Learn to Read Hebrew
Dates: Weekly on Wednesdays starting September 4 Time: 6:30 – 7:30 pm Mode: Zoom only Faculty: Marc Schwartz Fee: Free for Society Hill Synagogue Members • $54 for the General Public We are offering this class again to help our congregants learn (or re-learn) how to read Hebrew. We use the National Jewish Outreach […]
Nuts & Bolts: A (Re)Introduction to Judaism
Dates: Tuesdays — October 29, November 19, December 10, January 14, February 11, March 11, April 1, April 29, and May 20 Time: 7:00 – 8:15 pm Mode: Hybrid, in-person attendance is encouraged Faculty: Rabbi Nathan Kamesar Fee: $18 for Society Hill Synagogue Members • $108 for the General Public Nuts & Bolts […]
Jewish Wisdom on Character and Leadership Amid Political Change
by Rabbi Nathan Kamesar Yet again, I write in response to unfolding developments in one of the most eventful months in electoral politics in modern American history, with reverberations for the Jewish community, for Israel, and for the world. Never in modern history has a sitting president, eligible for another term of office, […]
Navigating the Eternal and Temporal in Jewish Practice
by Rabbi Nathan Kamesar First I want to share a word about how I approach Divrei Torah — this practice of writing reflections based on Jewish text, tradition, and history — differently during the week than for Shabbat. On Shabbat, the emphasis is more on the Eternal: what are the ways that the […]
The Power of Hope: A Cornerstone of the Jewish Experience
by Rabbi Nathan Kamesar There’s one part of my previously emailed d’var torah that I kind of want to take back. In it, I shared the truism that “hope is not a strategy” (juxtaposing it to the notion that “neither is despair”). It is true that hope is not a strategy: if you […]