Dear Friends, As I am preparing to teach a mini-course on God (a fairly broad subject p. 5), I have come to see how glibly folks toss about the idea of the Divine being responsible for blessings. Curious assertions such as “I prayed to God and the tornado in my town spared my home!” or […]
Does God have a body? Is God able to create a stone too heavy for himself or herself to lift? Is He/She male, female or hermaphroditic? Does he have a wife, a husband? A significant other? Throughout the centuries religious traditions from east to west have depicted the Divine in moving and troubling ways. Questions […]
We will be having a short general meeting of the sisterhood with the date and time TBA in Temple Topics. The proposed by-law revisions will be presented for discussion and hopefully approval. I hope to keep the business part very short, so we have time to visit and catch up with one an- other. It […]
Dear Members, It is no secret in my family that I LOVE summer, especially a South Carolina summer. I can find something I love about every season, but summer has my heart. It could be that I grew up on a South Carolina peach farm and summer was the season in which my family was […]
6/12 Dot Frank 6/12 Paul Freedman 6/13 Marla Steinberg 6/14 Sophia Russell 6/16 Elliott Leader 6/16 Courtney LeBauer 6/22 Rachel Brough 6/25 Stuart Filler 6/26 Matthew Poliakoff 6/28 Stan Hyman 6/29 Bob Britanisky
6/9 Marla & Hank Steinberg 6/11 Jennifer & Bob Britanisky 6/14 Karen & Robert Lyon 6/15 Shirley & Gary Koshak 6/20 Susan & Larry Abelkop 6/20 Beth & David Blumenfeld 6/23 Mary & Andrew Poliakoff 6/25 Lisa & Ray Frye 6/29 Elaine & Stanley Hyman 6/30 Karen & Roger Fuller
6/3 Barry Goldman 6/3 Elizabeth Nabow 6/5 Mildred P. Gelburd 6/5 Herman Klausner 6/6 Hazel Abelsky 6/6 Ethel Silnutzer 6/7 Samuel Shapiro 6/7 Rose H. Smiley 6/8 Nathan W. Blumberg 6/10 Ayla Paula A. Marks 6/12 Charles Rabiner 6/13 William G. Smith 6/14 Jessica M. Horn 6/14 Samuel Robinson 6/15 Rose Cohen 6/15 Jake Lurey […]
Rav Kook wrote in Orot (Orot Yisrael 3:3, p. 146): “Bonding with a Tzaddik, in order that the force of being of the Tzaddik’s soul should influence the imperfect soul [of the follower] is a very respectable matter in the process of spiritual growth. However, it requires great caution. If the follower should err regarding […]
Rabbi Liebowitz was part of a lecture on the Lentin Season at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church. There was a retirement party held for Sue Schnieder, Water Commissioner, for which Rabbi Liebowitz was present
Date and time TBA The discussion will be about the book Off the Edge, by Kelly Well. The book is available on Amazon in these formats: hardcover, audio, and kindle. Click Here to Purchase
5/1 Brian Hendrickson 5/1 Rick Tanenbaum 5/2 Marilyn Litoff 5/3 Benjamin Brough 5/3 Susan Goldman 5/3 Sylvia Rex 5/7 David Blumenfeld 5/9 Andrew Poliakoff 5/9 Alane Russell 5/13 Steve Garrell 5/18 Rebecca Greenfield 5/19 Norma Mortge 5/23 Lianne Wood 5/24 Trey Swanson 5/25 Rex Russell 5/31 Robert Lyon
5/13 Roxanne & Bogdan Gheorghiu 5/17 Deede & Jeff Cohen 5/13 Irene & Junie White 5/30 Cathy & Jon Lewson
5/1 Goldie Stemberg 5/2 Abraham Moglin 5/2 Dana S. Sachs 5/2 Irving I. Witz 5/7 Mary L. Busch 5/8 Murray Aronson 5/8 Eunice Sperling 5/10 Marion Feinstein 5/10 Solomon Silver 5/11 Phyllis Stauber 5/12 Ida Switzer 5/13 Jonathan A. Fishbein 5/13 Hyman Perlman 5/13 Andrew Teszler 5/15 Dorothy Brett 5 /15 Alvin Fox 5/17 Louis […]
In every generation a person should see themselves as if they were personally redeemed from Egypt! (Haggadah) Dear Friends, My father, alav Hashalom (May he rest in peace!) conducted the family seder. Though not religious he did an decent job and repressed his annoyance when his wife, my mom aleha Hashalom (May she rest […]
This is poem written by Rabbi Liebowitz’s grandfather, a Hebrew poet and teacher who escaped from Ukraine over 100 years ago. This poem could have been written today. To my teacher Joseph and to my sister-in-law Mrs. Golda with eternal love, I send this picture. It is very difficult for me to bear the sadness […]