שׁלום Shalom!
Our synagogue community is a vibrant Jewish collective where we renew ourselves and one another, reaching outward to help build a world rooted in justice, peace, and purpose.
שׁלום Shalom!
We are a vibrant Jewish collective, renewing ourselves and one another through community. Together, we reach outward to build a world of justice, peace, and purpose.
By Rabbinic Intern Jacob Lipkin / Nov 8, 2025
By Rabbi Julie Roth / Nov 1, 2025
By Rabbi Justus Baird / Oct 14, 2025
By Rabbinic Intern Jacob Lipkin / Nov 8, 2025
By Rabbi Julie Roth / Nov 1, 2025
By Rabbinic Intern Jacob Lipkin / Nov 8, 2025
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MESH Report for November 11, 2025
Due to a scheduling conflict, this week’s Team cooked and partially packed on Sunday, then reheated and finished packing up on Tuesday afternoon. Lynne Kurzweil Lynne is a long-time Shomrei…
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Gratitude
At this time in our secular year, we are supposed to be thankful. Of course, we should be thankful all year round. Our Jewish tradition has almost endless ways to…
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MESH Report for October 28, 2025
On a crisp fall afternoon co-captains Carol Blau and Sarah Steindel, and their crew of Andy Blau, Susan Rosenblatt, Carole Rothman, Julie Weinstein, and first-time volunteer Leslie Billet prepared a…
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World Zionist Congress Voting Results
Mercaz USA, the Conservative/Masorti Movement slate nearly doubled its votes from the 2020 campaign to 28,000. This resulted in Mercaz acquiring 19 seats in the World Zionist Congress (WZC) this…
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Books about Genesis
Some first families live in white houses. Others live in palaces. Our Jewish first family lived in Paradise, in the Garden of Eden. Of course, the first family was unable…
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A Vegan Kiddush for Sukkot
This year Shomrei is participating in the Synagogue Vegan Challenge. As part of this program, we will have one completely vegan event each month. It seemed fitting to schedule our…
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Project Isaiah Cereal & Soup Drive a Success!
Thank you to everyone in our community for your overwhelming outpouring of generosity during the Project Isaiah Cereal & Soup Drive that we completed last week just before the start…
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Shabbat Sukkot: Providing Shelter
Talk given on October 11, 2025. During Sukkot, when we build temporary shelters, we reflect on what it means to not have stable housing. Daniel Nachman View all posts
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Shomrei Accepts the Synagogue Vegan Challenge
We are excited to announce that Shomrei has been accepted into this year’s Synagogue Vegan Challenge, sponsored by the Jewish Animal Advocacy organization, Shamayim.
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Yom Kippur, Haftorah Introduction: How Can We Not Help?
Congregants Fern Heinig and Dale Russakoff are active participants in Social Action at Shomrei. Fern Heinig is a frequent volunteer cooking for Shomrei’s MESH Cafe and spearheaded Shomrei’s first…
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MESH Report for November 11, 2025
Due to a scheduling conflict, this week’s Team cooked and…
MESH Report for October 28, 2025
On a crisp fall afternoon co-captains Carol Blau and Sarah…
World Zionist Congress Voting Results
Mercaz USA, the Conservative/Masorti Movement slate nearly doubled its votes…
A Vegan Kiddush for Sukkot
This year Shomrei is participating in the Synagogue Vegan Challenge.…
