Rabbi's Update 11/29/2023
Dear Friends: With the rise of antisemitic and anti-Israel incidents on college campuses, the staff of the University of Maryland Hillel...
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rabbi423
- Nov 17
- 4 min
Rabbi’s Update 11/17/2023
Dear Friends: Last night we continued our Adult Education study of some of the poetry of Yehuda Amichai, Israel’s greatest modern poet....
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rabbi423
- Nov 15
- 2 min
Rabbi’s Update 11/15/2023
Dear Friends: Yesterday I joined an estimated 290,000 Jews and our allies at the “March for Israel” on the Mall. Below is one of the...
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rabbi423
- Nov 10
- 3 min
Rabbi’s Update 11/8/2023
Dear Friends: Last night I began a new minicourse on the poetry of Yehuda Amichai (1924 - 2000). Amichai was considered the “national...
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rabbi423
- Nov 8
- 3 min
Rabbi’s Update 11/8/2023
Dear Friends: This coming Tuesday, Nov. 14, there will be a massive rally in DC supporting Israel, opposing antisemitism, and calling for...
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rabbi423
- Nov 3
- 2 min
Rabbi’s Update 11/3/2023
Dear Friends: You may not be aware that there are around half a million Jews in Latin America and many Latino Jews in the United States...
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rabbi423
- Nov 1
- 3 min
Rabbi’s Update 11/1/2023
Dear Friends: If you follow the news from Israel closely via Israeli news media and not just US media, you will know that Hamas proposed...
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rabbi423
- Oct 27
- 2 min
Rabbi’s Update 10/27/2023
A Note from the Rabbi Dear Friends: Yesterday afternoon, in preparation for our participation in Solidarity Shabbat, I arranged a tallit,...
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rabbi423
- Oct 25
- 2 min
Rabbi’s Update 10/25/2023
Dear Friends: We had a fairly large attendance for Shabbat morning services this past weekend. I am not sure precisely why but I suspect...
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rabbi423
- Oct 20
- 3 min
Rabbi’s Update 10/20/2023
Dear Friends: My apologies to those of you who were planning to participate in last night’s opportunity to discuss together our concerns,...
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rabbi423
- Oct 13
- 3 min
Rabbi’s Update 10/13/2023
Dear Friends: Last night’s vigil of Jewish Unity & Solidarity with Israel brought many hundreds of Jews and others together at Har Shalom...
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rabbi423
- Oct 11
- 4 min
Rabbi’s Update 10/11/2023
Dear Friends: We will be one of the co-sponsors for tomorrow night’s “Vigil of Jewish Solidarity and Support for Israel” at Har Shalom....
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rabbi423
- Oct 6
- 3 min
Rabbi’s Update 10/6/2023
Dear Friends: While I always encourage people who are able to do so, to attend our Shabbat and holiday services in person, there are...
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rabbi423
- Oct 4
- 2 min
Rabbi’s Update 10/4/2023
Dear Friends: I noted in my sermon on Yom Kippur morning that the COVID pandemic merely accelerated trends that were already happening in...
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rabbi423
- Sep 29
- 2 min
Rabbi’s Update 9/29/2023
Dear Friends: Services for the first day of Sukkot this Saturday morning will be in person and on Zoom. For those attending in person,...
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rabbi423
- Sep 27
- 2 min
Rabbi’s Update 9/27/2023
Dear Friends: I want to thank everyone who helped out to make the High Holidays at Kehilat Shalom so memorable. In particular I want to...
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rabbi423
- Sep 20
- 1 min
Rabbi’s Update 9/20/2023
Dear Friends: I want to thank everyone who worked so hard to make sure that our Rosh Hashanah services were meaningful and ran smoothly....
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rabbi423
- Sep 15
- 3 min
Rabbi’s Update 9/15/2023
Dear Friends: As you surely know, Rosh Hashanah starts tonight. But in fact, the new moon was actually last night and today is the first...
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rabbi423
- Sep 13
- 2 min
Rabbi’s Update 9/13/2023
Dear Friends: As we approach Rosh Hashanah 5784, I want to share with you a few notes that will make your participation in our services...
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rabbi423
- Sep 8
- 2 min
Rabbi’s Update 9/8/2023
Dear Friends: Tomorrow night, as is our longstanding custom, we will join with our friends from Tikvat Israel, B’nai Shalom of Olney, and...
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