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Yizkor

Posted on May 18, 2018

At Temple Isaiah, our Yizkor (Memorial) services on the festivals are among the most beautiful of ways to remember the generations that came before us. This Shavuot, we are experimenting with holding the Yizkor prayer service in the evening of the second day of Shavuot. This service (about one hour in length) will take place Continue Reading »

Honoring Their Memory

Posted on May 17, 2018

At Temple Isaiah, our Yizkor (Memorial) services on the festivals are among the most beautiful of ways to remember the generations that came before us. This Shavuot, we are experimenting with holding the Yizkor prayer service in the evening of the second day of Shavuot. This service (about one hour in length) will take place Continue Reading »

Why Yizkor?

Posted on May 17, 2018

At Temple Isaiah, our Yizkor (Memorial) services on the festivals are among the most beautiful of ways to remember the generations that came before us. This Shavuot, we are experimenting with holding the Yizkor prayer service in the evening of the second day of Shavuot. This service (about one hour in length) will take place Continue Reading »

SYTI Leads the Family Fun Night Havdalah

Posted on April 18, 2018

On April 14 the Temple Isaiah youth groups sponsored a Family Fun Night Havdalah, which culminated in a beautiful Havdalah service led by members of our senior youth group, SYTI. Rebecca Bregman, SYTI board member, religious school madricha, and NFTY-MAR songleader shares why Havdalah is such an important service for her: My love for havdalah Continue Reading »

Shabbaton Participants Join Protest

Posted on April 11, 2018

Alexandra Cohen The March For Our Lives was a student run protest in Washington D.C. against gun violence. The events that pushed the students to create the protest were all the school shootings that have happened. During the march so much was happening, especially since more than 800,000 people showed up, helping to make a Continue Reading »

Innovative Passover Recipes from URJ

Posted on March 1, 2018

If your annual seder is getting as stale as a board of shmurah matzah left over from last year, URJ (the Union for Reform Judaism) has some recipes from The Jewish Dish that might spice things up a bit, from a Passover chicken soup with zucchini “spaghetti,” to mango charoset, then finishing off with a Continue Reading »