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Breathe: Yom Kippur 2021 Drash
By Alan Kosansky
On Yom Kippur, we read from the Machzor, “what we do this day can change our lives.” What we do from this moment until the shofar blows tomorrow night can change our lives.
This year, as last… Continue reading
Drash for Ki Tavo 5781
By Gregg Kinkley
Sometimes, being assigned a drash rather than waiting for one you intentionally select ends up being a boon rather than a burden. That was certainly the case here. I had two preconceptions about this important… Continue reading
Sof High Holy Days Schedule – 5782 (תשפ”ב)
At this time the final makeup of services has not been determined. All services will be available on zoom. President Sandra Armstrong will send out information about live participation in the services shortly before high holy days begin.
Rosh HaShanah… Continue reading
Snowbirds: Off-Island Sofʻers
Off-Island Sof’ers
Sof Snowbirds on the Go
September 1, 2021
By Les Rosenthal
In the early evening of August 21st, Pat and I, with Kerri, our youngest daughter, her husband, Dan, their kids Sloane 3 and Maeve 1, for Pat’s… Continue reading
Recent Sof Drashes
Drasha Ki Teitzei
September 1, 2021
By R Daniel Lev
Like a number of rabbinically-inspired parshiot, this one will take a circuitous route from the first pasuk / sentence through a number of apparently unrelated ideas until it finally lands… Continue reading
Levinson-Krupp Library
Levinson-Krupp Library
This library was dedicated 50 years ago to the memory of Rebecca Lewin Levinson and Brannette Mayer Krupp by Justice and Mrs. Bernard Levinson. Over the years the library fell into disrepair, but starting in 2005 was redesigned… Continue reading
Sof History from Mat Sgan – Torah and Taro & Honey and Poi
Torah and Taro
Praise for Torah and Taro
February 10, 2021
Professor Edwin Yamauchi (B.A. UHM; M.A. and Ph.D. Brandeis University) Professor of Emeritus of History at Miami University of Ohio writes:
“I received and read Torah and Taro: Jewish… Continue reading
From the Yiddish Book Center
The Yiddish Book Center Weekly Reader
From Lorna Holmes
Dos Yam-Medele: Yiddish Little Mermaid
September 1, 2021
The stories of Hans Christian Anderson, originally written in Danish and translated into more than one hundred languages, are among the world’s most… Continue reading
News Archive
Stuart H. Scott: A Tribute
(Dec. 7, 1948 – July 15, 2021)
By Carolann Biederman & Seth Markow
Stuart was a member of Sof Ma’arav for many years. His son Sean was a Bar Mitzvah at Sof in 2005.… Continue reading
Some Amusement
Some Humor
September 1, 2021
A Jewish woman in a hospital says to the doctor that she wants to be transferred. The doctor says, “What is it, the food?” She says, “The food is fine. I can’t kvetch.” “Is it… Continue reading
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