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  • Moses and Middle Management - Drash On Parsha Shemot by Sid Goldstein Shabbat Shalom.  What is middle management? Dr. Alexander Keene, a professor from the Wharton School of Business defines it in his book The […]
  • Contribute to the Monthly Sof Newsletter - Do you have news, stories, comments, or suggestions? Contact Sid Goldstein, Communications Chair. We are seeking stories and news from ALL members of the Congregation. Please send any item you’d […]
  • Sof High Holy Days Archive - Sof High Holy Days 5785 (2024-2025) Sof High Holy Days All services will be held at the Unitarian Church on the Pali. Rosh Hashanah, Wednesday evening October 2 Thursday, October […]
  • Sof Drashes 2024 - From Folk Tales, History January 2024 Parasha Miketz Drash by Robert J. Littman The Torah is a sacred history of the Jewish people from the patriarch Abraham down through the […]
  • Sof Drashes 2023 - The Rest is Commentary January 2023 Vayera Drash by Alexander Fellman וַיְחַזֵּ֤ק יְהוָה֙ אֶת־לֵ֣ב פַּרְעֹ֔ה But Hashem hardened pharaoh’s heart.   There is a concept among Christians called the unforgivable […]
  • Sof Drashes 2022 - Ki Tissa—Drash by Sid Goldstein February 2022 Shabbat Shalom Exodus 4 :10  Moses said to the lord. “I have never been a man of words, either in times past or […]
  • Bat Mitzvah! - On Saturday January 11th, Sof hosted the Bat Mitzvah of Alice Flitter. It was a joyous event, well attended and well celebrated.
  • Sof Community Events - Sof Book Club From Carolann Biederman Next meeting: March 2, 2025 Book: The Wind Knows My Name, by Isabell Allende For questions or more information, contact Carolann Biederman. Azamra! A […]
  • Terror and Relief - Vayigash Drash by Marc Flitter Despite Abraham Joshua Heschel’s portrayal of Judaism as being a religion of deeds in contrast to Christianity characterized as a religion of faith, we do […]
  • Sof Drashes 2021-2022 - Shabbat HaGadol & Story May 4, 2022 Drash by Reb Daniel Lev According to the great scholar of the Jewish Time-Cycle, Reb Eliyahu KiTov, For as long as the days […]
  • In the Image of Jacob - Parashat Vayishlach Drash by Rabbi Ken Aronowitz January 4, 2024 I was working with a Bar Mitzvah student years ago and was surprised to see that his Devar Torah consisted […]
  • Sof Drashes 2020 – 2021 - Gut Yontif – Yom Kippur Drash October 1, 2021 By Alex Golub The High Holy Days are a time of teshuvah. Between the beginning of Rosh Hashanah and the end […]
  • Community Events - Intermediate Biblical Hebrew Class meets Sundays from 11 to 12:30, on zoom. At 11 we read an annotated selection from the Parsha; at 11:45 we do a lesson from the […]
  • Congregation Sof Ma’arav Slate of Officers, Board Members, Committee Chairpersons - Voted In During The Annual Membership Meeting on 6/23/2024 Officers:   President: Sandra Armstrong Vice President: Morris Rabinko Treasurer: Robert Littman Recording Secretary: Kate Lingley Corresponding Secretary: Donald Armstrong Collective […]
  • Fishing Alaska - from Les Rosenthal