Statement from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association on COVID-19
Statement from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association
on Communal Gatherings during COVID-19 Pandemic
Judaism
Resources and Best Wishes For Passover from TBS
by Rabbi Carl Choper, Temple Beth Shalom
Passover begins the night of Wednesday April 8 and continues for the next 8 days until it is dark on Thursday April 16. During those days we avoid eating khumetz (leavening - any forms of grain other than matzah, yeast, and traditionally also…
Seder Behind Bars: Area Prisoners Celebrate Freedom Story of Passover
by Mary Klaus
Jewish prisoners especially appreciate the Passover story of Moses leading the slaves out of Egypt to freedom.
While most Harrisburg-area Jews will attend Seders in homes or synagogues next month, about 20 Jewish inmates at the State Correctional Institute in Camp Hill will a…
Audience Feels “Burning Love” for Elvis Megillah
By Mary Klaus
Some Jews chant the Megillah. Others read it in a singsong voice.
A group of fun-loving Temple Ohev Sholom members crooned it, sang it, and even danced it in a style that would have been right at home at Elvis Presley’s Graceland, but seemed boldly unusual and wonderfully h…
Synagogues: Past, Present, and Future
by Rabbi Peter Kessler, Temple Ohev Sholom
I remember a time when I was a young child back in Chicago, at least 50 or 55 years ago. My mother was preparing dinner in the kitchen; my dad was already home from work and was horse playing with my brothers and I in the living room. The phone…