What Can I Answer…

by Arliene Botnick, October 31, 2023

Many of our parents have been calling me in the past two weeks asking about extra security. I understand their fears, anxieties, concerns. There have been several incidents in our…

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Bingo Part 1:  The Early Days

by John Lewsen, October 31, 2023

In their recent lunch-and-learn presentation on Solel’s early days Rabbi Emeritus, Larry Englander and Cheryl Englander spoke about how Solel’s founders were able to tap into Bingo funds to assist…

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Regarding the Attacks on Israel from Gaza – 7 October, 2023

by Rabbi Audrey Pollack, October 7, 2023

October 7, 2023 22 Tishre 5784 Dear Friends, Uncharacteristically, I woke up early this morning, long before I usually get up on Shabbat. Unable to fall back to sleep, I…

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Writing a New Torah – Writing in the Book of Our Lives

by Rabbi Audrey Pollack, September 30, 2023

Excerpted from Rabbi Pollack’s Yom Kippur Morning sermon, September 25, 2023 I love the idea of the Torah as a metaphorical mirror. We look into it, and we are better…

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