Please join us for Jewish Meditation before Shabbat services on Friday evenings, starting August 9, 5-5:30pm (you are welcome to arrive 4:45 to settle in; please be sure to arrive […]

By Rabbi Bill Kuhn It was impossible to watch the recent uprising in Egypt and not think of the Passover story. How ironic! Egyptian citizens in the year 2011 felt they […]

(Hanukkah blessings and songs, text and audio) How do you light a Hanukkah menorah, or Hanukkiah?  Jews have disagreed on this throughout the ages.  The controversy surrounding the Hanukkah menorah […]

by Rabbi Jill Maderer (delivered Kol Nidre “Alternative” service) A story is told of 3 astronauts who went into space.  Upon returning, they were asked to reflect on the experience.  […]

by Rabbi Jill Maderer Is it enough to confess to God?  What if it’s too messy to mend a relationship with a person?  Last Friday night, our Interfaith Families Connection Group hosted […]

Why is the blessing before a meal so short, and the blessing after, so long? Why don’t we spend the time thanking God before we eat the food? Because, we’re […]

by Rabbi Jill Maderer Tired of eating matza yet?  And why are we still eating it anyway?  The seder is over; we have celebrated the redemption of our people and […]

by Rabbi Jill Maderer What is the true miracle of Pesach?  Study the first half of the Book of Exodus or watch the film “The Ten Commandments” and it is […]

By Rabbi Bill Kuhn Passover and Yom Kippur are the same holiday.  Well, maybe there is a little difference, but they share many of the same themes.  It’s all about […]

by Rabbi Jill Maderer Pesach is around the corner and the time has come to make plans for Seder, and to prepare to tell the story of the Israelites’ redemption […]