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Archive: May 2022

Tochacha, Protest, and Building Moments of Faith
Posted on May 27, 2022

Tochacha, Protest, and Building Moments of Faith

This Shabbat we complete the third book of Torah, the book of Leviticus, with parashat Bechukotai. After being told the rewards that they will receive if they follow God’s laws and faithfully observe God’s commandments, God tells the Israelites: But if you do not obey Me and do not observe all these commandments, if you …

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Choose Life: A Poem for Uvalde
Posted on May 24, 2022

Choose Life: A Poem for Uvalde

Rabbi Audrey Marcus Berkman The sky was bright blue as it often is somehow when somewhere someway death interrupts: The shock of someplace something awful but not here but yes, here: I feel it pulsing just under my skin if I close my eyes because anyway the sky is too bright the sun is too …

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Everything I Learned about Being a Rabbi I Learned from the Boston Celtics
Posted on May 24, 2022

Everything I Learned about Being a Rabbi I Learned from the Boston Celtics

Rabbi Daniel Schaefer Shabbat Shalom. A special welcome to our guests from Milwaukee. I apologize in advance for my topic this evening. As I approach the end of my tenure at Ohabei Shalom, I have been reflecting on my four years with this wonderful community. It has been a great privilege to serve this Temple …

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Shabbat evening speakers – February 4 and February 11, 2022
Posted on February 18, 2022

Shabbat evening speakers – February 4 and February 11, 2022

TOS was fortunate to recently have 2 speaking events following Friday night Shabbat services. On February 4th, the TOS Brotherhood’s Ben Adler Health Initiative featured Dr. Sharon Levine. Sharon A. Levine, M.D. is the Section Head for Geriatrics in the Division of Palliative Care and General Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital.  A nationally known expert in geriatrics …

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Healing and Hope: A Message from Rabbi Berkman
Posted on January 19, 2022

Healing and Hope: A Message from Rabbi Berkman

Dear Temple Ohabei Shalom community, I write to you with relief and immense gratitude that Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker and members of Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas were reunited with their loved ones last night after being held hostage at the synagogue by a terrorist who entered while they were livestreaming their Shabbat morning service. …

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Taking Action to Support the Most Vulnerable in the New Year with IsraAID
Posted on September 20, 2021

Taking Action to Support the Most Vulnerable in the New Year with IsraAID

Following the devastating earthquake in Haiti, at least 684,000 people are in urgent need of assistance. IsraAID’s emergency response team is currently on the ground, distributing vital relief items and providing psychological first aid. Like Haiti, vulnerable communities around the world are severely impacted by ongoing and new emergencies. Many of IsraAID’s beneficiaries have faced …

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Links to Help the People of Afghanistan and Haiti
Posted on August 27, 2021

Links to Help the People of Afghanistan and Haiti

American Jewish World Service (AJWS) has an online campaign to send contributions to help the people of Haiti. www.ajws.org The Ayiti Community Trust is a Haitian-led relief organization. https://ayiticommunitytrust.org/ HIAS has multiple actions that individuals and communities can take to help people in peril in Afghanistan and to support refugees coming to the US. https://www.hias.org/crisis-afghanistan-how-you-can-help …

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From Camp to Conferences: New Jewish Music From My Soul For Yours
Posted on August 23, 2021

From Camp to Conferences: New Jewish Music From My Soul For Yours

Joshua C. Cohen I am beyond excited and honored to be entering my fifth High Holy Days as the Music Educator here at Temple Ohabei Shalom. Jewish music has been a part of my life ever since I was a little kid. From attending Friday Night Services with my mother to countless Jewish conferences and …

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Congregation – A Poem by Rabbi Audrey Marcus Berkman
Posted on June 17, 2021

Congregation – A Poem by Rabbi Audrey Marcus Berkman

Written June 10, 2021, for Temple Ohabei Shalom on the occasion of returning to our building on Beacon Street after 15 months. When we outgrew cloud and fire we built a place with our hands and all that we could bring — strong enough to hold You, and us, and what we were to each …

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