From Rabbi Rose
Shalom Temple Beth Shalom, Every night, when I put Delilah to bed, we listen to an audiobook from the Harry Potter series. Which one of the seven books do we listen to, you may ask? All of them, in a row, then…we start over. We have been doing this together almost every night for her […]
From Rabbi Rose
Shalom Temple Beth Shalom, I am so looking forward to celebrating our High Holy Days together as we approach 5787! To prepare for our upcoming High Holy Days, I have been meditating on the traditional psalms we focus on during this preparatory month of Elul. During my reflections, I keep coming back to the instruction in […]
From Rabbi Rose
Shalom, Temple Beth Shalom! One of the many jobs I had during my studies at Brown University was working as a certified kickboxing instructor. I taught boot camp aerobics six times a week to students and staff, and not surprisingly, my knees have still not recovered! I taught a very challenging class, and none of […]
From Rabbi Rose
Thank YOU for filling the sanctuary for Maya’s bat mitzvah. I am so glad our community’s culture is shifting, and you all feel welcome and encouraged to attend every bat/bar/b mitzvah we are blessed to celebrate at TBS. Every mitzvah is a simchah, a communal joy, a celebration of our whole community’s covenant with Torah. It […]
Year One in the Books!
In reflecting on my first year (!) serving as your rabbi, one of the greatest blessings has been working so closely with our TBS President, Steve Berlin. Steve Berlin is a mensch’s mensch who walks into a room and, within ten minutes, has connected with everyone. Steve’s superpower is shmoozing, and he uses his “gift […]
Mother’s Day
A man calls his mother: “Mom, how are you?” “Not too good,” she says. “I’ve been very weak.” “Why are you so weak?” he asks. “Because I haven’t eaten in 38 days.” “That’s terrible! Why haven’t you eaten?” “Because I didn’t want my mouth to be filled with food if you should call.” Like so […]
Passover is Weird
Last spring, I sat on a particularly memorable beit din (a panel of rabbis who make religious decisions) to approve a conversion. When we asked the candidate, a joyful man in his early 30s about to welcome his first child, which holiday he appreciates most, he said, “Passover.” When I asked why, he replied, “I […]
Religious School
On behalf of the religious school community, we congratulate Cantor Rabbi Kelly Onickel on her ordination! We are excited to celebrate with her at Shabbat services on Friday, May 1. The celebration continues Sunday, May 3, when all are invited to a concert and festive luncheon. Students will participate in the presentation on May 3 […]
Religious School
Our Wicked Purim Party last month was a fun-filled celebration of the month of Adar!Thank you to everyone who participated, especially all who volunteered with setting up, food service and cleaning up. It really does take a village. With that, Passover is already upon us! Dan and I wish you all a wonderful Passover holiday […]
Cantor’s Corner
Truth (אֱמֶת Emet) What is considered “truth” today can be very murky. In a world where the majority of our information comes to us in 1-to-3-minute bites and very few of us actually take the time to read an article or research one of those bites of information, it can be very difficult to really […]