Shabbat Greetings
Bechukotai (Leviticus 26:3-27”34), the last Torah portion of the book of Leviticus, begins with the promise that those who follow God’s ways will be blessed. And then goes into detail…
Shabbat Greetings
As everyone is aware, the COVID-19 Pandemic is still ongoing and we are experiencing another spike of cases. I learned from my colleague at Bayshore Hospital that the Environmental Services…
Brotherhood Lunch Program
Come join the Brotherhood for their lunch program on May 22 at 12:30 PM, with special guest veterinarian Dr. Jonathan Bach, DVM. More details can be found here. Please RSVP…
Shabbat Greetings
This week, we read Parashat Emor (Leviticus 21:1-24:23) which contains priestly laws and rules of sacrifice. At the end of this portion, in contrast to all the rules of sanctity, appears a…
Welcome our new Religious School Director
Please welcome David Gronlund-Jacob, Temple Shalom’s new Religious School Director. After a career in sales and sales management, David returned to school and received a MARE from the Hebrew Union…
Celebrate Summer 50/50 raffle
The raffle winner will be pulled June 12th at the annual congregational meeting. Winner need not be present. Tickets are no longer available for purchase.
Shabbat Greetings
This week’s portion, Kedoshim (Leviticus 19:1-20:27) continues to discuss the laws of holiness, changing focus from the world of the Sanctuary and Priests to the Israelites as a whole, commanding…
Shabbat Greetings
When I have taken our post-Confirmation students on trips, one of the things we always try to do is visit a church on Sunday morning so we can learn more…
Shabbat Greetings
In the Disney musical, Frozen 2, Anna sings: I’ve seen dark before, but not like this This is cold, this is empty, this is numb The life I knew is…
Shabbat Greetings
These past two years when we celebrated Pesach, I don’t think we realized that we were actually ENTERING Egypt, Mitzrayim, the narrow place, the place of confinement. Now, for some…
Shabbat Greetings
Much like COVID, pandemics throughout history, from the Black Death to the 1918 influenza outbreak to HIV/AIDS, all have exposed deep fissures within our society. Plagues magnify issues of economic…
Shabbat Greetings
This week’s Torah portion, Tazria (Leviticus 12:1-13:59) discusses tzara’at, a skin disease understood in rabbinic tradition as punishment for lashon hara, evil speech. The public retribution is that the afflicted person suffers so…