by Rabbi Nathan Kamesar We are thrilled to announce the hiring of Alexis Rosen as our new Manager of Community Engagement and Communications! Many of you may know Alexis as the outgoing co-chair of the Young Friends at Society Hill Synagogue, which brings together 20- and 30-somethings — singles and couples —

by Rabbi Nathan Kamesar While we live in a world in which there is a never-ending stream of news — stories from around the globe that could consume our attention — a stream that can numb us to what is taking place around us, it is important that we not

by Rabbi Nathan Kamesar I am really proud of the Society Hill Synagogue community this week. This was the week of Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israeli Memorial Day and Independence Day, linked side by side. We know that different Jewish communities, and individuals, have different relationships to Israel. I

by Hazzan Jessi Roemer I hope you are faring well this week in the warmer weather. Following is the d’var Torah I offered last Friday night at our TGIShabbat service:  Shabbat Shalom. In roughly one hour, the astronauts from Artemis II will, we hope, splash down safely into the Pacific

by Rabbi Nathan Kamesar We arrive at a much-needed Pesah/Passover holiday, with the Exodus experience ever-present in our hearts, ever resounding in our collective memories. That’s because tradition teaches that we are to recall the Exodus — yetzi’at mitzrayim, the moment of our collective liberation from the constrictions and deprivations