Manager of Community Engagement & Communications — Full Time
Position Summary The Manager of Community Engagement & Communications helps ensure that every congregant feels welcomed, connected, and cared for through strong communications and storytelling; serving as a welcoming point of contact for prospective and new members; and coordinating outreach, pastoral care support (hesed), and development stewardship. This role supports membership engagement, pastoral care coordination, […]
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 […]
What It Means to Remember Right Now
by Rabbi Nathan Kamesar It is distressing to witness a significant part of the world at war. At the center of the current conflict is the clerical regime governing the Islamic Republic of Iran — a regime that has fomented death and destruction throughout the world for decades, and whose supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, […]
A Still, Small Voice
by Rabbi Nathan Kamesar Here is the D’var Torah (teaching of Torah) I offered this past Friday night, as a prelude to a gorgeous teaching from our semi-annual Scholar in Residence series, this time with Rabbi Michael Cohen on Overcoming the Asymmetry of the Sensational: A Better Future for Israelis and Palestinians: When I heard […]