joseph goes from darkness to...
Dec 15, 2023


Parashat Vayeshev: From Envy to Enlightenment
There is no doubt that envy is a feeling that generates discomfort, both in the one who feels it and in the one who receives it. It...
Dec 8, 2023


Parashat Vayishlach: Everything is Foreseen, but Choice is Possible
According to the Avot Treaty, in chapter 3, it is Rabbi Akiva who teaches us that Hakol tzafui vehareshut netuna "Everything is foreseen,...
Dec 1, 2023


Standing United for Israel in Washington DC
Once again, I must begin my article in the Temple Times with images of an event I witnessed, just as it happened with last month's and...
Dec 1, 2023
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