by August Adelman | Nov 13, 2024 | Rabbi's Corner
I spent the first part of this week attending the Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly gathering in Washington, D.C. This annual event brought together 2000 Jewish communal professionals and lay leaders, from throughout North America and Israel. The...
by August Adelman | Nov 6, 2024 | Rabbi's Corner
Over the last couple days (and weeks, and months), the messages I’ve received from dear friends and loved ones in the United States sound something like, “Well, at least you’ve already moved to Canada.” This theme echoes our persistent Jewish...
by August Adelman | Oct 22, 2024 | Rabbi's Corner
This Shabbat, we join Jewish communities around the world in beginning our Torah story again, as we read Bereishit, the story of creation, the origin story for all humankind. It is a fitting and symbolic Shabbat that has been designated as the yahrzeit commemoration...
by August Adelman | Oct 15, 2024 | Rabbi's Corner
A Year of Jewish Joy Yom Kippur Morning 5785 – 2024 As you disembark the ferry connecting Manhattan to Brooklyn, you are greeted at the Williamsburg ferry stop by a bright yellow, larger than life statue made up of the letters O and Y. Depending on which side...
by August Adelman | Oct 15, 2024 | Rabbi's Corner
Sharing a Tent with Sinners and Outcasts: Jewish Peoplehood in 2024 Kol Nidre 5785 – 2024 A story: January, 2003. Place: The Western Wall in Jerusalem. Time: Erev Shabbat. I was in Israel studying on the Reform movement’s premier high school in Israel program,...
by August Adelman | Oct 15, 2024 | Rabbi's Corner
A Jewish Toolkit for Resilience in Times of Fear Rosh Hashanah 5785 – 2024 Hayom harat olam. This is the day the world was born. We remember Adam in the garden, the first human created, dancing around the Garden of Eden, taking in all of the beauty of creation:...