Our Clergy's Thoughts

Erev Rosh Hashanah: "Hayashan yitchadeish v’hachadash yitkadesh: The old will be made new, and the new will be made holy." Click here to read.
Rosh Hashanah Day 1: "Keeping it Fresh." Click here to read.
Rosh Hashanah. Day 2: "Let it Rest." Click here to read.

Erev Yom Kippur: "To err is human, to forgive divine. Maybe." Click here to read.
Yom Kippur Morning: "Who by fire?" Click here to...Read more...

Chanukah is a humble little holiday. I mean, really, what is there about it? Other than an 8-branched lamp (with a 9th branch for candle that helps light the others), there's not much to it. Coming during the Christmas season, Chanukah can easily be both overlooked and overhyped.

Neither response is necessary. Tiny Chanukah is packed with faith and hope. It stands on its own, especially in 2020, when faith and hope are...Read more...

Tonight, the Eve of Election Day, at 7pm, we will gather in the UJC's Zoom meeting room for prayer and meditation  Why? 

In a word: because.

Because from the beginning of the world’s creation, we Jews have been called to be partners with the Holy One of Blessing in both the continuing creation of the world and the continuing...Read more...

Friends,

It's breathtaking to think that the worst national disaster of the 21st Century occurred 18 years ago today. Like those who experienced the bombing of Pearl Harbor or the assassinations of President Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr., September 11, 2001, is etched in our collective memories. Those of us old enough to remember that September Tuesday morning in 2001 can recite moment to moment exactly where we...Read more...