Hazzan Jessi: Artemis, Torah, and the Exact Middle of Everything
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 Ocean. It is amazing what […]
Remembering the Exodus, By Day and By Night
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 of servitude in the narrow […]
God Called — Are We Listening?
by Rabbi Nathan Kamesar What follows is the d’var Torah I delivered last Friday night. We always love for you to join us at either or both of our Shabbat services, Friday night with music, a d’var Torah, and dinner; Saturday morning with prayer, Torah discussion, and lunch. All are welcome. This week, aligned with […]
An Announcement, a Thank-You, and the Offering of the Heart
by Rabbi Nathan Kamesar We have an important announcement: Society Hill Synagogue is hiring a new Manager of Community Engagement & Communications, and we hope you’ll share this posting far and wide by forwarding this email. A couple of years ago, as part of our previous Strategic Plan coming out of the pandemic in early 2022, we set four top priorities as a […]
The Golden Calf and the Red Cow walk into Shabbat…
by Rabbi Nathan Kamesar Our staff has been monitoring news coverage of the attack at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan, and our thoughts and prayers are with the Temple Israel community. We have been notified by the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia’s Community Security Director and the Secure Community Network (SCN) that there are […]