A Decade Ahead: Continuing the Journey Together
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 lay leadership and I reached […]
Is the American Jewish Story Different?
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 shortcomings in the lived reality […]
What We Learn When We Stop Projecting
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 at 9:30 am with Pesukei […]
God Is Free. So Why Join a Synagogue?
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 a novel construct — why […]
The Blessing Is Real. The Problem Is, Too.
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 is why I’m so grateful […]