The westernmost member of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
Save the Date – Senator Brian Schatz
Sunday, November 15, 2020, 12 noon – 1:30 p.m. via Zoom.
Jewish Community Services is proud to sponsor: A Conversation with Hawaiʻi’s Senator Brian Schatz – “From Capitol Hill to Hawaiʻi’s Jewish Community: A Look Forward”
Family Promise
Monday, November 30 and Wednesday, December 2
Sof Ma’arav has been involved with Family Promise for many years and we thank Kay Lorraine for all the passion she has put into this program. The new meal schedule for Sof Ma’araav… Continue reading
Books!
Fall Book Sale – Temple Emanu-El
November 19-22: www.hawaiijudaica.com Shipping or Curbside Pickup Available
For the Chai Boutique at Temple Emanu-El – all proceeds go to the School of Jewish Studies
Torah and Taro
Mat Sgan’s book Torah and… Continue reading
We Are All Jews
From The Accidental Talmudist
Roddie Edmonds was a U.S. Army Master Sergeant who put his life on the line in a German POW camp to protect the Jewish soldiers under his command. Roddie was a devout Christian from Tennessee who… Continue reading
The Yiddish Book Center
By Sid Goldstein
The Yiddish Book Center, founded in 1980 by Aron Lansky, is celebrating its fortieth anniversary. The Center was created to preserve Yiddish literature and Yiddish culture. The Center undertakes programs designed to foster a deeper… Continue reading
A New Bimah Cover
By Sandra Z. Armstrong
Here is a picture of our new cover for the bimah that was generously donated to us by Hefcibah Martin. Although we are currently maintaining our Shabbats and services on Zoom, we are looking forward to… Continue reading
A Biological Perspective on Parshat Noah
By David Haymer
The story of the flood and its aftermath in Parshah Noah represents, in many respects, another creation event. The flood wiped out much of the life existing at that time. From a biological perspective, this… Continue reading
Sof Cookbook News
Updates from Mat Sgan & Judy Goldman
Sof Cookbook Still Perking by Mat Sgan
Mat Sgan’s day on October 14, 2020 started with a very pleasant email from Judy Goldman. It seems that the Star Advertiser newspaper had a feature… Continue reading
Bereshit
A drash by Robert J. Littman
This week we begin again the annual reading of the Five Books of Moses in synagogues the world over with Bereshit. We hear about the creation of the earth, sky, and land, the creation… Continue reading
Drash Schedule November 2020
| Date | Parsha | Drash |
| Nov 7 | Vayera | Carolann Biederman |
| Nov 14 | Haye Sarah | Marlene Booth |
| Nov 21 | Toledot | Don Armstrong |
| Nov 28 | Vayetse | David Haymer |
- The Royal Road to Relational SpiritualityThis is a 10 session course taught in 2019. Click here to purchase full course recordings. Click here for a free download of first session. Derekh HaMelekh— “The Royal Road”—is a collection of Shabbat and holiday teachings by Reb Kalanymous Kalman Shapira, who was the “Rebbe of the Warsaw Ghetto” as well as a major […]
- Rising Above Isolation: The Piaseczner Rebbe’s Shavuot Torah of ConnectionDates and Times: Tuesdays – May 12, May 19, May 267 – 8 pm EST Cost: Pay-what-you-can Presenter: Rabbi Dr. Natan Margalit Description: We’ll learn together an amazing Shavuot Torah by Rabbi Kalonymous Kalman Shapiro, the Piaseczner Rebbe, also known for being the Hasidic Rebbe in the Warsaw Ghetto during the horrific years of the Holocaust. In this Torah he explores […]
- David Dinkins, NYC’s first Black mayor who was embattled by Crown Heights riots, dies at 93Dinkins was known for — and dogged by — his response to the 1991 riots in the Black and Hasidic Brooklyn neighborhood of Crown Heights The post David Dinkins, NYC’s first Black mayor who was embattled by Crown Heights riots, dies at 93 appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
- Amsterdam’s Jewish museum wades into Dutch blackface controversy with new exhibitionThe exhibition shows that the man who first depicted the controversial Black Pete character penned a popular series of anti-Semitic booklets. The post Amsterdam’s Jewish museum wades into Dutch blackface controversy with new exhibition appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.