A Shared Sense of Responsibility
by Rabbi Nathan Kamesar Dear friends, On Wednesday I bore witness to mourning and remembrance of the horrific events of October 7, 2023, the Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel in which 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken hostage, igniting a conflagration of war, resulting in the deaths of tens of thousands more in […]
Sukkot and the Wildness We’ve Forgotten
by Rabbi Nathan Kamesar Dear friends, I hope you’ll join us Saturday night, October 3 for a rousing Simhat Torah! This is one of the high points of the Jewish year: dinner and drinks, festive dancing with the Torah scrolls, flags waving throughout the sanctuary by people of all ages — it is essentially the culmination […]
The State of the Synagogue 5787
Yom Kippur 5787 by Neil Cohen, Synagogue President Rabbi, Hazzan, dear members and guests, on behalf of the lay leadership of Society Hill Synagogue, I wish you Shanah Tovah and G’mar Tov. It is an honor and a pleasure to address you today. For those of you who don’t know me, allow me to formally […]
Abby Adelman
Abby (she/her) grew up in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, where she attended Jewish Day School at Albert Einstein Academy and Congregation Beth Shalom in Wilmington, Delaware. She is currently a senior at the University of Pennsylvania, majoring in Environmental Studies and minoring in Data Science. Abby has always loved being part of her local Jewish community […]
Jillian Riseman
Jillian (she/her) is excited to join Society Hill Synagogue as a full teacher this year after moving to Philadelphia at the beginning of 2026. Also an artist, she loves incorporating art projects into lessons about Jewish history and observance.