Our intrepid travellers are reporting in for Part 2 of their Israel Family Trip 2019, and they’ve been busy! See what they’ve been up to these past few days: Shalom! It has been an unbelievable few days.  Since we last left you, we were sitting peacefully in the Galilee.  The northern part of Israel is […]

Rabbi Weitzman, Cantor Garfein, and almost 40 congregants have just landed in Israel for our biannual Israel Family Trip, and they’ve gotten off to an amazing start. Here is what Rabbi Weitzman has to say about their first 36 hours in Israel: We are so excited to hear from our extended congregational family in Israel—and […]

Let’s Make a “Fair Wage for a Fair Day’s Work” a Reality in America The federal minimum wage was last raised on July 24, 2009 when Congress set it at $7.25 per hour – the equivalent of $15,080 a year. Since then, taking into account the rising cost of living, the lowest-paid workers have lost […]

Schools. Churches. Synagogues. Mosques. Stores. These are just some of the locations where white supremacist violence has shattered lives as well as our image of America as a beacon of hope for desperate people all over the world. Whatever your political affiliation, you must no longer shake your head or excuse in any way the […]

This summer, junior clergy put their heads together on what to offer congregants when we’re in vacation months.  What better when it’s sunny and warm then to get out and visit sites of Jewish interest?  On July 21, Rabbi Spratt and Cantor De Lowe led an intrepid group on a special hard-hat, behind the scenes […]