When is Enough, Enough?
Recently we have been reading news about wealth in the United States and the growing divide. This is an important issue as 20 million Americans are unemployed. The implication is …
Then Sang Moses and the Children of Israel
Sermon by Rabbi Arnold Saltzman Recently, visiting our granddaughter, Keren, in Forest Hills, Queens, New York we were delighted to see her progress walking around very steady, pushing a stroller …
D’Var Torah Cristie Daymude
There was so much going on in the Parsha I didn’t know what to do! So, let’s talk plagues and hearts. You see, when I read the portion for the …
Should Jews say Kaddish for a pet? Posted by Rabbi John Rosove
It is estimated that there are 70 million dogs in American homes today, in addition to millions of other animals Americans have taken into their hearts like members of their …
D’Var Torah – George Gazarek
Being a young man who spent thirty years as a Christian, twenty-six years as an agnostic and fourteen years as a Jew, I sometimes reflect on my varied life experiences …
What is social action and why is it essential to Judaism today? Rabbi Arnold Saltzman
Sha’are Shalom is a congregation which focuses on Social Justice, repairing the world through its activities in the community and its string membership involvement in projects such as the Baby-Sitting …
Hanukkah 2013/5774 by Rabbi Arnold Saltzman
Hanukkah begins Wednesday Evening, November 27, 2013 with the lighting of the first candle and ends on December 5th, with the last candle on Wednesday December 4th in the evening, …
D’var Torah Parasha Va-yeishev by Nancy Gould
This week’s parasha, “Va-yeishev”, is from the book of Genesis, and tells the story of Joseph and how his brothers sold him into slavery. Why did his brothers hate him …
Sermon “Lost Childhood” by Rabbi Arnold Saltzman
World Premiere of the Opera composed by Janice Hamer with Libretto by Mary Azrael. Sermon and Review of the World Premiere at Strathmore on November 9, 2013 Saturday evening November …
D’Var Torah for Parsha Chayei Sarah
by George Gazarek There are five Torah portions named after men in the Torah but only one named after a woman, Sarah, the wife of Abraham and our first matriarch. …