Temple Beth Sholom - A Jewish Center of Life, Learning and Connections in Orange County, CA
A Jewish Center of Life, Learning and Connections serving OC Reform Jewery since 1943
I want to express my deepest gratitude to all the contributors and readers of the 5781 Echoes of Elul. A heartfelt thanks to all, whose generosity and effort keep the Echoes alive! May we all have a healthy and happy new year. L’shanah tova Risè Kirbo Special thanks to: Soni Sanberg, Yanir Dekel, Ruth Irving, […]
Anonymous Elul, a time of dread to me. Like in a movie when you hear the ominous background music while people are having fun. Something dreadful is about to happen and everyone is oblivious. I am headed for the High Holy Days where something profound “should” happen. But unlike my movie friends, I know it. […]
Schedule a Memorial Wall Visit Many Jews make a point of visiting loved ones’ graves during the month of Elul. Visiting the graves of loved ones, during the High Holy Days, helps connect us to the holidays’ themes of renewal, repentance, reflection, and growth through memories of our loved ones. During these times, our movements […]
Cantor David Reinwald One thing that some of my TBS community may not know about me is that I also have a degree in media, was an award-winning news radio competitor in high school, and from that, have continued a hobby in radio and podcasting to this very day. My off-and-on podcast Tropeful (www.tropeful.net) was […]
ROUND Holiday Challah To-Go! September 18th from 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. We had an amazing time ushering in Shabbat on 8/21 with Congresswoman Porter and on 9/4 with all our High Holy Day committees! On behalf of the membership committee and all attendees, we want to extend another huge thank you to those who […]
Simchat Torah will be Saturday, October 10th, with Havdalah and the Simchat Torah service at 6:00 pm via Zoom. We will pass Torah from house to house by having families (of all ages!) sign up to receive your own letter from the Alef-Bet and then create something with that letter: art, a poem, a story, […]
Barry Levinson How to describe my mom? She was a giving, caring mom who throughout my life was always there for me. My mom’s early years were filled with much hardship. Her mom and dad divorced during the depression. She was about 15 at the time. Much of the responsibly of raising her younger sister […]
Mitch Cohen, TBS President (The world was created in 3761 BCE + 2020 = 5781 CE) I look at those numbers and try to wrap my head around such a long span of time. I’m 51 years-old, so I’ve only been around for 0.8% of the time that Judaism has been a religion. The Reform […]
Anonymous Elul, a time of reflection, “soul accountability,” time to take stock of thoughts and conversations of the past year. This Elul sends me to thoughts of isolation. Isolation leads to an increase in inner thought, that then leads to the opportunity for inner reflection that is wrapped inside of silence. If true, we have […]
by martin nakell shofar as oceans are mountains are skies are winds are rivers of languages gush forth are pressures are release are lost are opened are eons to now’s are timeless are sourceless are inevitable are what we have been waiting for are turbulence are crazy speed are poems are yourself are yourself are […]
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