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My father spent the better part of August in the hospital.
He’s doing much better now, temporarily rehabbing at the Daughters of Sarah, thank you for asking.
As many of you unfortunately know, COVID has placed severe restrictions on families’ ability to visit loved ones in hospitals an…
In synagogues, there is a Yom Kippur practice of encouraging congregants to financially support a Regional Food Bank Hunger Appeal. This year, I was asked if Federation could also help with the effort and try to reach those who will not hear a request from a bimah.
Through an allocation to …
Last Saturday night, non-Orthodox worshipers were commemorating Tisha B’Av with prayers in the egalitarian section of the Kotel when they were disrupted by a group of extremists. Tuesday’s email filled you in on the situation.
This Kotel crisis neatly threaded together the themes of a f…
This week, on behalf of our larger non-rabbinic Jewish community, I had the pleasure of welcoming our two newest pulpit rabbis, Rabbi Danielle Weisbrot of Congregation B’nai Sholom and Rabbi Ben Kean of Congregation Beth Abraham-Jacob. (Note: Rabbi Ami Monson, our new community chaplain th…
