Shabbat Greetings

By templenjAF | August 18, 2023

Our journey from slavery in Egypt to freedom in our Promised Land is an essential theme of our Torah. This collective memory shapes our liturgy, in prayers such as Mi…

Shabbat Greetings

By templenjAF | August 11, 2023

In this week’s Torah portion, Re’eh (Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17), Moses explains to the Jewish People: “See, I give you today a blessing and a curse”. (11:26) But why use the verb “SEE”? Why…

WTS School Supply Drive

By templenjAF | August 8, 2023

Please support the school supply drive being sponsored by the Women of Temple Shalom, to benefit the Keyport Ministerium and the Collier School. Items can be dropped off at the…

Shabbat Greetings

By templenjAF | August 4, 2023

We read in this week’s Torah portion, Eikev (Deuteronomy 7:12-11:25), Take care lest you forget Adonai your God and fail to keep [God’s] commandments, rules, and laws that I enjoin…

Shabbat Greetings

By templenjAF | July 28, 2023

There are a plethora of crime TV shows. In one series, the detectives, after some good sleuthing (and not so great dialogue), were interviewing witnesses and trying to convince various…

Shabbat Greetings

By templenjAF | July 21, 2023

The Book of Deuteronomy, Devarim (Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22) which we begin reading this week, is written in a different style than the earlier biblical books – not from the perspective of…

Brotherhood Baseball Game

By templenjAF | July 17, 2023

Brotherhood is attending a Jersey Shore Blueclaws baseball game on August 5. If you wish to join the fun, you can register and purchase tickets here.

Shabbat Greetings

By templenjAF | July 14, 2023

Our portion this week opens right after the priest, Pinchas (Numbers 25:10-30:1), has committed a vigilante act and has executed an Israelite prince, along with his Midianite girlfriend, for having…

WTS Summer Mixer

By templenjAF | July 11, 2023

The Women of Temple Shalom is hosting a summer mixer on August 3, from 7:00 – 9:00pm. If you wish to attend, please RSVP here.

Shabbat Greetings

By templenjAF | July 7, 2023

Every so often, I learn something very surprising, something that I had no idea to be the case. Here’s an example: Those of you who have lived in the New…

Shabbat Greetings

By templenjAF | June 30, 2023

The double Torah portion this week, Chukat-Balak (Numbers 19:1-25:9) offers us two distinct perspectives through which we may view our present circumstances, as Jews, and as Americans preparing to celebrate our nation’s…

Shabbat Greetings

By templenjAF | June 23, 2023

This portion (Korach – Numbers 16:1-18:32) tells of the famous challenge of Korach and his camp in their confrontation with Moses and Aaron. In the end they are swallowed up…