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December 2, 2025
As we look forward to the celebration of Hanukkah, three words tend to dominate: gifts, lights, and miracles. We search for presents for our children and grandchildren. We clean our …
November 6, 2025
Thank God. Thank God the hostages are home. If we had not gotten them back now, two weeks ago as of this writing, I certainly would have been here speaking …
October 6, 2025
Some may think the above headline would apply to the physical rebuilding of battered communities across Israel – from kibbutzim near the southern edge of Gaza, to small towns bordering …
September 26, 2025
The latest chapter in the Kesher Nir Oz partnership took place on September 7 at the Bender JCC as our community welcomed returned hostage and hero of Israel, Gadi Moses, (age …
September 2, 2025
In our Jewish tradition, the month of Elul, preceding Rosh Hashanah, is a time for preparation for the High Holidays. We listen each day to the sound of the shofar, …
June 9, 2025
On Sunday, May 11, our congregation celebrated Yom Ha’Atzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day, with a love-filled and voices-lifted program featuring our Religious School students in grades K-5. Our shaliach, Yoel Gleizer, …
April 22, 2025
As the 39th World Jewish Congress Election continues, with voting open until May 4, we asked Mercaz representative Tammy Gottlieb, vice chair of Women of the Wall and member of …
April 4, 2025
At the first World Zionist Congress in November 1897, Theodor Herzl proclaimed his vision for the reestablishment of the State of Israel as a homeland for the Jewish people. Fifty …
March 24, 2025
David Speer recently spoke to Beth El members at an event hosted by Beth El’s Men’s Club and sponsored by the Am Yisrael Chai committee to share insights on the …
February 26, 2025
By Aryeh Portnoy. The terror attacks in Israel on October 7, 2023 that resulted in the murder of roughly 1,200 people, the kidnapping of more than 250, and the destruction …
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