3rd Annual Hot Shabbat
Friday, June 3rd A delicious BBQ dinner for all! 6:00pm – 7:00pm BBQ & Games (Burgers, dogs, potato salad & chips soda and adult beverages) 7:15pm – 8:00pm Family Kabbalat Service …
A Celebration of Israel
Four-Course Israeli Dinner Saturday, May 21, 2016, 5:30 pm Come join us as we celebrate Yom HaAtzmaut (Independence Day) in Israel commemorating the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948! $20 …
Friedrich by Hans Peter Richter
This historical young-adult novel, written in 1961, is about a German boy and his Jewish friend from 1925 through 1942. Narrated by the boy at different ages, the novel describes …
Number The Stars by Lois Lowry
This incredibly moving, award-winning young-people’s novel is set in Denmark in 1943, while the country was under Nazi occupation during World War II. The story tells about the life of …
Women of CSS
Nine women attended the tea at the Front Porch restaurant in Leonardtown. Before the tea, some of us took the time to check out Heritage Chocolate across the street (HeritageChocolateShop.com); …
Community Event – Hear a Leonard Bernstein Work in Hebrew
On Sunday, May 22, at 4 pm, Sha’are Shalom members Valerie Holt and Pat Myers will sing in a concert featuring Leonard Bernstein’s “Chichester Psalms,” a choral setting of several …
D’Var Torah Parashat Shemini
In last week’s Torah portion, Moses anointed Aaron and his sons as priests. He admonished them, “You shall not go outside the entrance of the Tent of Meeting for seven …
Holocaust Remembrance – Yom HaShoah – May 7
It has been 71 years since Nazi concentration camps were liberated and the Holocaust that claimed six million Jewish lives came to an end. To ensure that the six million …
President’s Message – “Spring is the Time for New Beginnings”
by George Gazarek What a beautiful time of the year. The warming temperatures and the Spring rains are coaxing all sorts of lovely flowers out of the soil. Many trees …
Library Notes
by Lorraine Blatt, Librarian Alicia: My Story by Alicia Appleman-Jurman This is a memoir of a spirited, valiant, and uniquely courageous young girl who survived the nightmare of the Holocaust in …