Rabbi’s Writings
Envision High Holy Days at Bet Haverim
Dear CBH Haverim: This has been an unprecedented year which has brought us many challenges and also wonderful opportunities for rethinking about how we can create new and beautiful ways of connecting with one another during this time of the Coronavirus. With the number one priority being dictated by the Jewish value of Pikuach Nefesh, […]
The lesson that we have to learn from Juneteenth
On the occasion, this past Friday, of Juneteenth, marking the “official” end of slavery in the the United States, I shared these words with our community during our erev Shabbat services and, now, I am happy to be able to share them with all of you: As the Israelites set out from Mt. Sinai, at […]
The Joy of Celebrating 25 Years Together!
(from Rabbi Greg’s remarks at the Zoom Gala Gala) What a blessing it is has been to have shared this journey with all of you in our wonderful Bet Haverim community for the past 25 amazing years! Where has the time gone? Where has my brown beard gone?! Huge thanks to all those who worked […]
When Psalm Thoughts and Prayers Are Just Not Enough
O, Source of Being, how long, how long will we abide this pernicious virus that lurks in darkness waiting to suck out the breath of life from us, leaving us gasping, crying out. A disease so devastating that it can strike you down in the middle of the day when you are walking by the […]
To All of Our Camp Newman/Israel Trip Families
Last week, another serious heartbreak was felt around the Jewish world as a result of the COVID-19 virus. This time the victim was our precious URJ Summer Camps and Israel trips that have now been cancelled due to the dangers posed by continuing to host these activities this summer. These powerful summer experiences provide, every […]
To Save A Life is to Save The World
Rabbi Rick Jacobs, the president of our Reform Movement, recently wrote that many well meaning people, on reflecting upon the global impact of the current Coronavirus pandemic, opine that we are all in the same boat. However, Rabbi Jacobs makes a very important distinction: we may all be on the same boat, but some of […]
