Posted on September 6, 2023
Yom Kippur 2022 Sermons “On Shame and Forgiveness” Sermon for Kol Nidre 5783/2022, by Rabba Kaya Stern-Kaufman The following is a Midrash – a Rabbinic Legend: On the 6th day of creation, when God was ready to create human beings, God decided to give human beings a special gift. Each one of them would receive Continue Reading »
Posted on September 6, 2023
Rosh Hashanah 2022 Sermon & Video “Dor Hamidbar – The Wilderness Generation” Sermon for Rosh Hashanah Day 1, by Rabba Kaya Stern-Kaufman The wonderful Hebrew poet Zelda wrote a poem about names- about how each person carries many names based on their experiences, their behaviors, their gifts and their limitations. She writes: Each of us Continue Reading »
Posted on September 6, 2023
Yom Kippur 2021 Sermons “Telling Our Stories” Sermon for Kol Nidre, by Rabba Kaya Stern-Kaufman We have choices. Our lives are a series of choices that have brought us all individually and collectively to this moment. Brukhim Habaim-Welcome to this moment! In our foundational origin story, when Adam and Chava eat from the Tree of the Continue Reading »
Posted on September 6, 2023
Rosh Hashanah 2021 Multimedia Missed part of the High Holidays? View our services or read through these resources. Erev Rosh Hashanah Seder Rosh Hashanah Day 1 Service Rosh Hashanah Day 2 Service See All 2021 High Holiday Videos Just the Highlights Rosh Hashanah 2021 Sermons & Highlights “I Love to Walk” Sermon for Rosh Continue Reading »
Posted on September 6, 2023
High Holidays 2020 Videos and Sermons Missed part of the High Holidays? View our services or read through these resources. Rosh Hashanah 2020 Rosh Hashanah Day 1 “Pregnant with Possibilities” Read the sermon (PDF) Rosh Hashanah Day 2 “The Unbinding of Isaac” Watch the sermon | Read the sermon Yom Kippur 2020 Kol Nidre “The Suppleness of Continue Reading »
Posted on August 14, 2023
Shalom, The High Holidays are coming up! If you plan to attend High Holiday services at Temple Israel, either virtually or in person, we need to know! So please sign up today. Learn More About High Holidays at TIP Register for High Holiday Tickets Register for the Yom Kippur Community Break-Fast If you need assistance Continue Reading »
Posted on July 5, 2023
Please join us for a Tisha b’Av Gathering in the Temple Israel Chapel. On the fast day of Tisha b’Av (the ninth day of the Hebrew month Av), we recall the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem and we grieve for the many losses endured by the Jewish people throughout the ages. In our days Continue Reading »
Posted on June 20, 2023
Back by popular demand! Last year’s event was a huge success and we’re going bigger and better this year. Join us as we mark the end of the summer with an afternoon of live music, crafts, games, food, and much more! Mark your calendars, and bring your sunscreen for this end of summer bash! LIVE Continue Reading »
Posted on June 20, 2023
JULY 21 SERVICE WILL BE HELD INDOORS IN THE SANCTUARY (due to the weather forecast) Please join us this summer at Strawbery Banke for three Kabbalat Shabbat services led by Rabba Kaya Stern-Kaufman. Bring a dairy / pareve / vegetarian picnic dinner and your own lawn chair. Services will be live streamed on the TIP Continue Reading »
Posted on May 24, 2023
Let’s Celebrate Shavuot Sign up on the website calendar to join us for any of the following Shavuot observances: Thursday, May 25, 6:30 pm, Shavuot Dairy Potluck 8:00 pm, Night of Learning Shavuot celebrates the giving of the Ten Commandments. In keeping with Jewish tradition, we welcome the holiday with dairy foods and Torah study. Bring Continue Reading »
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