August 2024 | Tammuz/Av 5784

Dear B’nai Shalom members, families, and friends: While summertime is a time of great joy, pleasure, and relaxation for many people, there is a portion of the summer that does not match the joyfulness that often accompanies the summertime. As you will be reading this,...

July 2024 | Sivan/Tammuz 5784

Dear B’nai Shalom members, families, and friends: As you are reading this bulletin, we will be about halfway between the joyous festival of Shavuot, (behind us) and the sadness-filled fast day of Shiva Asar B’Tammuz, coming up in just a few weeks. There is ALWAYS...

June 2024 | Iyar/Sivan 5784

Dear B’nai Shalom members, friends, and families: Having recently returned from (what I discovered was my…) 25th trip to Eretz Yisrael, I would like to share with you a number of observations and points of interest from our trip. I hope you will find this helpful,...

May 2024 | Nissan/Iyar 5784

Dear B’nai Shalom members, friends, and families: When we completed the Fast of Esther just before Purim, we found ourselves in the longest stretch on the Jewish calendar until the NEXT fast day: Shiva Asar B’Tammuz, the 17th day of Tammuz, four months away. This is...

April 2024 | Adar II/Nissan 5784

Dear B’nai Shalom members, families, and friends: Although the joyous and festive holiday of Purim has only just concluded, we nonetheless turn our attention (as always) to the custom-filled and traditionally-rich holiday of Passover immediately. I share the following...