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TEMPLE TALK | ROSH HASHANAH 5784

09/22/2023 10:25:11 AM

Sep22

Senior Rabbi Benjamin Sharff

 

As part of our Hebrew High teen program, we recently watched the Netflix hit, “You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah.” Following the movie and the many snacks, Rabbi Berezin, Jennie Gates-Beckman, Justin Norton, and I engaged in a conversation with our teens about some of the issues that were raised by the movie. We talked about representation. We talked about the ostentatious demonstration of wealth and whether or not...Read more...

ELUL THOUGHTS | 24 ELUL - 1 TISHREI

09/15/2023 09:56:54 AM

Sep15

24 Elul 5783 | September 10, 2023
We Carry the Ghosts of Our Past
Cantor Joanna M. Alexander

We carry the ghosts of our past. 
Whether trauma or love, our new beginnings are tainted.  
For, we carry the ghosts of our past. 
 
Whether employment, relationship, or adventure  
our expectations are set 
by the stories, the actions, the memories;  
all remnants of our...Read more...

TEMPLE TALK | SEPTEMBER 1

09/13/2023 10:05:57 AM

Sep13

Rabbi Deana Sussman Berezin

 

Rabbi Berezin's Sermon from September 1's Shabbat Service discussed foundational stories & core memories. She speaks about a text in Deuteronomy that is echoed no less than 26 times in the Torah -- the reminder that we were once strangers in the land in Egypt. 

An excerpt from her sermon: 
"Why is this the story we tell? There are so many other stories in the Torah; stories that teach us so many varied...Read more...

Temple Teens TONIGHT!

09/13/2023 05:00:21 AM

Sep13

Dear Students and Parents of Students in grades 8-12,  

Please find important details & deadlines below!

Teen Lounge Night: Movie & Discussion witRead more...

ELUL THOUGHTS | 17-23 ELUL

09/08/2023 10:03:42 AM

Sep8

17 Elul 5783 | September 3, 2023
Balancing Act
Rabbi Michael Weinstein
When you talk about and reflect upon an evil deed you have done, you become the captive of your thoughts – all your soul is utterly caught up in the evil, for you are what you think. And then you are prevented from turning, for your spirit will coarsen, your heart grow infirm, and, in addition, melancholy may disable you. After all, if you stir filth this way...Read more...

Mon, September 25 2023 10 Tishrei 5784