High Holidays

This Elul, Do You Know Your Priorities in Life?

Rabbi Rifat Sonsino, Ph.D.

The Hebrew month of Elul begins soon. During this month preceding the High Holidays, many Jews take time to reflect on the past year and to take stock of their actions. As people mature, they begin to formulate achievable goals, allowing them to later look back and evaluate what they

Family Activities

A Rosh HaShanah Family Activity: Make Your Own Bee Hotels

Jared Kaminsky

In this activity, we use a recycled toilet paper roll to make a home for bees.

High Holidays

Special Torah Readings for Rosh HaShanah

Rosh HaShanah Torah Reading

Forest path with light shining through and if elucidating the way

Spirituality

What Does it Mean to Make Successful T’shuvah?

Lee B. Kass

August 20, 2020

For the first time this year, High Holidays will be conducted remotely for our community – but it will show us that we can, as Rabbi John Rosove taught, truly “overcome the past for the sake of a better future.”

Yom Kippur

Taking a Hard Look at Our Relationships

Rabbi Joe Black

The individual relationships we share are the backbone of creating a kehillah kedosha—a sacred community. Martin Buber, in his classic work, I and Thou, teaches that there are two basic types of human relationships: “I-It” and “I-Thou." An “I-It” relationship is one in which we interact with others for the