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Entrance to Temple Sholom on a summer's day.
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Children look on as the sofer explains the process of repairing a Torah scroll
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Sofer with Temple congregants
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Recent updates

Winter Bulleting 2025

March 16, 2025 by • Tags: , •

Winter/Spring 2025 President’s Message: I have a confession to make: I never much liked Chanukah (at least not as an adult). It is perhaps the most militaristic and nationalistic holiday in the Jewish calendar. The Book of Maccabees is so violent — including violence directed by the Maccabees at assimilated Jews — that the Rabbis […]

Fall 2024 Buletin

September 15, 2024 by • Tags: , •

Fall 2024 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE: I’m so honored to have been chosen by you at the Annual Meeting to be the next president of Temple Sholom. The confidence you are placing in me is humbling. I have a tough act to follow! If you see Faye in the coming weeks, please thank her for her incredible […]

Adult Education Events, Fall 2024

August 30, 2024 by • Tags: •

Adult Study/Adult Events for Fall 2024    Sunday, August 11th: Movie screening: Legend of Destruction, before Tisha B’Av, and discussion session afterwards  Saturday, September 14th: Kol Nidre and Demon Bowls – beginning with Havdalah, we will spend this study session exploring the legal and magical roots of Kol Nidre.  For those interested, we will be […]

From the Union For Reform Judaism / Reform Movement

Finding My Place at The Collab

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Read how one high schooler found inspiration, connection, and belonging at the Reform Movement's largest event for Jewish North American teens.

A Chat with Dena Morris Kaufman, NFTY’s First Female President

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Dena Morris Kaufman, NFTY’s first female president, led with the belief that gender should never

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is a Human Right

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Racial Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion (REDI) Communities of Belonging
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As we prepare to commemorate Juneteenth this year, we must pause and realize that we must constantly work to maintain our freedoms and liberties. If not for us, then in service to our descendants and their descendants.

A Shabbat Message

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Israel Peace and Security
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This week, as Shabbat approaches, we gather in community to pray for the shelter of peace in Israel and at home.