Ethiopian Jews & the Festival Sigd
by Rabbi Audrey Pollack, October 30, 2019
Hodesh Tov! This is the standard Jewish greeting at the start of each new month in the Jewish calendar. As November begins this year in the secular calendar, the month…
Read More »We’re “Doing Jewish” and So Can You!
by Arliene Botnick, October 30, 2019
What’s the question(s) you’ve always wanted to ask? Boys become Bar Mitzvah at age 13 but there is no place in the Torah that mentions the age of 13. Torah…
Read More »Safety and Freedom
by Roselyn Allen, October 30, 2019
October 27th marked the first anniversary of the Tree of Life shootings in Pittsburgh. Eleven lives were tragically lost, others in the congregation were physically injured, and all Jewish communities…
Read More »Asking the Hard Questions
by Rabbi Audrey Pollack, September 26, 2019
What is it about the High Holy Days that draws so many of us into the synagogue? Even if we have not been more than a few times or perhaps…
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