There is a Native American story regarding two wolves. One wolf embodies greed, selfishness, ego, revenge, and aggression. The other wolf embodies justice, compassion, patience, and kindness. As the story goes, both wolves live within us. Every day the wolves battle each other. Every day one is growing in strength...
For thousands of years our people have welcomed the new year with prayer and song. We have gathered in synagogues the world over as the melodies and notes of this sacred season wash over us. In times of strife, in times of war, in times of peace and contentment, Jews...
The High Holy Day Season is here! Every department at KI is preparing for High Holy Day activity. Religious school classes are beginning. The office is sending out High Holy Day tickets to our congregants. The facilities staff are preparing the Main Sanctuary, the Chapel, the parking lot, and the...
On sale NOW. The fall season provides amazing seasonal produce and local products. Join the Kol Ami Hazon CSA at Congregation Adath Jeshurun. This CSA proudly partners with Lancaster Farm Fresh Cooperative (LFFC), a non-profit cooperative of over 120 Amish and Mennonite organic farmers. Lancaster Farm Fresh offers a variety...
From Shabbat Services on Friday, September 9, 2022 by Andrew Altman, President We’re experiencing a very special night. Many years ago, Brian Rissinger, our amazing executive director, told me that about one-third of all congregants are volunteering each year. That’s such an impressive number – and that for me helps...
We are entering into the month of Elul, a time of reflection and change. We look inward to find where we might have gone off track, and how we can, once again, align with ourselves, our community, and our world. In this week’s Torah portion Ki Tetzei, God tells us...
At the start of week’s Torah portion, Shoftim, we learn a lesson that is at the heart of the Jewish experience. I also believe it is as relevant and important as ever. As the portion opens, we read that, in every generation, we should ‘appoint magistrates and officials for your...
Parashat R’eih: The Pageant on Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal; Once Again: The MiSinai Melodies in the High Holy Day Services We begin to study the portion R’eih, and we learn about a new educational methodology used by Mosheh Rabbeinu/Moses our Teacher, as he delivers his final teachings to the Children of...
In this week’s Torah portion Eikev, we are given some good advice on how to handle large changes in our lives. In this portion, God reminds us that “the land we are about to cross into isn’t like Egypt from which you have come. There the grain you have sowed...
It is understandable that so many carry a childlike perception of God. I fall into this trap too sometimes. It’s easy to do. After all, we are taught early on of a God that we can relate to and comprehend. Often this God is an older man with a long...
