TOS Kallah 2020: A Communal and Spiritual Experience
01/30/2020 08:26:20 AM
This was the 5th Kallah my husband, Roger, and I participated in. We joined TOS 6 years ago, having been members of a large, reform synagogue in Boston for 30 plus years. After retiring from my full-time job, I felt the need for a smaller religious community. We looked around and decided on...Read more...
Alert: Potential Scam/Phishing Emails
01/23/2020 12:30:55 PM
Dear TOS Community,
We have learned that some people received an erroneous email from someone pretending to be “Rabbi Berkman” yesterday. If you receive an email that looks as though it comes from Rabbi Berkman and asks you to help her by purchasing gift cards, please do not respond. (No gift cards please!) Just delete the email, and ignore it.
Thanks to the many people who contacted Rabbi Berkman or the TOS office about...Read more...
Social Action at Temple Ohabei Shalom: January News
01/06/2020 02:58:14 PM
Social Action at Temple Ohabei Shalom
News and Events: January 2020
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A Message from Rabbi Berkman in Response to Recent Antisemitic Incidents
12/30/2019 01:25:03 PM
Dear Friends,
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Hanukkah: Honoring the Work We've Done
12/20/2019 01:44:38 PM
Hanukkah means dedication. The name for this festival comes from the actions of the Maccabees after they defeated the Greeks. After finding the temple in ruins, the Maccabees clean it up and rededicate the temple by lighting the menorah.
I’ve been thinking a lot about the...Read more...
Building an Inclusive Community
12/09/2019 01:20:14 PM
Last
night I had the privilege of attending an event with members of our synagogue inclusion committee and the Ruderman Synagogue Inclusion Project. The Ruderman Foundation has supported our inclusion work here at TOS and they've recently expanded their inclusion work to mental...Read more...
Rabbi Berkman as Guest DJ
11/19/2019 01:06:17 PM
This past Sunday, Rabbi Berkman had the chance to guest DJ for Chagigah, the WERS radio station featuring Jewish music and culture. Want to hear her guest spot? Listen below...
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Dvar Torah - Parashat Bereishit: In honor of this #ShowUpForShabbat, on the one-year anniversary of the attack on the Tree of Life synagogue
10/25/2019 01:26:18 PM
Thank you for “showing up for Shabbat” tonight. To mindfully mark time and to notice where we are now in relation to where we have been, and where we hope to go - that is a distinctively Jewish act....Read more...
Acting Executive Director & Education Director: The Role of a Lifetime
10/22/2019 06:41:48 PM
When I watched the Emmy’s a few weeks ago, I was struck by all of the thank-you’s. Every actor, writer, director, costume designer – their first reaction was to say thank you to everyone who supported them along the way. It was clear that none of them could have achieved their success without a...Read more...
Learning the Lessons of History - Yom Kippur 5780
10/10/2019 09:14:15 AM
Rabbi Daniel Schaefer - Delivered Yom Kippur 5780
In high school, I had three amazing teachers - Mr. DeBischop, Mr. Navage, and Mr. Satler, who inspired in me a love of history and changed the direction of my professional ambitions. I was fascinated by the stories of great...Read more...
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