Rosh Hodesh Elul
August 30, 2019 Rabbi David2019-08-30T14:34:05-04:00Ani l’dodi v’dodi li - I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine. These famous words from Song of Songs describe the culmination of a shared search by two [...]
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Look Closely, Listen Well
April 5, 2019This week and next, we encounter the Torah's ritual and law regarding tzara'at - skin afflictions. While not easy reading, Tazria (this week'sparasha) and Metzora (next week's parasha), serve up valuable and [...]
MLK Weekend Remarks at Zion Baptist Church
January 20, 2019 Andrea Kahn-Kothmann2019-01-21T02:04:48-05:00Reverend King once said: “People fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because [...]
Two Gifts I Received and Gratefully Share…
January 17, 2019 Hazzan Harold2019-01-21T03:37:43-05:00It's MLK weekend. It's been two weeks now of preparation with our Unity Choir and along the way, I've been lucky to receive a few gifts that I wanted to share [...]
Vigil for Pittsburgh: a Moment of Profound Fellowship
October 29, 2018 Hazzan Harold2018-10-30T01:31:03-04:00Beth Am Israel, I am, like many of you, reeling from a weekend of unspeakable horror. A part of our collective feelings of safety and acceptance will almost assuredly never return. [...]