Currently Browsing: President’s Message
Our Sacred Partnerships
by John Lewsen, April 30, 2023
Four Days of Jewish Leaders Talking about Jewish Things… Last week, I had the privilege and extraordinary one-time life-learning experience of attending the URJ Scheidt Seminar in Dallas, Texas together…
Read More »Pesach, Springtime and Renewal
by John Lewsen, March 31, 2023
Here we are: individuals remembering a shared past and in pursuit of a shared destiny. The Seder is a protest against despair.”* As Pesach approaches, we are starting to see…
Read More »Our Return Committee 3 years later
by John Lewsen, February 28, 2023
Three years ago on February 29, 2020, Brenda and I hosted a celebration with family and friends. Twenty-four of us crammed into our home. Over the course of the evening,…
Read More »The Passing of Former Mayor Hazel McCallion
by John Lewsen, January 31, 2023
In her tribute to Rabbi Englander on his retirement from Solel in May 2014, Mayor Hazel McCallion commented that she “had the privilege of knowing Rabbi Englander and his wife…
Read More »