JOIN US FOR THIS MONTH’S ACTIONS FOR TIKKUN OLAM AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN GREATER BOSTON! Thank you to everyone who attended “The Climate Crisis: What’s Our Role in 2020?” This month’s opportunities include Tikkun Olam Tuesday, a visit to Family Table, and voter registration for new citizens. Do you have a volunteering or social justice event you’d …
Alberta Lipson This was the 5th Kallah my husband, Roger, and I participated in. We joined TOS 6 years ago, having been members of a large, reform synagogue in Boston for 30 plus years. After retiring from my full-time job, I felt the need for a smaller religious community. We looked around and decided on …
Dear TOS Community, We have learned that some people received an erroneous email from someone pretending to be “Rabbi Berkman” yesterday. If you receive an email that looks as though it comes from Rabbi Berkman and asks you to help her by purchasing gift cards, please do not respond. (No gift cards please!) Just delete …
Come to one of our January events, or help plan our actions in February and March! socialaction@ohabei.org Friday, January 17, 7:30 pm: MLK Interfaith Shabbat Service Temple Ohabei Shalom’s Friday night Shabbat service will be held at Temple Sinai this evening, as The Brookline Interfaith Clergy Association and Temple Sinai welcome the entire community for …
Rabbi Audrey Marcus Berkman Dear Friends, On this eighth day of Hanukkah, we are to carry with us the bountiful, beautiful light we created during Chag Urim (the Festival of Lights) and bring it outward into the world; and yet today, we also hold the anguish and anxiety of a time of increased antisemitic violence …
Rabbi Schaefer Hanukkah means dedication. The name for this festival comes from the actions of the Maccabees after they defeated the Greeks. After finding the temple in ruins, the Maccabees clean it up and rededicate the temple by lighting the menorah. I’ve been thinking a lot about the spiritual significance of Hanukkah and why we …
Rabbi Daniel Schaefer Last night I had the privilege of attending an event with members of our synagogue inclusion committee and the Ruderman Synagogue Inclusion Project. The Ruderman Foundation has supported our inclusion work here at TOS and they’ve recently expanded their inclusion work to mental health, as well. Unfortunately, we know from studies and personal …
This past Sunday, Rabbi Berkman had the chance to guest DJ for Chagigah, the WERS radio station featuring Jewish music and culture. Want to hear her guest spot? Listen below…
In honor of this #ShowUpForShabbat, on the one-year anniversary of the attack on the Tree of Life synagogue Rabbi Audrey Marcus Berkman Thank you for “showing up for Shabbat” tonight. To mindfully mark time and to notice where we are now in relation to where we have been, and where we hope to go – …
