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 …
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 …
Events and Resources for Education and Celebration (Resources compiled by the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association) Second Annual Juneteenth Kabbalat Shabbat – Friday, June 18, 2021, 5pm ET Celebrate the holiday of Juneteenth, cohosted by Reconstructing Judaism and Be’chol Lashon, featuring Rabbi Sandra Lawson and more. Cosponsored by 18 Doors, JCC Manhatten, One Table, PJ Library, URJ, …
Rabbi Audrey Marcus Berkman, Rabbi Daniel Schaefer, Shari Churwin We’re writing today with an update on our TOS operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. As so much is changing, here at TOS we are also beginning to plan for more in-person events. As a Jewish organization, we continue to be guided by our sacred values of …
I’ve loved reading the words of fellow TOS congregants over the last six weeks. And it’s gotten me thinking about the searching—the wandering—that so many of us do to find a place to call our Jewish “home.” For me, an authentic Jewish home is a community of searchers where I can bring my full Jewish …
I happened upon the Trust Center, and by extension Temple Ohabei Shalom, shortly after my second son was born. My two and a half year old son was doing all the things that kids do when a new baby comes home and I knew he needed a higher quality preschool program. From my limited research, …
I grew up in Clinton, a small Central MA town with only one synagogue, founded in 1927 by my grandfather, his older brother, and their peers. We never had more than 20 Jewish families, and Rabbis never seemed to stay long. Papa Louis was either leading services from the Bimah, or sitting in the right …
Fawn and Mike met at Wesleyan over 25 years ago this September and will have been married 22 years this June. Together, they have raised Celeste, who celebrated her Bat Mitzvah at TOS last year and Max, who after discovering a love textual analysis in “You, the Jury” has became a regular at Torah study. …
Although I have always strongly identified as a Jew I did not grow up with strong ties to, or feelings about, Israel. And this lasted well into my adulthood. When my daughter came home from her confirmation class’s trip to the URJ’s Religious Action Center in Washington DC and told her parents she wanted to …
