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Rabbi's Update 5/13/2022
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...
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May 13, 20223 min read


Rabbi's Update 5/11/2022
Dear Friends: This morning I want to update you on a few different matters. * As you know if you have tried to access our Shabbat and...
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May 11, 20223 min read


Rabbi's Update 5/9/2022
Dear Friends: This coming Sunday the eighth annual JTS Evening of Learning will take place at Kol Shalom in Rockville. The topic is...
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May 9, 20222 min read
Rabbi's Update 5/6/2022
Dear Friends: In my message two days ago I discussed the likely prospect of the Supreme Court rescinding its 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling...
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May 6, 20223 min read


Rabbi's Update 5/4/2022
Dear Friends: As you surely know by now, on Monday night a draft majority opinion drafted by Justice Alito which would reverse the 1973...
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May 4, 20224 min read
Rabbi's Update 5/2/2022
Dear Friends: This coming Shabbat we will celebrate “Sisterhood Shabbat” with some special activities. Friday night’s service will be on...
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May 2, 20222 min read
Rabbi's Update 4/29/2022
Dear Friends: I first started using Zoom several years ago when some of our members who either lived far away from the synagogue or spent...
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Apr 29, 20222 min read
Rabbi's Update 4/27/2022
Dear Friends: Once again this morning I want to share with you some national and regional opportunities to increase your Jewish learning....
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Apr 27, 20222 min read


Rabbi's Update 4/25/2022
Dear Friends: A few quick notes: 1. Our apologies to those of you who were unable to access our services on Zoom Saturday morning. While...
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Apr 25, 20222 min read
Rabbi's Update 4/20/2022
A Note from the Rabbi Dear Friends: I wanted to take the opportunity to inform you of a couple of opportunities for high level Jewish...
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Apr 20, 20222 min read


Rabbi's Update 4/18/2022
A Note from the Rabbi Dear Friends: I want to briefly share with you a precis of my talk this past Shabbat morning for the first day of...
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Apr 18, 20222 min read


Rabbi's Update 4/13/2022
A Note from the Rabbi Dear Friends: I wanted to take the opportunity to inform you of a couple of opportunities for high level Jewish...
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Apr 13, 20222 min read


Rabbi's Update 4/11/2022 -- Pesach Info
Dear Friends: With Passover beginning Friday evening, I have gathered some resources to help you get ready for the holiday, sell your...
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Apr 11, 20224 min read


Rabbi's Update 4/8/2022
Dear Friends: Our thoughts turn in sadness to Israel, where over the last two weeks four separate terrorist attacks have killed thirteen...
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Apr 8, 20222 min read


Rabbi’s Update 4/6/2022
Dear Friends: On September 22, 1990 many rabbis, myself included, threw away one of the High Holiday sermons they had written and wrote a...
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Apr 6, 20223 min read


Rabbi's Update 4/4/2022
A Note from the Rabbi Dear Friends: In Genesis 4:10, after Cain has killed his brother Abel, God says to him: ק֚וֹל דְּמֵ֣י אָחִ֔יךָ...
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Apr 4, 20222 min read
Rabbi's Update 4/1/2022
A Note from the Rabbi Dear Friends: As Passover approaches I have gathered some resources to help you get ready for the holiday, sell...
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Apr 1, 20224 min read


Rabbi's Update 3/30/2022
Dear Friends: If you keep up with the news of the Jewish world, you may have read about a proposal being considered by the Hebrew Union...
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Mar 30, 20223 min read


Rabbi's Update 3/25/2022
Dear Friends: As Passover approaches I have gathered some resources to help you get ready for the holiday, sell your chametz through me,...
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Mar 25, 20224 min read


Rabbi's Update 3/23/2022
Dear Friends: Last week around Purim, many of us were discussing the seeming parallels between Queen Esther and Ukrainian President...
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Mar 23, 20222 min read
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