Purim Wine & Beer Tasting
Celebrate Purim on Sat, Mar 11 at 7 pm. We will also read some of the Megillah, the Book of Esther. We will have interesting wine and beer to try, …
Library Notes
by Lorraine Blaty, Librarian “The Lord Is My Shepherd: Healing Wisdom of the Twenty-Third Psalm” By Rabbi Harold S. Kushner “God’s promise was never that life would be fair. God’s promise …
Congregational Passover Seder
Tuesday, April 11, 5:30 pm. Everyone – members and non-members – is invited to join us for our yearly seder on the second night of Passover. Enjoy a family-friendly service, …
Save the Date – Annual Membership Meeting – May 7
Annual Membership Meeting Sun, May 7, 12 pm We plan to hold our annual membership meeting immediately following Religious School at noon on May 7. Please be prepared for important …
Rabbi’s Sermon: “Rule 19”
by Rabbi Arnold Saltzman How do we explain that a gifted and dedicated woman in the United States Senate, Senator Elizabeth Warren, was silenced this past week by using Rule …
D’var Torah: Parashat Bo
Exodus 10:1 – 13:16 “Being Humble” Every synagogue is a beit tefillah, a beit midrash, and a beit Knesset: a house of prayer, study, and assembly. We are here on …
“Zionism: The Birth and Transformation of an Ideal”
By Milton Viorst This book covers the transformation of modern Israel from a country born of uplifting Zionist ideals to an embattled nation-state at war with its neighbors but also …
Rabbi’s Sermon: “Love and marriage — and impulsiveness”
by Rabbi Arnold Saltzman This sermon appeared in Washington Jewish Week on Dec 2, 2016: http://washingtonjewishweek.com/35005/love-and-marriage-and-impulsiveness It is difficult for me to understand, yet my European-born father match-married several of …
What Is In a Musical Note? Or: Therapy for a Rabbi-Cantor
This was Rabbi Saltzman’s sermon during our Dec. 10 Shabbat morning service: You may be surprised by this, but rabbis and cantors can be good candidates for therapy. As a …
Don’t Curse the Darkness, Light a Candle
A Hanukkah Message from Rabbi Rick Jacobs, URJ President In his essay “The Legacy of the Maccabees,” Dr. Shaye Cohen writes: “From the perspective of world history and Jewish history, …