Duality, Cycles, and Change

by Rabbi Nathan Kamesar I am really proud of the Society Hill Synagogue community this week. This was the week of Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israeli Memorial Day and Independence Day, linked side by side. We know that different Jewish communities, and individuals, have different relationships to Israel. I have witnessed those differences cause […]

Hazzan Jessi: Artemis, Torah, and the Exact Middle of Everything

by Hazzan Jessi Roemer I hope you are faring well this week in the warmer weather. Following is the d’var Torah I offered last Friday night at our TGIShabbat service:  Shabbat Shalom. In roughly one hour, the astronauts from Artemis II will, we hope, splash down safely into the Pacific Ocean. It is amazing what […]

Remembering the Exodus, By Day and By Night

by Rabbi Nathan Kamesar We arrive at a much-needed Pesah/Passover holiday, with the Exodus experience ever-present in our hearts, ever resounding in our collective memories. That’s because tradition teaches that we are to recall the Exodus — yetzi’at mitzrayim, the moment of our collective liberation from the constrictions and deprivations of servitude in the narrow […]

God Called — Are We Listening?

by Rabbi Nathan Kamesar What follows is the d’var Torah I delivered last Friday night. We always love for you to join us at either or both of our Shabbat services, Friday night with music, a d’var Torah, and dinner; Saturday morning with prayer, Torah discussion, and lunch. All are welcome. This week, aligned with […]