Shaliyah Messages

Faith in Each Other

Posted on May 22, 2023

by Rebecca Hirschwerk, Director of Congregational Education

The Synagogue School faculty is one of my families. For over fifteen years we have learned together, created together, and shared in the joys and challenges of building community and strengthening a sense …

Spoiler Alert!

Posted on May 15, 2023

by Cantor Eric Schulmiller

“Ben Bag Bag says: Turn it and turn it again, for everything is in it. And in it should you look, and grow old and grey with it; and from it do not move, since there …

From Gan Shalom to Rabbinical School Graduation

Posted on May 8, 2023

by Solomon Hoffman

Dear RSNS,

Later this month, I will be graduating from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College after five years of study. I am excited to be marking this moment with the RSNS community at services this Friday night, and …

Torah from a Second Perspective

Posted on May 1, 2023

by Rabbi Lee Friedlander

Dear Friends,

As attendees of our by-monthly Bible Seminar can attest, my approach to the study of Torah can be categorized as ‘critical’ or ‘scientific.’  Contrary to the belief that the Torah was given, as we …