August 2022
Community Tisha B’Av Observances
The community Tisha B’Av observance will continue on Sunday, August 7 beginning at 5:00 p.m. at Kehilath Israel Synagogue. The movie, "Lonely Man of Faith a documentary about Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, a rabbinic scholar of Yeshiva University will be shown. The movie is about Modern Orthodoxy, and how Rabbi Soloveitchik’s frustration and conflicts as a man of faith influenced the balance of tradition and tension with change. A panel of rabbis including Rabbis Doug Alpert, Mark Glass, Stephanie Kramer…
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Tisha B’Av Observances
Tisha B'Av (the fast day that is on the ninth of the Hebrew month of Av) is a period of fasting, lamentation and prayer to remember the destruction of the First and Second Temples of Jerusalem and other major disasters and tragedies that Jewish people experienced throughout history. In observance of Tisha B’Av, a community-wide observance and service will take place on Monday, August 12 at Congregation Beth Shalom. The evening begins at 8:15 p.m. with schmooze and singing and…
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