“Thank you Mr. President!”
Rabbi’s Sermon, Shabbat, June 13 by Rabbi Arnold Saltzman On May 19 my former associate Elinor Tattar called me to say that President Obama would be speaking at Adas Israel …
Second Annual “Hot Shabbat” Service!
Friday June 5 Don your shorts, T-shirts, and flip flops, and enjoy a BBQ dinner, ice cream oneg, and Friday services under a big sky. Bring your lawn chairs and/or …
D’VAR TORAH PARASHAT B’MIDBAR
by Nancy Gould This week’s parasha, B’midbar, starts the Book of Numbers. G-d commands Moses to “take a census of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families, listing …
Rabbi of Rome
by Rabbi Arnold Saltzman Rabbi Elio Toaff, Rabbi of Rome and spiritual leader of the Jews of Italy, died recently a few days short of his 100th birthday (April 30, …
RABBI’S SERMON “THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF CONGREGATION SHAʼARE SHALOM”
by Rabbi Arnold Saltzman Our son, Josh, posted on Facebook a conversation with Keren, our granddaughter who turns three years old on Monday: Josh: Would you like to play with blocks? …
Yom Kippur Sermon 5775 – 2014 Extracting the Good out of the Difficulty in Life
Yom Kippur is a day of fasting, when we focus on the sins and difficulties of life, and when we find our way through the maze of problems and tragedy …
Sermon: Not ‘Those’ Candles, Dummy!
Rabbi Arnold Saltzman In the movie, ‘Play It Again Sam’, the main character is advised by the ghost of Humphrey Bogart, a kind of ‘movie angel’ who appears in this …
D’Var Torah: D’Varim Deuteronomy 1:1 – 3:22
George Gazarek D’varim begins the Book of Deuteronomy, the last book of the Torah. In eleven short weeks, we will be celebrating Simchat Torah where we physically roll the Torah …
Sermon: Fiddler On The Roof, Fifty Years and Still Young
Rabbi Arnold Saltzman Let’s face it. We are not going to fix everything that is wrong with the world at our service. We need a Shabbat to not obsess over …
Sermon – An Opera Controversy: The Opera “Klinghoffer”
by Rabbi Arnold Saltzman The Metropolitan Opera has announced that in the coming season it will have a new production, The Death of Klinghoffer, by American opera composer, John Adams, …