2 cups seedless watermelon, diced 2 cups cantaloupe, diced 2 cups crenshaw or honeydew, diced 1 tablespoon sriracha sauce 1 tablespoon sweet chile sauce 1 cup unsweetened coconut milk 2 tablespoons lime juice 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, grated 1 tablespoon fresh cilantro, chopped 2 tablespoons fresh thai basil, chopped 3 tablespoons fresh mint, minced 1 […]
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From Our Student Rabbi
This week’s parsha, Ki Tavo, opens with instructions on how to show gratitude upon entering the land of Israel, followed by a description of all the good which the Israelites can expect to receive in the land if they follow God’s instruction. This is immediately followed by the infamous aliyah of tochechah (rebuke): 53 straight verses […]
Am Haskalah Annual Congregational Meeting, June 4, 2017 Past Presidents Speech
RISA DORFMAN This past year has brought us forward in many phases. Our community has joined together to create a stronger, more unified bond, spiritually, religiously and in matters of individual or group assistance. We have forged forward in financial planning and restructuring our basic monthly routines, of course always keeping our Charter and founders’ plans in […]
Am Haskalah Shavuot Program
Finding Joy, Connection, and Inspiration in these Troubling Times: A Hebrew Chant and Writing Journey Sunday June 4, 2017 11:00AM-12:30PM Rabbi Malkah Binah Klein (our beloved Am Haskalah spiritual leader from 2002-2009 who now goes by her Hebrew name), has been studying Hebrew chant as a practice for spiritual transformation. Malkah Binah will guide us […]
Words of Torah from Student Rabbi Janine Jankovitz Pastor
This week we read in Exodus the Torah parsha Mishpatim. Mishpatim, the Hebrew word for “laws”, contains many laws addressing Hebrew slaves, homicide, assault, homicidal animals, theft, seduction, sorcery, and more. At the end of this parsha, Moses repeats the commandments to the people as laid out by Gd, and the people respond, “All the […]