by Rabbi Nathan Kamesar Dear Friends, If you attended our Congregation Annual Meeting in June, read Lisa Eizen’s — our immediate past synagogue President — recent Kesher article, or perhaps attended one of our TGIShabbat Friday night services in May, would have encountered the following news: the Society Hill Synagogue
by Rabbi Nathan Kamesar Dear Friends, The tradition, as I have done before, is to write on the 4th of July — especially on the semiquincentennial, the 250th anniversary of this country’s independence — about the hopes and ideals upon which this nation was founded; perhaps about the complications and
by Rabbi Nathan Kamesar Dear Friends, In this week’s reflections, I wanted to share a little bit about some of the discoveries we have made together in our weekly Torah discussion that takes place every Saturday morning during our Shabbat services here at Society Hill Synagogue. Services begin each week
by Rabbi Nathan Kamesar Dear Friends, This is a vital time in the life of our synagogue community, and that is because it is synagogue membership season. For some, the notion of synagogue membership is an old hat, a standard element of Jewish communal life. For others, it’s something of
by Rabbi Nathan Kamesar I want to take a moment to thank one particular service leader, our president, Lisa Eizen, who is completing her two-year term of service as president and continuing her lifelong role of service to Jewish community. Our presidents take on a tremendous amount of responsibility, which
by Rabbi Nathan Kamesar Annual Meeting season is upon us. (Have five more exciting words in the English language ever been written?) While perhaps not something we’ve often imagined as part of the sacred cycle of the Jewish year, I have come to experience the Congregation Annual Meeting as a