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? The great French writer, Marcel Proust, wrote this: “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” How do we get …
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? …
Don’t miss our outdoor Kabbalat Shabbat on New York harbor at sunset, at the home of Ken Binder and Steve Roth (2 Bay Street). Bring friends, …
Join us for Judaism’s most poignant day. Touch brokenness en route to healing. Drop deep to rise high. Honor solemnity and darkness …
Dear Members and Friends of Temple Beth El: “For everything there is a season and a time for every purpose under heaven” …
