The westernmost member of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
Inviting the Presence: A Drasha for Rosh HaShanah 5781
By Reb Daniel Lev
In Deuteronomy 30:11-14 it says: “For this commandment which I command you this day, it is not too hard for you, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that you should say: ‘Who… Continue reading
Sof as a Community
By Sandra Z. Armstrong
As a community we have remained close, stayed together and reached incredible heights of ruach, creating uplifting, joyous zoom Shabbats for the last six months. Our experiences and spiritual connections on zoom are a community achievement… Continue reading
Creating a Joyful and Sacred Space for the High Holy Days
By Dina Yoshimi
If the hot, humid days of August and September are upon us, then the High Holy Days must be just around the corner. Observing the High Holy Days in Hawaiʻi brings its own special challenges. Be it… Continue reading
Reading Torah on Zoom with a Traumatic Brain Injury
By Tamar Ramos
I have a traumatic brain injury. I found learning to read and write Biblical Hebrew, as well as reading the Torah with trope to be very helpful with my brain injury. Learning Hebrew and reading the Torah… Continue reading
Baking Rye Bread
By Arnie Warshawsky
Living under self-quarantine is an exercise in frustration. What to do, what to do. Funny how doing nothing more strenuous than using the TV remote or the computer mouse makes me hungry. Lately, I’ve hungered for toast… Continue reading
Snowbirds: Off-Island Sofʻers
Off-Island Sof’ers
Snowbird Chair Les Rosenthal
On the Cover of the Fishing Report at Dierickʻs Fishing Lodge in Alaska
Snowbirds: Les and Pat Rosenthal’s Off-Island Time
By Les and Pat Rosenthal
A before pic from our delightful seders
May 5th… Continue reading
Sofʻers Get Creative
Gale Warshawsky Sings These Islands June 2020
Aug 19, 2020
These Islands was written by Danny Couch. This song was to be Gale’s solo for the Ke Kula Mele Hawaiʻi concert under the direction of Kumu Alan Akaka. The concert… Continue reading
Hope Is Who We Are in Hawaiʻi: Perhaps Zoom Gets Us There for Now
By Sandra Z. Armstrong
As I walked along the Hawaiian shore today, it occurred to me that the world is a bigger, brighter place like the ocean that surrounds us. The crystal-clear water gently swirls around our feet as we… Continue reading
Sofʻers Talk Story
Mazie Cohen’s Son
July 16, 2020
By Kay Lorraine
I don’t know if this is true everywhere, but in the Jewish community in Columbus, Ohio, you are never really anybody on your own – you are just somebody’s kid. Even… Continue reading
Honey and Poi: Sof History Project
By Dr. Mathew Sgan
Honey and Poi – Sof Maʻarav History Books
Two books, courtesy of the Sof History Project. Honey and Poi provides a history of Sof Maʻarav from its founding in 1971 until today. The Sof Maʻarav… Continue reading
- 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.