Today I am a man!” It is immediately recognizable. It is a cultural phenomenon. It is a term known to Jews and non-Jews alike and a source of endless jokes, of too-frequent and ostentatious excess, of caricature and misunderstanding. It has become so ubiquitous in the media that both The Simpsons and Frasier have featured Continue Reading »
This post is reposted from a post by Rabbi Laura Geller, our rabbinical colleague at Temple Emanuel in Beverly Hills, CA, from Huffingtonpost.com. We present it to you as a reflection from Torah on September 11, eleven years after the tragic day in 2001 when our nation was struck by terror. May we never forget. Continue Reading »
This blog post is excerpted from a sermon shared by Rabbi Robert Nosanchuk at Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, during Shabbat services on Friday, September 7, 2012, immediately after the conclusion of the Republican and Democratic National Party Conventions of 2012. In this talk, he is responding to the new development of seeing prominent rabbis speaking Continue Reading »
This D’var Torah on our Torah portion Ki Teitzei, was offered by Tom Roese at his August 31, 2012 adult Bar Mitzvah at Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple. We invite reply and dialogue on Tom’s offering, and encourage those interested in the next Adult Bar Mitzvah class to come to a sample session and information night Continue Reading »
I just received an excerpt from an article written by Dr. Marc Weissbluth’s book, Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child. In it he outlines several different methods to help you and your child get a good night’s sleep. I will pass on other ideas as the year goes on: “Sleep Rules” are a strategy Dr. Weissbluth Continue Reading »
With Rosh Hashanah coming, here is a simple sweet blog post on “If Not Now, When?” just containing a you-tube video link, reposted from RJ Blog, where Jewish chef Tina Wasserman guides you if you would like to make a special traditional Rosh Hashanah round challah. We hope you’ll enjoy and may the new year be sweet, and filled Continue Reading »
Dr. Chris Seiple is the President of the Institute on Global Engagement in Washington, D.C. He will be presenting the annual Stern Social Action lecture during our Yom Kippur observances at Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple on September 26th. His title for his talk on Yom Kippur is: “Engaging the Other on the Global and Local Continue Reading »
Matt Nosanchuk, a cousin of our Senior Rabbi Robert Nosanchuk, served as our guest speaker at Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple this past June on Friday, June 22, 2012. He spoke about his work in the civil rights division of the Department of Justice, as a senior counselor to the Attorney General and the Obama Administration Continue Reading »
Did you see Aly Raisman’s gymnastic floor routine in the Olympics? For us especially at temple, with Aly being a child from a sister synagogue in Newton, Massachusetts, seeing her exalt and show her capabilities was especially uplifting. Hava Nagila – indeed! Come let us raise up our hearts. Hava N’ranana – Come let us Continue Reading »
Psalm 150 sounds different in Spanish. Singing from a small worn hymnal, an El Salvadorian pastor sang us songs from his tradition while we stood, a group of sweaty, dirt ridden and inspired young rabbinical students from across the United States, in a circle. After a short while, his father and daughter joined in on Continue Reading »
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