Jamie Schwartz
Jamie (she/her) grew up in Center City and is a proud graduate of Society Hill Synagogue’s Playschool, Hebrew School, and Hebrew High! Prior to teaching the Gan Class, she worked as a teacher’s aide in our Hebrew School for five years and has helped to run the annual Purim Carnival for the past 17 years. Jamie […]
Libby Cone’s Kallat Bereshit Speech 5785
You probably have heard me, when making the blessing when called to the Torah, identifying myself as “Bat Avraham v’Sarah,” though you know I am not a convert. It’s because my Jewish journey was somewhat sparse and complicated until I got married. As an infant, I was adopted by a paranoid schizophrenic mother and a […]
Brian Mono’s Hatan Torah Speech 5785
Shabbat shalom! I want to begin my remarks by thanking the past recipients of the Hatan Torah and Kallat Bereshit for honoring me with this award. I’ve worked closely with many of you, and I’m not sure I’ve done enough yet to be included within your ranks. Thank you, Harry, for the wonderful introduction. I […]
God’s Humanity: Strengthening the Relationship
Yom Kippur 5785 by Rabbi Nathan Kamesar I want to share with you one of my favorite, and one of the most personally impactful, rabbinic teachings that I’ve ever encountered. An allusion is made to it in the final blessing of services today, and if you were reading closely just now in the margins […]
Discerning the Call. And Following Through.
Kol Nidre 5785 by Rabbi Nathan Kamesar For me, becoming a rabbi was a calling. I can still remember a moment that I unequivocally felt the call. I was a college senior, out for a meal with my cousin who was a college junior, and she asked me that most obvious question […]