Rabbi Daniel G. Zemel Sermons and Tributes Order your copy today!* To mark Rabbi Daniel G. Zemel’s retirement after more than 40 years as the visionary leader of Temple Micah, we offer this second volume of his writings, A Time to Reflect. Complementing A Time to Speak (2019), this updated collection includes Rabbi Zemel’s ongoing explorations of his evolving Continue Reading »
By Rielle Miller Gabriel Since Rabbi Zemel announced his retirement last January, many members of our community have been working together to make this last year a special one for Rabbi Zemel and our whole Temple Micah community. We started the year with a panel, “The Future of the American Synagogue,” in September 2024. Rabbi Continue Reading »
February 13, 2025 Dear Friends, Today is Tu b’Shvat, what the Mishna calls the New Year for the trees. This is not a holiday I usually think about a great deal, although I have fond memories of all of those tree certificates from the Jewish National Fund symbolizing the trees “I” planted in Israel. This Continue Reading »
February 2025 Dear Friends, We are thrilled to share the news that we have hired our top candidate to serve as our interim rabbi during our transition year following Rabbi Zemel’s retirement. Rabbi Dr. Kari Tuling will join our rabbinic team on July 1, 2025 and serve until June 30, 2026, at which time we Continue Reading »
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January 21, 2025 Dear Friends, There are times when history seems to come at us in waves. On Sunday, we wept with joy as Emily Damari, Romi Gonen, and Doron Steinbrecher went from captivity to freedom. We watched families reunited. The words we teach, that saving a life is the equivalent of saving an entire Continue Reading »
January 13, 2025 We’re happy to update you on the latest developments on our transition year. Members, please login to ShulCloud to read the full update with detailed information. Since our last update in November, we have focused on the following three aspects of our transition: Interim Rabbi Search: The Interim Rabbi Search Committee continues to interview candidates to serve our community Continue Reading »
December 2024 Dear Temple Micah Members and Former Members, As part of our celebration of Rabbi Zemel ahead of his retirement, we are making a memory book. But we can’t make a memory book without memories — specifically, your memories! Beginning on Monday, January 27, 2025, we’ll be soliciting memories for the book. Please complete Continue Reading »
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 »
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 »
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 Shelley Fidler They work with two refugee families. They support a HIAS paralegal and are recruiting pro bono lawyers to assist asylum seekers. They are exploring new partnerships with refugee organizations in the area. Who are these people? They are members of Sukkat Shalom — Temple Micah’s Shelter of Peace — who want to Continue Reading »
Over the summer, two of our board members, Brent Goldfarb and Jennifer Oko, submitted their resignations from the Temple Micah Board. The Board has appointed two new members to serve these open positions until our next annual meeting in 2025. Please join us in welcoming Emily Tamkin and Peter Van Praagh. Emily Tamkin and her Continue Reading »
September 1, 2024 Dear Friends, Today, we all mourn. Hersh Goldberg-Polin Carmel Gat Ori Danino Eden Yerushalmi Alex Lobanov Almog Sarusi May their memories always be blessed. For almost a year, every Shabbat we have prayed the Hashkiveinu thinking of the hostages. In doing so, we changed the language of the prayer, praying mightily to Continue Reading »