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Temple Isaiah’s Adult Study Retreat April 24–26, 2026 at Bon Secours Retreat Center Join clergy and educators from Temple Isaiah for a spiritually enriching weekend of Shabbat celebration, learning, and community. Our theme, inspired by the week’s Torah portion, explores the mitzvah that lies at the (literal!) center of the Torah: Love Your Neighbor as Continue Reading »
Parashat: VaYeilech Torah Reading: Exodus 32:11–14, 34:1–10 “Gather the people, men, women, children, and the strangers in your communities – that they may hear [the Torah] and so learn to revere the Eternal your God and to observe faithfully every word of this Teaching.” — Deuteronomy 31:12 The instruction here at the very end of Continue Reading »
Rabbi Daniel Plotkin introduces us to Gilad Kariv, the progressive polymath who is an attorney, Reform rabbi, and member of the Israeli Knesset. Photo of Kariv Courtesy of Eithan Schonberg on Wikimedia Commons, covered under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
Rabbi Amanda K. Weiss introduces us to Azenath Barzani, perhaps the most remarkable Jewish woman you’ve never heard of. Image of a 16th century Kurdish woman from Wikimedia Commons, and is in the Public Domain.
Rabbi Amanda K. Weiss introduces us to the fascinating Samuel Pallache, perhaps one of the earliest “hyphenates” in Jewish History. Painting of Pallache by the Workshop of Rembrandt van Rijn (Govaert Flinkck) Courtesy of the Andrew W. Mellon Collection at the National Gallery of Art, covered by the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Continue Reading »
Rachel Petroff Kessler presents how poet Emma Lazarus wrote the words that have been the hope of American immigrants for more than 100 years. https://youtu.be/UPKWNX7ChPI Image of Lazarus engraved by T. Johnson; photographed by W. Kurtz on Wikimedia Commons, and is in the Public Domain.
