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February Dates at a Glance
February 2 & 3 Friday: Kabbalat Shabbat 6:00 pm Saturday: Minyan Tisch 9:30 am February 9 & 10 Friday: Service 7:30 pm Saturday: Morning Service 9:30 am February 16 & 17 Friday: Kabbalat Shabbat 6:00 pm Saturday: Morning Service 9:30 am February 23 & 24 Friday: Soup & Salad 6:00 pm Saturday: Morning Service 9:30 […]
Breakfast Schmooze February 14th
Join the Rabbi February 14 any time between 7—9 am at Select for the monthly Breakfast Schmooze
Learning from the Imperfection of Religion
MISHPATIM, EXODUS 21:1−24:18 D’VAR TORAH BY: RABBI SARAH BASSIN Religion is the source of most atrocities in the world. Religion makes us better people. Well, which is it? You can look to almost any sacred text in any tradition, and find those passages that condone and even encourage violence. And you can also find those […]
February 2nd and 3rd Services!
Please join us for a 5:30 social and Shabbat Service at 6:00 pm Friday evening. We will have a special Minyan Service beginning at 9:30 am Saturday morning followed by an Oneg provided by Hadassah. n
This Tu BiSh’vat, May We Begin with the Trees
BY RABBI EMMA GOTTLIEB 1/25/2018 Science can now confirm that hugging trees is good for you. If the idea of hugging a tree makes you a little uncomfortable, rest easy. You don’t have to hug them to derive benefits. Just being in their vicinity can positively affect your health. In a recently published book called […]
How Golda Meir Helped Make the State of Israel Possible
BY RABBI STEVEN STARK LOWENSTEIN 1/31/2018 Last month at Independence Hall in Tel Aviv, our guide off-handedly mentioned that if we wanted to read a great speech, we should read the speech Golda Meir gave in Chicago. Immediately, I Googled the speech. It was January of 1948 and the Jews in Palestine already were fighting […]
Hadassah Advocacy Update
Hadassah National Board passes two Policy Statements: A Nursing Policy Statement, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Henrietta Szold Hadassah-Hebrew University School of Nursing. The statement honors the nursing profession and reaffirms support to enhance nursing education and promote supportive workplace policies. The full Nursing Policy Statement can be read on Hadassah’s website. […]