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A few days ago, our sukkah partially blew over. I noticed it from our kitchen window one morning, getting breakfast ready.  The wooden...

Just because something is temporary, doesn't mean it isn't holy.

I want to take this opportunity to reflect upon how special this year’s High Holiday season was.  Not only were the services meaningful...

Don’t Miss Simchat Torah We have just completed the awe-filled journey of the High Holy Days — days of reflection, return, and renewal....

Yom Kippur is sometimes described as a day of letting go—of sins, grudges, mistakes, and regrets. But before we can let go, we must first recognize what we are carrying.

Rosh Hashanah morning is when I usually talk about the worldly events that shape our lives and our Jewish story. This year, the state of...

When I became a bar mitzvah, most people who knew me probably would have said I was the kid least likely to become a rabbi later on. My...

By Rabbi Jason Holtz August is here, and many of us are starting to return: from summer vacations, from slower days, from time spent with...

Although you have heard from me in the past, today I write in my new role as Chairman of the re-formed TKC Religious Life and Practices...

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...

When I began rabbinical school twenty years ago, the concerns most synagogues faced were about how to stay relevant, how to connect...

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...

Thank you to everyone who either attended our recent meeting to kick-off the Capital Campaign, who has reached out to offer assistance,...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

Mah tovu ohalecha Yaakov, mishkenotecha Yisrael.  How good are your tents, Jacob, your dwelling places, Israel. – Numbers 24:5 This...