TEMPLE TALK | NOVEMBER 18
11/23/2022 12:34:50 PM
Rabbi David Wolpe, a Conservative rabbi in Los Angeles, author, and commentator on the Torah, posted this statement on Facebook this week:
“A good life is lived in three time zones: with honor to the past, fidelity to the future and effortful appreciation in the present. To neglect any...Read more...
TEMPLE TALK | NOVEMBER 4
11/10/2022 10:05:13 AM
Sometimes we see something that everyone else misses. And sometimes we miss something that is obvious to everyone else.
In the news this week was a story about the unfinished Mondrian work, “New York City I”, which currently is in a museum in Dusseldorf, Germany. The question raised by an Italian artist is whether the work, which is a canvas layered with red, blue, yellow and black lines of tape in his very clear style, is...Read more...
TT: FROM THE PULPIT | OCTOBER 23
11/07/2022 04:11:54 PM
Last week, Jewish people around the world celebrated the festival of Sukkot. During this time, we read from Ecclesiastes. Here, we learn that “To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven. A time to be born and a time to die...A time to week and a time to laugh, a time to grieve and a time to dance…A time for war and a time for peace” (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8).
For a...Read more...
TEMPLE TALK | OCTOBER 28
11/01/2022 02:57:54 PM
When it comes to gifts for young children, Noah’s ark is a favorite. We decorate children’s bedrooms with Noah’s ark. We buy children’s books about Noah’s ark. We give them play sets of Noah’s ark. It might be because it is a bible story that everyone knows. It might be because it is a story that has so many animals in it. And it is very easy to buy things pertaining to Noah’s ark for...Read more...
RAciAL JUSTICE REFLECTION
10/28/2022 01:08:26 PM
During Shabbat Service on October 28, we revisited some social justice work we’ve done in the past year on dismantling racism. Some of the initial members who participated in a workshop called “Building Racial Stamina” shared reflections on their participation. Rabbi Berezin presented a sermon on the topic of racial justice.
We are preparing to start our next round of the workshop and will be looking for new participants....Read more...