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May 24, 2023

Dear Friends, Friday is Shavuot, and in the coming days, we have many opportunities to celebrate our Summer Harvest Festival (more on this in a moment). First, a little history. Shavuot celebrates the

May 17, 2023

Dear Friends, Please join us this Sunday, May 21 at 5:00 as we celebrate Melissa Wolfson and her 15 years of devotion and service to HCRJ. Throughout these wonderful years,

May 10, 2023

Dear Friends, In this week’s Torah portion, we are reminded of value and importance of taking a break. Our weekly Sabbath and the Sabbatical year, reflect early understandings of the need

May 3, 2023

Dear Friends, It has been said that a good teacher is like a candle. Like a candle, a teacher consumes itself to light the way for others. ~ Anonymous At

April 27, 2023

Dear Friends, This Friday, we will be celebrating Yom Ha’atzmaut (Israeli Independence Day), and in solidarity with Jews all over the world, we recognize and honor the centrality of the

April 19, 2023

Dear Friends, Yesterday was Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. With music, ritual, prayer and memorial readings congregations and communities around the world spent time remembering the 11 million people who

April 12, 2023

Dear Friends, Many Jews around the world are currently observing a sacred period of the Jewish calendar year called, “the Counting of the Omer.” This observance is based on the

April 5, 2023

Dear Friends, Tonight will mark the first night of Passover, and as we gather for Seder meals, Jews across the globe will engage in recounting our story of our ancestral

March 29, 2023

Dear Friends, Passover begins with the first seder on Wednesday, April 5th, but Jews around the world begin preparing for Passover many weeks ahead of time. One way to prepare

March 22, 2023

Dear Friends, In this week’s Torah portion, we find the smallest letter in the entire Torah. Commentators suggest that this small letter, which is referred to as the “shrunken ALEF,”

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