…the need for a new shul within walking distance. The area teemed with Jewish life. There were synagogues, Hebrew schools, a Jewish community center, and such shops as Irving’s Candy…
Assistant Rabbi, Director of Community Engagement Rav Leah supports Rav Claudia in leading services, pastoral care, and life-cycle events. Her main portfolio is community engagement; she leads our efforts in…
…and prayer; where we come to deepen our commitment to justice and compassion; and a place we come to help each other live lives of meaning and purpose. We are…
…we don’t separate ourselves by background and are not affiliated with any traditional branch of Judaism. I believe our community is a living organism that can flourish through commitment and…
…to whatever is arising in the present moment, intentionally practicing compassion toward ourselves and opening to experience, to being alive in the present, to being non-judgmental, and to graciously embracing…
…tefillin Field trips, including to the Mayyim Hayyim Community Mikveh Frequently Asked Questions about B’Mitzvah I’ve always heard Bar or Bat Mitzvah? What’s B’Mitzvah? Hebrew is a gendered language, which…
…one of my dear friends and colleagues is in a combat unit in the north of Israel, and her daughter is in a combat unit in the south. But my…
…have resulted in lasting friendships. Creating a social network can help to identify members in need and find ways in which the Hesed Community can support them. As a community,…
…as food from a communal kitchen called tamchui), or personal contact in times of need (such as visiting the sick, bikkur cholim). The purest form of compassion (hesed shel emet)…