Dear Friends: This is the last “Rabbi’s Update” you will receive from me until the beginning of August, as I start four weeks of vacation...

Dear Friends: Twenty-five years ago I spent almost a year living and teaching at a Trappist monastery. I got to know the brothers quite...

Dear Friends: In 2011 I was the chair of the Ethics Commission for the City of Norwich, CT. An ethics complaint was filed against a...

Dear Friends: Last night a group of us began our study of Talmud tractate Pesachim, Chapter 10, which deals with the history and laws of...

Dear Friends: As you may have seen in the news, the governing coalition in Israel has decided to dissolve the Knesset and call for new...

Dear Friends: I want to invite you to participate in a new adult education class which will start in the fall but be previewed this...

Dear Friends: A few quick notes before this Father’s Day and Juneteenth weekend: * We welcome Mike Goldman’s brother Al who is visiting...

Dear Friends: Tomorrow night after minyan I plan to continue my discussion of the intersection of First Amendment legal concerns and the...

Dear Friends: On Friday some of you may have tried to sign up to attend Shabbat morning services in person and found that you couldn’t...

Dear Friends: This week’s parasha contains the precise wording of Birkat Kohanim, the Priestly Blessing: The LORD bless you and protect...

Dear Friends: We want to congratulate Julie Pfefer and Jay Scheiner and their families, including Jay’s parents and our active members...

Dear Friends: Plans for Shavuot We will be joining the Conservative Movement’s third online Tikkun Leil Shavuot beginning Saturday night,...

Dear Friends: Plans for Shavuot We will be joining the Conservative Movement’s third online Tikkun Leil Shavuot beginning Saturday night,...

Dear Friends: You may know that there was a shtetl in Eastern Europe known as Chelm which was populated primarily by fools. On the road...

Dear Friends: We wake up this morning and the death count in yesterday’s massacre in an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, is now 19...

Dear Friends: A few updates this morning: -- Joel Wasserman, son of Robert and Lori, spoke to us over Zoom after services this Shabbat...

Dear Friends: Please join us tomorrow morning in person or on Zoom to hear from Joel Wasserman, son of our members Lori and Robert...

Dear Friends: My friend Rabbi Steve Sager passed away this Sunday at the age of 71 after a long struggle with cancer. Steve was Rabbi...

Dear Friends: As you probably know, Joel Wasserman, the son of our members Lori and Robert Wasserman, has been living and working in...

Dear Friends: For the last few weeks I’ve been publicizing the upcoming JTS Study Day this Sunday, of which we are a co-sponsor. I’d...