Southern Maryland's Reform Jewish Congregation
La-kol z’man; v’eit l’khol khefetz takhat ha-shamayim…eit s’fod v’eit r’kod… (To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven…a time to mourn and a time …
I grew up in a congregation in which the entire community stood and recited Kaddish Yatom, the Mourner’s Kaddish. We were told we should do so because of the millions …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 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, …
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 …