From the Rabbi's Desk

What does it mean to be a good person? When we look in the mirror do we see within ourselves goodness or something that gives us pause and hurt? When we are lying in our beds at night and reviewing our days do we feel good about the choices we’ve made, the actions we’ve taken and the words we’ve said? These are all questions that matter. It matters that, as caring and thinking people, we are reflective and...Read more...

For the past few weeks we’ve been gathering on Wednesday nights at the synagogue to rehearse as a band for our upcoming performance at the Mitzvot Auction. We’re having lots of fun and I cannot wait for you to come and see us perform, hang out with friends, enjoy some good food, raise money for OVS and get the High Holiday season started. One artist we’re playing is Tom Petty. We’re going to be performing two of his songs. One we’re...Read more...

This past Tuesday, we began the period of time known as the “Three Weeks”. Each summer, the Jewish people observe a three-week period of semi-mourning through which we mourn something that, for our ancestors, once existed, and for us was never a reality. To mourn the destruction of the Temples in Jerusalem is to be a Jew and is to be a part of our community that recognizes communal grief matters. In 70 CE, we lost our national identity...Read more...