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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
