Jerusalem is a city with high walls. Circling the Old City, Suleiman the Magnificent built the fortified walls that form the familiar backdrop for so many postcard views of the holy city. It is also the view that I see daily from my bedroom window. Now, how much is that worth in real estate terms…location, […]
Author Archive | Rabbi Heidi Cohen
Joseph’s Character by Cantorial Soloist Mark Thompson
Inspiration sometimes comes from strange places. The other night I was surfing the web, checking out movie reviews in anticipation of our family’s annual Christmas Eve cinema extravaganza when I stumbled upon an article which contained what I thought was a wise and thoughtful meditation on life. This was especially surprising because it came from […]
TBS Student’s Mitzvah Project
I am very proud of Josh Green and his friends from this year’s B’nei Mitzvah class and from his neighborhood and school who came together recently to make blankets for Orangewood. It all started when Josh came to class one Sunday morning and asked them to join him at his house for a blanket making […]
Special Shabbat with Captain Daniel Schilleci LIVE VIDEO from Iraq
Join us tonight as we chat LIVE with Captain Daniel Schilleci in Iraq! Captain Shilleci is the commanding officer of the unit Temple Beth Sholom has adopted during their current tour of duty. We are excited to bring him into our services tonight as we celebrate the last night of Chanukah, welcome in Shabbat, and […]
Reaching out to the Santa Ana Community Center
Monday night brought tragedy to the Southwest Community Center in Santa Ana. A fire broke out before midnight in the part of the building where gifts and food had been stored. Hundreds of crates of food and stockings for a holiday party this coming weekend were destroyed along with other donations. The center was expecting […]
To Blog or Not To Blog
Welcome to the Temple Beth Sholom Blog! While I would say this is the first blog for TBS, it’s not really true. There have been TBS blogs before – the diaries from our congregational trips to Israel, the Post Confirmation Trip to New York and other random posts about life at TBS. However, this is […]