by Rabbi Marci Bellows, Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek, Chester
Shavuot is a holiday of gratitude for the gift of Torah. It is very easy to take the Torah, and all that it teaches us, for granted. Rather, let us allow ourselves to see that moment of revelation at Mt. Sinai as a moment…
by Rabbi Rona Shapiro, Congregation B’nai Jacob, Woodbridge
People often misunderstand the purpose of the holidays. They think they celebrate historical triumphs: they tried to kill us, God saved us, let’s eat. That is true but if that is all you know you are only scratching the surface…
by Chava Light
It’s not every day a legend is borne, and certainly not what my Aunty Bonnie expected when she began her first job in a small town in the Midwest shortly after college. No one can say for sure how it started. Some insist a gust of wind blew a stray piece of paper with a rec…
Jewish people are often called Am ha-Sefer, “The People of the Book”. This term emphasizes the importance of text in Judaism, with Torah being the most sacred of them all. The Torah scroll is the holiest and most valued object in Judaism. Writing a Torah scroll is a holy task that requir…
“When my brother Elliot passed away last September,” says Norman Alderman, “I knew that the best way to honor his memory was to establish an endowment, in his memory, to benefit Temple Beth Sholom.” The Elliot S. Alderman Memorial Fund for the benefit of Temple Beth Sholom, which is …
