2024 Congregational Seder: AMAZING
04/24/2024 12:31:58 PM
What an incredible, successful, and joyous time we had together at our 2nd Night Congregational Passover Seder yesterday! THANK YOU to all our table lead volunteers, to our staff (especially Jennifer and Rachel for organizing the delicious food), and Kol HaKavod to Rabbi Michael leading the...Read more...
Reflections from our Tzedek America Teen Service Trip
03/25/2024 12:15:10 PM
Note: this blog post is adapted from a drash Rabbi Michael gave in February.
Recently, I was privileged to join our Shir Hadash Teens for the inaugural travel journey of our experiential and immersive Jewish teen education program.
Camille Panish, Noah Siegel, Quinn Hathaway, and Ben Laponis joined me as we traveled to the...Read more...
Rabbi Nico: Israel Solidarity Mission Reflections
03/03/2024 11:11:54 AM
As many of you know I just came back (in late February) from visiting Israel as a part of the “South Bay Solidarity Mission” that gathered a group of 19 members of our community at large, among them 4 Rabbis, the JCRC director, the founder of the organization Unacceptable and 9 members of our own Shir...Read more...
Podcast featuring Rabbi Aron!
02/28/2024 09:25:31 AM
Thank you to Rabbi Melanie Aron for sharing her words of wisdom related to end of life care on the Fixing Healthcare podcast. Everyone is invited to go listen to the entire podcast episode online.
Rabbi Aron covers many important topics during the interview, including religious...Read more...
Mazel Tov to B'nai Mitzvah Students & Families!
02/28/2024 09:02:22 AM
We're so proud of our young people and seeing them called up to the Torah as the next generation of Jewish leaders is a simcha (joy) for all of us to be part of - let's celebrate these wonderful milestones! Make sure to say "Mazel Tov" if you see them and their families...Read more...
Solidarity Mission to Israel: Update #2
02/23/2024 12:25:11 PM
Yesterday we heard aspects of hope. Today was more difficult. We headed south from Tel Aviv to the Gaza envelope. Here we met people who were grieving. At the same time, we saw acts of heroism.
Since this will be a long post, I want to start by describing the emotional conditions. In many ways, no...Read more...
Solidarity Mission to Israel: Update #1
02/19/2024 04:05:50 PM
Picture a beautiful sunset and the promenade on the beach in Tel Aviv, with a group of 19 travelers singing Eli, Eli and Shecheheyanu. This is how we began a week of mitzvot and connection, of listening and engaging our Israeli mishpachah (family). The beauty and the pain, the love and the...Read more...