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Town Menorah Lighting
Join Rabbi Meeka at Town Hall and celebrate the Holiday with Song, Dance, and Donuts!
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Regarding Today’s Shooting Tragedy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
We are saddened and horrified by the hate crime and act of terrorism that happened this Shabbat Morning at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. Our thoughts go out to the families of the victims, the staff and members of…
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Yom Kippur: Ultimate Forgiveness
“What would you do if you woke up one morning, to find a huge swastika spray-painted on your garage or front door? How would you react?” That was a question posted in one of the rabbinic list-serve discussion boards to…
Read MoreErev Yom Kippur: #MeToo
In the more traditional and Orthodox prayer books, there is a paragraph that Jewish men are supposed to recite every morning. It declares the following: “Baruch atah Adonai E.M.Ha.O she’lo asani eesha,” “Blessed are you, Adonai our God, King of…
Read MoreRosh Ha’shana, Day 2 Sermon: 9/11
I was just sitting down to drink my morning coffee back in California, trying to wake up at 6:00 am, when my sister called me from Israel—unusually early. “I wonder if she got the time difference wrong again?” I thought…
Read MoreOur First Paws Shabbat
We LOVE the outdoors at Temple Beth Tikvah! Friday 6/29 we celebrated Shabbat Under the Stars. Thank you Sue W. and Emily S. for overseeing this evening! And today, Saturday 7/7 we celebrated our “Furry Friends” with Paws 🐾 Shabbat….
Read MoreResponding to Current Events in our Borders
Our Jewish tradition calls on us to welcome the stranger…
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In Their Honor
Memorial Day may not be a Jewish holiday per se, but the concept of remembering and honoring our brave military people who risk, and sometimes give, their lives in service to the rest of us is certainly a Jewish value….
Read MorePrayer, Music, and Kabbalah Dvar Torah, Shabbat Muzikali
My short teaching on this Shabbat is 2 fold: tonight I’ll share with you some thoughts and quotes from the world of prayer, the world of song and Jewish Mysticism. In a way, prayer is a song: it’s a song…
Read MoreAnimals Teach Us the Meaning of “Oneness.”
Parshat Emor, 5/4/18 While writing this sermon, I had in mind our 4th Graders who co-lead the service with the guidance of their teachers, Ms. Beth Julie, and our educator, Ms. Marian Kleinman. They did such an amazing job: everyone’s…
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