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Comments from Our Capital Campaign Donors

April 10, 2022 by • Uncategorized • Tags: , •

Below, you will find some of the heartfelt notes we’ve received from those who donated to our Capital Campaign, that attest to the value of our Temple community and to an enduring feeling of connection. For more information on our Capital Campaign or to make a donation, please click here. Note: The video with Temple […]

Temple Sholom Community Seder 2022

March 27, 2022 by • Uncategorized •

Temple Sholom is excited to announce the return of our Community Seder. The Seder will take place on Friday, April 15, 2022 at 5:30 p.m.  (please arrive by 5:15 p.m.) at Temple Sholom (665 W. North, Corner of Monroe & North). Costs are $25 for adults, $15 for students and children. Children under age 6 are free. Reservations, […]

Temple Sholom to offer new “Introduction to Judaism” course

January 8, 2022 by • Uncategorized •

Introduction to Judaism This course, developed by the Union for Reform Judaism, is a multi-session course for adults interested in exploring Jewish life through the lens of Reform Judaism. It encourages students to explore a modern take on Jewish life, and to engage with Jewish values, celebrations, and spirituality. Questions are encouraged and multiple perspectives […]

From the Union For Reform Judaism / Reform Movement

Netflix’s Russian Doll Season 2: Nesting Trauma in Three Generations of Jewish Women

Netflix’s Russian Doll Season 2: Nesting Trauma in Three Generations of Jewish Women jemerman May 18, 2022

Arts and Culture
3 russian dolls, all different sizes
In this season, time is immutable. It can be questioned, but not changed. Family can be understood, but not altered. The self, in this case, the result of intergenerational trauma, must be accepted. In Russian Doll, the only way to see the good in the world is to stop looking back, to stop journeying inward, and to the wake up in the present.

Q&A with Chinese Jewish Advocate and Educator Amy Albertson

Q&A with Chinese Jewish Advocate and Educator Amy Albertson jemerman May 4, 2022

Arts and Culture
Amy Albertson
Amy Albertson (she/her), 30, is a Chinese Jewish advocate and online educator living in Northern California. She works as a social media consultant for Jewish organizations.

Holy Sparks: Celebrating 50 Years of Women in the Rabbinate

Holy Sparks: Celebrating 50 Years of Women in the Rabbinate jemerman April 28, 2022

Current Events
Heddy Breuer Abramowitz, Finding Her Home, 2021
On June 3, 1972, Rabbi Sally Priesand was ordained by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion as the first woman rabbi in North America. To celebrate this milestone in Jewish and American history, HUC's Dr. Bernard Heller Museum in New York partnered with The Braid's Story Archive of Women Rabbis in Los Angeles to create the exhibition "Holy Sparks," presenting 24 ground-breaking women rabbis who were "firsts" in their time.

Combatting Loneliness, Poverty, and Trauma in the Lives of Holocaust Survivors

Combatting Loneliness, Poverty, and Trauma in the Lives of Holocaust Survivors jemerman April 25, 2022

Holocaust
adapt a safta purim party volunteer daniel andhis adapted surviror grandmother luba
Yom HaShoah is also known as Holocaust Remembrance Day and occurs on the 27 th of the month of Nisan. It is a day to commemorate those who perished during the Holocaust and listen to survivors tell their stories. However, as the survivor population ages, many are needing more assistance.