Dear Friends: Yesterday Montgomery County finally hit the metric where the rate of community transmission of COVID-19 is considered...

Dear Friends: This past Shabbat at Kehilat Shalom was very special. On Friday night we had a mini-celebration of Kehilat Shalom’s 50th...

Dear Friends: A few notes on upcoming events: First of all, I am very happy that Hazzan Komrad will be leading services together with me...

Dear Friends: This coming Shabbat morning, October 16, Miriam Sternberg, daughter of Seth and Deborah and younger sister of Gabriel, will...

Dear Friends: This coming Shabbat morning, October 16, Miriam Sternberg, daughter of Seth and Deborah and younger sister of Gabriel, will...

Dear Friends: Next Shabbat morning, Miriam Sternberg, daughter of Seth and Deborah and younger sister of Gabriel, will be called to the...

Dear Friends: Last night, with the support of many of you, I began my studies for a Certificate in Jewish Leadership offered by the...

Dear Friends: With the end of Simchat Torah this past Wednesday night, the fall holiday season is over and we are back to a more normal...

Dear Friends: Mordechai Kaplan, who was a professor at the Conservative movement’s Jewish Theological Seminary for over 50 years and also...

Dear Friends: Over the last few days I have been driving a Toyota 4 Runner instead of the Honda HR-V which I normally drive. Although...

If you have ever attended services at a Reform synagogue, you may have noticed that they omit the second paragraph of the Shema. The...

Two construction workers sat down together to have lunch at their jobsite. The first worker reached into his lunch box and pulled out a...

Dear Friends: First of all, I wanted to let you know of a change in our plans for services the first two mornings of Sukkot. Because of...

Dear Friends: I think it was a very bad idea to schedule the first night of Rosh Hashanah on Labor Day. It meant very little time for...

Dear Friends: A brief note as we get ready for Yom Kippur. First of all, our hybrid services for Yom Kippur are a “go”. Rabbi Raphael,...

Dear Friends: I hope that you saw the note which went out on Saturday night after Shabbat informing our congregants that someone who...

Dear Friends: This morning I want to explain the tech side of how we do our hybrid services and offer some suggestions as to how your...