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The Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH) in Worcester, Massachusetts or what my brother-in-law calls “The Irish Club,” starts celebrating St. Patrick’s Day over a week before March 17th. I started following the Worcester branch of The Ancient Order of the Hibernians on Facebook when my nephew did his bar mitzvah project

A regular blog series from Temple Beth El, bringing you moments of heart and insight from Rabbi Emeritus Merle E. Singer.What would life be if it were a simple path where all the intricate pieces perfectly fit? Just a simple path with no worry in sight. Some may ponder the

One of my favorite parts of living in Israel was joining in with the hustle and bustle of Friday mornings in Jerusalem. Every market, grocery store, and bodega was full of people hurrying to get everything they needed for Shabbat. I stood in line at Lechem Shel Tomer (Tomer’s Bread),

Route 60 in Israel is the main road that leads north from Jerusalem, through the northern hills of Samaria in the West Bank.  It is the artery that connects both Arab towns and Israeli settlements – shared by both Palestinians and Israelis. Last Sunday, two brothers, Hillel and Yagel Yaniv,

The Kotel – the Western Wall – stands still. Unmoving. Unmoved. The privilege of my lifetime is that I get to regularly visit the Kotel. Those stones are familiar. On so many occasions, I have stood by that wall, laying my hands gently on the cool, Jerusalem limestone, pouring out my yearnings and

Boca Raton, FL (February 21, 2023) Join Temple Beth El of Boca Raton at their Schaefer Family Campus on March 6, 2023 at 7:00 pm for a Rockin’ 50’s Purim featuring your favorite melodies from Grease! That’s right, Achashveros is slicking his hair back to win over Esther in her poodle skirt!

Temple Beth El of Boca Raton Features Religious School Students In Purim Spiel   Boca Raton, Fl (February 23, 2023) The community is invited to attend the Purim Spiel: Esther  A Persian Musical featuring the students of Temple Beth El of Boca Raton’s Religious School and directed by Barclay Performing

This week in our eighth-grade ethics class we started off by listening to songs by pop stars Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande. The songs we listened to involved both young women defining themselves not by their characteristics, but by the men they had dated or will date in the future.

Over the past two weeks I’ve had the opportunity to walk the halls of our two Capitols. First, I took six of our teen leaders to Washington, DC with our Reform movement’s L’taken Teen Social Justice Seminar; a weekend trip where teens from around the nation gather for learning, sightseeing,