The westernmost member of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
Challah: Flour Power
By Peter Fritz
Temple Emanu-El is making their kitchen available for another class on making challah. The date is Sunday June 2. Time 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM. Class size is limited to 8, so if interested, register… Continue reading
An Ocean of Knowledge
By Sandra M. Z. Armstrong
The ocean was calm today. Waves gently rolled back to meet those coming forward. How much are our lives like this? We often look backwards into our past for the strength to move forward again.… Continue reading
20 Years A Jew: Installment 7 – “And then there was Israel…”
By Athena DeRasmo
Haifa. I sat in a tiny office in a government building – bleak, institutional, and oppressive. Like most Israeli government buildings, it could have been a set for a cold war film. Across from me sat a… Continue reading
Snowbirds: Les and Pat Rosenthal’s Off-Island Time
By Les and Pat Rosenthal
A before pic from our delightful seders
May 5th Pat and I flew to visit my nephew in Nashville and our great niece and nephew.
From there we went up to Bowling Green, Ky and… Continue reading
Snowbirds Lovin’ The Newsletter
By Brian Ellinoy and Rachelle Lackman
I think the newsletter is absolutely fabulous. Thank you so much for all the time and effort you and your supporting cast are devoting to keeping everybody informed of Sof doings. For “snowbirds” like… Continue reading
The Meaning of Community
By Sid Goldstein
The dictionary defines community as “‘a feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.” I never understood how important that fellowship was until I got hurt. The unfortunate accident that… Continue reading
Praise for Honey and Poi
Honey and Poi was published about 3 months ago, and the critical reviews of it have started to arrive. Here are a few samples:
- Perhaps the best book about a small conservative shul on an island in the… Continue reading
Purim Fun
Musical Troupe and Purim Photos from R. Daniel Lev
- Forbidden Fruit, Rosh HaShanah, and Our Climate CrisisAccording to Hasidic traditions, the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, from the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, worked in a deeper way than we usually think about it. It’s not just that after the eating of the fruit we humans could distinguish between good and evil. The test […]
- Modern Jewish Mystical MastersThis fall, as part of the Me’ah Select program at Hebrew Union College, Rabbi Natan Margalit will teach a class on the thought, practices and lives of some of the most profound and influential Jewish mystics of the modern era. Building on the earlier mystical traditions of heavenly ascents, Zohar, Lurianic Kabbalah, numerology and early […]