Monday night the Orange County Community had the opportunity to hear Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren speak about the Israel Palestinian conflict. This was an opportunity for dialogue to discuss the challenges in Israel at this time, especially in the wake of Israel’s response to the Goldstone report. (more info at http://www.jta.org ) Ambassador Oren was […]
Camp Sholom is Just Around the Corner…
By: Julie Amster The countdown has begun! Only five more months until Camp Sholom 2010 begins. I began my annual Camp Sholom countdowns when I was ten years old–a fourth-grade camper at Camp Sholom. As a Temple Beth Sholom child, I loved my summers of fun, excitement, and Jewish learning. I continued on as a […]
D’var Torah: Beshalach, Shabbat Shirah
By April Akiva, MAJE What is the connection between Tu B’Shevat and the Exodus from Egypt? Each year parashat Beshalach, which recounts the Israelites crossing the Sea of Reeds, coincides with Tu B’Shevat, the Jewish New Year for trees and produce. While on the surface there are no obvious associations between the holiday and the […]
Love From Iraq
Reposted from Rabbi Cohen’s Blog I just got off skype with Daniel, the Captain of the unit Temple Beth Sholom adopted. It was so wonderful to see him and spend some time catching up. All of Daniel’s troops are doing great! In fact, his unit was just given an accommodation for being so well run […]
Relief for Haiti
The News from Haiti has touched all of us and we ask, what can we do to help? The numbers of those in need are beyond comprehension. In the past we have always come together as a Jewish community to reach out in times of disaster, as our tradition teaches to us reach out to […]
Parashat Vayera: What Things in Life Solidify Your Belief in God?
D’var Torah by April Akiva At the age of seventeen, enrolling in an Advanced Placement biology class marked a new chapter in my steadfast relationship with God. While a God who splits seas, speaks out of bushes, and makes elderly women fertile might have sometimes been a bit unbelievable to a questioning teenager, the intricate […]
The Saga Continues at the Kotel
Reposted from Rabbi Cohen’s blog at RavIma.com I was sad today when I read that Anat Hoffman, director of the Israel Religious Action Center, was brought into the Jerusalem police station and interrogated for one hour for her role in the events of Rosh Chodesh Kislev. In December, Nofrat Frenkel, an Israeli medical student and […]
Rabbi Shelly Donnell’s New Year’s Reflection – The Walls of Jerusalem
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, […]
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 […]
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