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,...

Uplifting Shabbat as more members return to the building. Hazzan Komrad and Bryan Levenson did a fine job leading services. Charlotte...

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...