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Sins and Sinners

(Shabbat Zakhor 5777 / 11 March 5777)

Purim: a holiday of masks and costumes whose motto, taken from the end of the Megillah, is וְנַֽהֲפוֹךְ הוּא, “everything turned upside down.”[1] Nothing is what it seems. The synagogue sanctuary… Read More

Posted: March 11, 2017 by

Lifting Toppled Stones to Become a Sanctuary

Terumah 5777/4 March 2017

Thank God for Shabbat! This has been a long and emotional week for our Philadelphia Jewish community. On Sunday, the Mt. Carmel Cemetery was vandalized, then on Monday, JCCs in… Read More

Posted: March 6, 2017 by

Mazel Tov to Lex!

Please join us this Shabbat for the Bar Mitzvah of new congregant Alexander Winitsky. In addition to Torah reading from Lex’s entire family, the Haftarah will be chanted by Lex’s… Read More

Posted: March 1, 2017 by

Standing Against Hate

In recent days, events in the Philadelphia Jewish community have left us feeling heartbroken, frightened, and angered. On Sunday, it was discovered that several hundred graves had been vandalized at… Read More

Posted: March 1, 2017 by and

Everything We Need to Go Free

Shabbat Shira 5777/11 February 2017

Ozi V’Zimrat Yah, Vay’hi Li Lishua   [song] “My Strength and the Song of God will be my salvation.” -Exodus 15:2 Shabbat Shalom. I am grateful to the Sisterhood of… Read More

Posted: February 16, 2017 by
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