The westernmost member of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
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 entirely of a series of questions. After thinking about Abraham… Continue reading
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 of Yom Kippur we hope to have improved. And yet,… Continue reading
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 First Hebrew Primer. For more information or to join… Continue reading |
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 Beit Din:
Ken Aronowitz, Gregg Kinkley Robert Littman,… Continue reading |
Fishing Alaska
from Les Rosenthal
Torah Leyning Class
May 23, 2023
The sweet, mellifluous sounds of Torah chanted by the children of Israel are no longer bound by time and space; no longer to be heard only on Shabbat in shul. Within the unlikely venue of Zoom has… Continue reading
Seder Symphony
via Arnie Warshawsky
Civil War Seder
From Mark Gottdiener, PhD
When I taught my course on “American Jews” I often asked– “Can you imagine Jews fighting and killing each other during a war?” They couldn’t.
Civil War is famous for such an event. So is WWI… Continue reading
Sofʻer Profiles
Naomi Olstein Jewish Education Fund
May 2, 2022
by Sandra Z. Armstrong
The Naomi Olstein Jewish Education Fund at Sof Ma’arav has been created to honor the memory of Naomi in a way that will keep her close to us.… Continue reading
From My Jewish Learning
Reprinted with permission from My Jewish Learning
Jewish Humor
What Makes It So Popular?
March 2, 2022
The Torah tells us that Sarah, the matriarch of the Jewish people, laughed when told she’d give birth in her old age. Since… Continue reading
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