Board Vacancy – Membership Chair
The Board is looking for a volunteer to be the Membership Chair. The responsibility of this position is to respond to inquiries about Sha’are Shalom and to attend a monthly board …
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Library Notes
by Lorraine Blatt, Librarian This month’s selections are two books for students in grades 5-9. “Broken Song” By Kathryn Lasky Though it is a work of fiction, this book is based …
D’var Torah for Rosh Hashanah
Suzanne Darby gave this d’var on Rosh Hashanah. Abraham’s binding of his son Isaac, the Torah portion our congregation reads each year at Rosh Hashanah, is quite familiar and memorable …
How Yom Kippur is Like Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’
George Gazarek gave this d’var on Yom Kippur. This was in the Reform Judaism Weekly Update last week. I thought it was good enough to share with you this morning. …
New Season in the Spiritual Cycle
By Rabbi Arnold Saltzman This article appeared in the Washington Jewish Week at http://washingtonjewishweek.com/33731/new-season-in-the-spiritual-cycle/editorial-opinion/torah_commentary/ That week’s Torah portion was Nitzavim, Deuteronomy 29:9 – 30:20. The synagogue poet Ruth Brin wrote, …
Rosh Hashanah Luncheon
It’s the Jewish New Year so let’s eat Chinese! We will enjoy our Rosh Hashanah Celebration Lunch at Hunan Star Chinese Restaurant on Mon, Oct 3 at 1 pm.
Sukkot Celebration
Sunday, Oct 16, 10 am Please mark you calendars and join the Religious School as we celebrate the holiday of Sukkot, the festival of giving thanks. Show your thanks by …
Simchat Torah Celebration and Shabbat Service
Friday, Oct 28, 6:30 pm Please join us for a family-friendly Shabbat Service and Simchat Torah Celebration where we will read from, dance with, and wind the Torah, concluding the …
Protected: Walk to End Homelessness in Charles County
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D’var Torah for Re’eh
Nancy Gould gave this d’var when she led the Sep. 2 Shabbat evening service. This week’s parsha is Re-eh, which means “see.” It starts out with G-d telling the Israelites, …