by Rebecca Hirschwerk – Director of Congregational Education
A day or so after we returned from our annual synagogue school trip to the Ashokan Nature Center I received this letter from a parent:
[Our child] came home and was just …
by Cantor Eric Schulmiller
As a cantor, this is something I intuitively know, but the surprising power of song was reinforced for me last week in two distinct ways. The first was a delightful detective case, inspired by a song …
by Rabbi Lee Friedlander
Dear Friends,
I always look forward to the Shabbat evening service of Thanksgiving Day weekend. It has become my want to present past presidential Thanksgiving Day proclamations going back in fifty-year intervals. I like best studying …
by Susan Liberstein – RSNS President
Giving Tuesday is the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving designated as a day of giving back, a time to show generosity. Many of us have charities that we support and have also given in these …
by Liza Wilson – Executive Director
The exact origin of Friendsgiving is unclear, but it seems the term itself gained popularity in the early 21st century. The rise of social media and the sharing of experiences online may have contributed …
by Adrienne Rosen – Director of Gan Shalom Nursery School
Young children take their comfort and security very seriously. A perfect moment in the day to observe this is at morning drop-off. We see the importance of comfort in the …
by Rabbi Lee Friedlander
Dear Friends,
Like so many of you, I feel that I have sat shiva, and am now coming to the end of sh’loshim, the thirty-day period since the Sh’mini Atseret massacres in Israel. My Shiva observance …
Shalom Long Island community!
My name is Noam Basharti, and I was a shinshin on Long Island and at RSNS during the years of 2018-2019.
I wanted to use this platform to write to you as your friend, as an …
by Rebecca Hirschwerk – Director of Congregational Education
Relationships are at the heart of Judaism. Our stories, our traditions, and our teachings center on how we do the work of Torah as a community. And RSNS is about creating opportunities …
by Susan Liberstein – RSNS President
The following is an account of a meaningful experience that I had recently while in The Netherlands to celebrate my daughter’s graduation. I wrote it before the heinous acts of Hamas in Israel took …
