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President's Blog: Don't Stop Believin' - June/July 2025
In less than 3 months, our membership has raised almost half of the $150,000 toward the Capital Campaign! Our new roof has been paid for...

Robin Shafer
Jun 1
Rabbi's Blog: State of Affairs - June/July 2025
When I began rabbinical school twenty years ago, the concerns most synagogues faced were about how to stay relevant, how to connect...

Rabbi Jason Holtz
Jun 1
Rabbi's Blog: Passover - April 2025
The Torah asks two things of us on Passover that are in tension with each other. The first is “ v’samachta b’chagecha - You shall...

Rabbi Jason Holtz
Apr 1
President's Blog: Capital Campaign-April 2025
Thank you to everyone who either attended our recent meeting to kick-off the Capital Campaign, who has reached out to offer assistance,...

Robin Shafer
Apr 1
President's Blog: Capital Kick Off - Feb 2025
I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and a Happy New Year, spent with your loved ones. As we kick off 2025, I wanted to take...

Robin Shafer
Feb 1
Rabbi's Blog: The Return of Hostages - Feb 2025
As of the time of my writing this, seven hostages have been released: I hope and pray they are just the beginning. Many more hostages...

Rabbi Jason Holtz
Feb 1
President's Blog: Moving Forward - December 2024
This month, I wanted to share my thoughts I shared during Kol Nidre for those that may not have attended or missed the playback on our...

Robin Shafer
Dec 1, 2024
Rabbi's Blog: Festival of Lights - Dec 2024
Christmas is early this year. In fact, it begins on the 24th of the Hebrew month of Kislev. Because of how the Gregorian calendar works,...

Rabbi Jason Holtz
Dec 1, 2024
President's Blog: Reflecting on this year - October 2024
This year of 2024 has been quite a year for the Jewish people, the American people, and the American Jew. Personally, it’s not been an...

Robin Shafer
Oct 1, 2024
Rabbi's Blog: Reflecting on the Year - October 2024
From last October to this October, it has been a year. As we welcomed in Rosh Hashanah 5784, no one knew what the future would hold for...

Rabbi Jason Holtz
Oct 1, 2024
Rabbi's Blog: The Joys of Camp -August 2024
Mah tovu ohalecha Yaakov, mishkenotecha Yisrael. How good are your tents, Jacob, your dwelling places, Israel. – Numbers 24:5 This...

Rabbi Jason Holtz
Jul 31, 2024
President's Blog: Whose Team are YOU On? - August 2024
As some of you may know, one of my areas of focus these past couple months has been the organization and, in some cases, the revival, of...

Robin Shafer
Jul 31, 2024
Rabbi's Blog: The Meaning of Zionism - June 2024
As long as Zionism has existed, people have debated what it is, what it means, and how central – or not – it is to Judaism and Jewish...

Rabbi Jason Holtz
May 31, 2024
President's Blog: Thank You! - June 2024
Thank you for your confidence in electing me to be your President. Becoming president of any organization is an extreme honor, but...

Robin Shafer
May 8, 2024
Rabbi's Blog: The Rise of Antisemitism - April 2024
“People love dead Jews. Living Jews, not so much.” So says Dara Horn, author and professor. She wrote those words before October 7th. ...

Rabbi Jason Holtz
Mar 22, 2024
President's Blog: Thank You For Your Support - April 2024
As you may know, my term as president is coming to an end in a little more than a month, so this will be my last Kol Kehillah article. ...

Seth Litman
Mar 20, 2024
President's Blog: Proud to Be Part of Roswell - February 2024
I first joined the Board of Trustees in 2000. Since that time, the Board, Temple Clergy and auxiliary members regularly spoke about how...

Seth Litman
Jan 30, 2024
Rabbi's Blog: Rabbi in Israel and London - February 2024
By the time Kol Kehillah comes out, I’ll be in Israel on a trip with rabbis and heads of Jewish agencies from all around Greater...

Rabbi Jason Holtz
Jan 30, 2024
President's Blog: Temple Security, November 2023
“Just checking in to make sure you and the temple family are doing ok? I know there’s been a lot of chaos in the world. It’s unfortunate...

Seth Litman
Nov 1, 2023
Rabbi's Blog: Without a Vision,the People Perish, November 2023
Since the attacks on October 7th when Hamas killed 1,400 Israelis, took 200 hostages, and injured many more, Israel and Gaza have been in...

Rabbi Jason Holtz
Nov 1, 2023
President's Blog: Don't Stop Believin' - June/July 2025
In less than 3 months, our membership has raised almost half of the $150,000 toward the Capital Campaign! Our new roof has been paid for...

Robin Shafer
Jun 11 min read
Rabbi's Blog: State of Affairs - June/July 2025
When I began rabbinical school twenty years ago, the concerns most synagogues faced were about how to stay relevant, how to connect...

Rabbi Jason Holtz
Jun 12 min read
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