Friendship Place asks for your help to make holiday wishes come true for a whole family! Gifts will be provided to children living in temporary housing for families experiencing homelessness. To participate, please: Select a gift from the SignUp Genius Go to the retailer of your choice to purchase the gift (please limit your purchase Continue Reading »
November 2024 Dear Friends, As we reflect on the past year, Temple Micah has strived to be a source of strength and comfort – a home – through challenging times. Now we are preparing for a momentous event in the life of our congregation: the bittersweet retirement of our beloved Rabbi Zemel. Through it all, Continue Reading »
Do you want to learn how to read Hebrew and chant Torah? Do you hope to deepen your feeling of connection to a community? Do you want to expand your thinking on a myriad of Jewish topics and have thought provoking discussions? If you answered, “Yes!” to these questions, we invite you to join our Continue Reading »
November 6, 2024 Dear Friends, Many of us woke up this morning to a sense of dread and the return to a reality that many had struggled to put behind us. We are a divided country and “a house divided.” For the third presidential election in a row, half our nation celebrates while half of Continue Reading »
By Rabbi Daniel G. Zemel The approaching Days of Awe are like no others in my memory. The past year was without doubt the most challenging and painful year for world Jewry since World War II. I will not list here the travails that have befallen Israel since October 7. We all know they are Continue Reading »
Dear Friends, We have all seen the shocking Hamas attack on Israel and are horrified by the death and destruction. The news is devastating. The brutality is overwhelming. As we send our love and prayers across the sea, we remain committed to, and inspired by, the dream of Israel’s anthem, Hatikvah: “We have not yet lost our Continue Reading »