Temple Beth-El of City Island
The carnage of Saturday, October 27, at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, was the most fatal assault on a Jewish institution in United States history. And the deep irony is that the Pittsburgh synagogue – where 11 lost their lives, thousands lost relatives and friends, and maybe America …
Our October 28 #BeALight social justice havdalah after the Pittsburgh congregational shooting. Donated funds will go to the Anti-Defamation League and the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society to continue the fight against hatred and xenophobia.
Dear TBE Members and Friends: News has traveled quickly about Saturday’s horrific shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. During a morning brit milah (ritual circumcision) ceremony welcoming a new baby into the Jewish covenant, a man armed with an assault weapon stormed the synagogue screaming, “All Jews must …
By Rabbi David Gmar chatimah tovah. It is so good to see each and every one of you on this holy vision-quest day of Yom Kippur. Vision is this year’s spiritual theme. On Rosh Hashanah we explored Judaism’s core truth that what’s invisible often is more real than what’s visible, …
By Rabbi Shohama Good Yuntif, everyone. It’s so good to see you. And seeing – you, me, God, and how we live, is our spiritual theme this year, and what I’m going to talk about. But first, a little background. In December of 1986, shortly after I was ordained as …
By Rabbi Shohama Shanah Tovah, everyone. How do we see our lives and how are we seen by others and by God? …
By Rabbi David Shanah tovah. It’s so good to see each and every one of you. In 1952, Ben Gurion, Israel’s first …
By Rabbi David Here’s a radical idea that I wish weren’t radical: if you consistently feel nothing in the Jewish community, it’s …
By Rabbi David It’s just a few weeks until Rosh Hashanah. The Jewish season of teshuvah (repentance, repair, return) is upon us. …
By Rabbi David If art and beauty are in the eye of the beholder, then what about spirituality and especially communal spirituality? …
