While traveling through Israel during the past two weeks, I saw unforgettable sights — pictures of the kidnapped, of course, but also a sign that reads “Beyachad Nenatzeach” (Together we will win). Togetherness may not have been one of the goals of this war, but it is a goal of the Jewish people to cohere. For part of my time in Israel, I traveled with the Rabbinical Assembly Mission, a group of 24 Conservative rabbis from North America with goals [...]
The winter session of Strength Trifecta begins on Thursday, January 4 and runs every Monday and Thursday until Thursday, February 29, for a total of 16 classes. There will be no class on Monday, February 19. Equipment needed: two pairs of weights, one heavy and one light: e.g., 5 lbs and 3 lbs, or 6 lbs and 4 lbs, also a mat. Please call Laurie 631-566-0526 to reserve a place in class.
Shul member Rosa Lee Emerson is calling all actors, playwrights and playreaders to join a new group she is heading at the shul called DramaWorks. The first meeting will be held on Thursday, Jan. 4, from 6:45-7:45 p.m., on the shul’s Zoom. In the planning stages are readings, theater games, mime and improv that focus on Jewish identity, and perhaps a performance later in the spring for shul members, family and friends. Sources [...]
Join Rabbi Gadi LIVE via Zoom as he celebrates Shabbat from Israel, on Saturday, December 23, 9:30 – 11:00 AM ET. From 11 AM – 12 PM ET he will offer reflections on his experience and enjoy a conversation with you about his mission with the Rabbinical Assembly, visiting support centers in the south, near Gaza. Click to join Zoom.
Rain. Rain. Rain. Sorry to cancel the lighting of the public menorah in Mitchell Park... BUT...Hanukkah festivities at the shul are on. Come directly to the shul at 5 for latkes, sufganyiot, silent auction final bids, music, music, music, and lots of fun and togetherness. See you at the shul.
Sign Up Now For Launch In January Adding to the education program at our shul, Rabbi Gadi has announced the start of a new class, beginning in January, to teach interested congregants how to read from the Torah. Several members have been studying informally with the rabbi, who will now offer the opportunity to others. As Hebrew readers know, the difficulty in reading from the Torah is that the text contains no vowels and no [...]
The shul’s Book Circle group has chosen The Lock-Up, a globe-spanning crime novel by Booker prize-winner John Banville, as its December selection. The session will take place on Thursday, Dec. 21, at 3 p.m., on Zoom. When Rosa Jacobs is found dead in her car, the investigation leads two detectives to the mountaintops of Italy, the front lines of WWII Bavaria, the gritty streets of Dublin, and other unexpected settings in efforts to solve [...]
Many people choose to join our shul after the High Holidays. As an incentive to join now, the shul is making the following offer: Any individual or family joining between now and the end of the year will pay the new rate — $1,000 for families; $650 for individuals — for the remainder of this year, and will be paid-up members through 2024. In other words, get an extra 12 months... Interested? Know people interested? [...]
Show Opens Sunday, Dec. 3 With Bagels/Lox Brunch and Art Talk By special arrangement with Michelle Schwartz, a highly regarded gallerist and curator of Israeli art in the Bay Area of San Francisco, the Judaism and Art group is mounting a new art show in the community room of our shul. The first viewing of the show will take place on Sunday, Dec. 3, at 11 a.m., at a bagels and lox brunch, after which [...]
It Ain’t Just Latkes... The annual shul Hanukkah party is jam-packed with fun stuff to see, to do and, of course, to eat. Will there be latkes? You bet. Chef Deborah Pittorino has promised 300-400 latkes for the party. And that ain’t all. Also on the menu: jelly-filled doughnuts (sufganiot), hot cider, coffee, tea, cold drinks, plus applesauce and sour cream for the latkes. What else? Thanks to the hard work of Madelyn Rothman, [...]
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