Pro-Semitism: Chanukkah’s Shift from Resistance to Resilience
Chanukkah’s Festival of Lights gives us all reasons to shine – and a special responsibility to shine in a way that builds resilience in ourselves, each other and our community.
Why This Rabbi is Learning Arabic (And Why All Rabbis Should)
Why is this rabbi learning Arabic? Read on.
R. David’s Message: City Island Antisemitism and Racism
R. David sent this message to the TBE community on November 7, 2022
Dvar for Yom Kippur 5783: Renewing Balance After Injustice (R. David)
Summary: “Justice, justice you will pursue” – but what about renewing balance despite the worst kinds of injustices we can imagine?
Dvar for Kol Nidre 5783 – When the Veil is Thin (R. Shohama)
On opening to messages from the hereafter, and intercessory prayer, to renew our sense of balance in the world.
Dvar for Rosh Hashanah (Day 2) 5783 – Show Us the Way (R. Shohama)
How might we be shown the way forward toward balance?
Dvar for Rosh Hashanah (Day 1) 5783 – The Physics of Our Quest (R. David)
Summary: On our yearning to re-balance our lives, and the paradox that the world was made for us and we’re dust and ashes.
Dvar for Erev Rosh Hashanah 5783: The Sacred “And” (R. David)
Summary: The path toward finding balance new begins with a perspective shift… and a sacred “and.”
Return Again Jubilee – Sunday, Nov 13 at 1 pm at Split Rock – Registration, Journal Ads and Donations
Temple Beth El of City Island is thrilled to invite you to our Return Again Jubilee, on November 13 from 1 to …
Register Now for Prayerbook Hebrew the Easy(ish) Way – Begins Nov. 8
Join is as we learn more about how Hebrew works…(melech, malach, yimloch?) Rabbi David will teach on Tuesdays at 7:30, and we …