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11/20/24 Today is the Transgender Day of Remembrance–an international day to reflect on the lives lost to anti-transgender hate and...
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Nov 61 min read
Rabbi Lisa's Message
11/6/24 Shalom Chaverim, We’ve come to the end of a grueling election cycle. It has taken a lot out of us and a lot out of the soul of...
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Nov 62 min read
Hazzan Steve's Message
Holding Our Breath It is Tuesday morning, November 5th, Election Day. I have no idea what tomorrow will bring, and neither does anyone...
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Sep 252 min read
Rabbi Lisa's Message
9/25/24 The shofar blasts! A new year is around the corner! Do you hear the call? Are you ready? Maimonides, 12th century Spanish Rabbi...
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Sep 183 min read
Hazzan Steve's Message
A Teaching While Standing on the Shoulders of My Lineage Forebears Founded on the teachings of those who are wise and who know, I open my...
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Sep 111 min read
Rabbi Lisa's Message
9/11/24 September 11th. Like October 7th, recalling and voicing these particular dates, seeing them written on the page, evokes worlds...
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Sep 44 min read
Hazzan Steve's Message
Elul Morning This eblast post first appeared in 2021. Today, the first day of Elul 5784, seems like a good day for an encore...
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Aug 282 min read
Rabbi Lisa's Message
August 28, 2024 Look. See. Notice. Observe. This is what is asked of us in this week’s Torah portion, Re’eh . The text begins with...
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Aug 212 min read
Rabbi Lisa's Message
August 21, 2024 For many, this week has been one of “Beginning and Return.” Students, educators, and administrators from our own...
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Aug 142 min read
Rabbi Lisa's Message
August 14, 2024 This week’s Torah portion, Va’etchanan, repeats the Shema and V’ahavta prayers. V’ahavta. You shall love. A most simple...
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Aug 72 min read
Rabbi Lisa's Message
August 7, 2024 The Power of Love In the land of fantasy and imagination, we invoke love as the most powerful energy that exists. In...
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Jul 312 min read
Rabbi Lisa's Message
7/31/24 Shalom chaverim. Peace friends. I reach out to you all with a deep desire for peace and calm. This past week has been an...
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Jul 243 min read
Hazzan Steve's Message
The Shooting, Prayer and the Nature of God Non-trigger Non-warning: This is not about politics, presidential or otherwise, and it is not...
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May 291 min read
Rabbi Lisa
5/29/24 This Shabbat brings the new month of June, which means it’s time to kick off Pride month. While Pride month is a secular...
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May 225 min read
Hazzan Steve's Message
When Is Your Jewish Birthday? Does That Matter? Thanks to a firm but friendly shove from my mashpiah, my spiritual director, I find...
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May 152 min read
Rabbi Lisa's Message
5/15/24 When Israel became a state in 1948, three new holidays were added to the Jewish calendar: Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance day,...
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May 82 min read
Rabbi Lisa's Message
5/8/24 Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, was this past Sunday evening through Monday. On Yom HaShoah, Jewish communities around the...
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May 13 min read
Hazzan Steve's Message
Have Fun In Shul “Sing ‘Baruch’ like you know what it means” may be the most important thing Hazzan Jack has ever said to me. To budding...
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Apr 102 min read
Rabbi Lisa's Message
April 10, 2024 Spring is in the air. And with that, pesach energy is rising. We are all busy preparing in different ways for this...
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Apr 31 min read
Rabbi Lisa's Message
April, 2024 We are approaching the 6th month mark since October 7th. The ongoing war between Israel and Hamas has caused unrelenting...
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