The State of the Synagogue 5786
Yom Kippur 5786 by Lisa Eizen, Synagogue President Shanah tovah. It is so good to see all of you here today as we gather for Yom Kippur, the holiest day of our year. On behalf of the Board and leadership of Society Hill Synagogue, I want to warmly welcome each of you – our members, […]
Neil Einleger’s Al Het
Thoughts for the Yom Kippur Al Hetby Neil Einleger I rarely get to shul on Sabbath, but the last Shabbat I was here, Rabbi Avi Winokur was on the pulpit along with Terri Novick — the dynamic duo, as it were.Rabbi Avi decided to dispense with his sermon about Labor Day and instead told a […]
Marc Cohen’s Zikronot
The Jewish New Year is referred to as the Day of Remembrance!But in the year 2025 / 5786, memory has become overrated — maybe even useless. For example, we do not need to remember our way home; we can just ask Waze or Google Maps. When I asked one of my patients what his wife’s […]
Moments of Clarity: Connecting With the Divine
Rosh Hashanah 5786 by Rabbi Nathan Kamesar In the course of my prayers these days, I do a lot of just sitting and listening: sitting and letting my heart, my spirit, wander, seeing what comes. Recently, what has come to me was a leadership course I took in rabbinical school during which we were asked […]
Tova Stifano’s Shofarot
There is nothing quite like the sound of the shofar after the moments of silence that are broken immediately preceding the call for its blowing. It is hard not to be moved and respond physically and emotionally to the soul-stirring sounds of the shofar. The long, unbroken sound of Tekiah rouses us from our day-to-day […]