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:...
by August Adelman | Oct 15, 2024 | Rabbi's Corner
The Surge, the Core, and You Erev Rosh Hashanah 5785 – 2024 Shana tova! Here we are. On the precipice of a new year. A year ago, when we marked the beginning of 5784, all of you were here in Waterloo, and I was on the other side of the globe in Singapore. Could...
by August Adelman | Nov 18, 2023 | Temple News