Snow Cancellations
On account of the winter weather snow advisory, we cancelled Sunday School, Pres-School, Allan Weinstein’s Presentation and the Sisterhood’s Afternoon Tea.
What’s On
Seeking Out The Greys
Rabbi Esther Hugenholtz News, Sermon Mishpatim
Engaging with difference should not be mistaken with accepting a doctrine of moral equivalency or finding ‘common ground.’ We do not need to paper over our differences. We can be strong in our moral convictions. Yet there is a distinction between moral courage and moral absolutism. We must invite shades of grey.
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Our February 2019 News Bulletin has been published. Read more about what’s going on in our congregation and community. Our Bulletin is published every month. Contact the office if you would like to be on the mailing list.
My Relationship with My Tallit and Tefillin
I started wearing a tallit (prayer shawl) and laying tefillin (phylacteries) 15 years ago. It has taken me years to get over my internalized judgment as a woman wearing these items that are “traditionally” worn only by men. Even on the best of days, tefillin are a strange and uncomfortable feature of Jewish practice. I’ve had to consciously push myself beyond my own discomfort to own this mitzvah (commandment) that has come to mean so much to me.
Designing a Logo
Dave Middleton 0 A Legacy, jLab, News Design, Logo, Second Century Fund
Designing the Second Century Fund Logo. In this post we explore the design process of the logo: why and how it was created. This a first post of a more experimental series of posts which you will find in future in a section named “jLab”: posts about creative, fun, interesting or random Jewish or congregation-related topics.
Introducing jLab: A page to Experiment
We are introducing a page where we can experiment: jLab. It is a page with blog posts about creative, fun, interesting or random Jewish or congregation-related topics. It is basically a online place where you can post anything that does not fit in the regular structure of this website. The only two rules are: you […]
Through the Looking Glass and Into the Mirror
Rabbi Esther Hugenholtz News, Sermon Bo
We are all called to make Torah our own. This means letting the stories speak to our own lives and bringing our lives to the Torah. Part of being a fully-fledged Jewish citizen – which is what the Bat and Bar Mitzvah process is about – is taking ownership of that legacy. It is yours, mine, ours: the province of all who journey to her.
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Our January 2019 News Bulletin has been published. Read more about what’s going on in our congregation and community. Our Bulletin is published every month. Contact the office if you would like to be on the mailing list.
And God Built Houses For Them
Rabbi Esther Hugenholtz Sermon Shemot
A smart rabbi knows how to separate her vocation from her personal identity.
A wise rabbi knows how to integrate both.
A Call to Authenticity
Rabbi Esther Hugenholtz Sermon Vayechi
As I was typing this sermon, my two beauteous children were chasing each other with foam swords, the living room looks like toys exploded all over it and an ever-insurmountable pile of dishes is guilt-tripping us into washing them. These are of course not the images that make it into the family album or onto the social media account. It is not the story we are comfortable telling about ourselves.
