Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah February 12, 2026 25 Shevet 5786 Parashat Mishpatim Shabbat Shekalim Last Sunday, there was a football game on television — and, as happens every year, a few commercials in between the action on the field. You may have watched some of it.  Robert Kraft — owner of the New England Patriots and a prominent Jewish philanthropist — reportedly spent $15 million on a Super Bowl ad combating antisemitism ( click here  to see this year’s ad). In a no

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah February 5, 2026 18 Shevet 5786 Parashat Yitro This week, in synagogues around the world, Jews will read the story of the Israelites arriving at Mount Sinai to receive the Torah. According to an ancient rabbinic teaching—a Midrash—not only those newly freed slaves stood at Sinai, but every future generation of the Jewish people as well. In some mysterious way, we were all there.  That idea carries a powerful implication. We are meant to tell

PURIM Carnival & Spiel - Sunday, March 1 - Spiel at 10am, Carnival at 11am $25 per family in advance, $30 per family at the door. Click here or the flier below to register!

Thank you to all who've donated to procure the items for the post-abortion care kits. We've now reached our fundraising goal, but you can still help! Join the COS Women's Group for our 2nd annual Post-Abortion Care Kit event on  Sunday morning,   February 22, 2026 at 9:45 am . Assemble small items for personal after-care comfort kits for women who come to NJ Planned Parenthood sites for procedures. Guest speaker:  Ashley Generallo, Program Director, Expanding Abortion Access.

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah January 29, 2026 11 Shevet 5786 Parashat Beshalach I once had a teacher in rabbinical school who liked to say that the weekly Torah portion always speaks to what is happening in the world. The challenge, he taught, is figuring out what it is trying to say. Some weeks, of course, that task is easier than others.  In the third verse of this week’s Torah portion,  B’shallach , we are told that when Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt, he took

Thank you to all who've donated to procure the items for the post-abortion care kits. We've now reached our fundraising goal, but you can still help! Join the COS Women's Group for our 2nd annual Post-Abortion Care Kit event on  Sunday morning,   February 22, 2026 at 9:45 am . Assemble small items for personal after-care comfort kits for women who come to NJ Planned Parenthood sites for procedures. Guest speaker:  Ashley Generallo, Program Director, Expanding Abortion Access.

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah January 22, 2026 4 Shevet 5786 Parashat Bo I wish Miss Rachel would stick to singing songs for little kids. Unfortunately, she can’t seem to steer clear of antisemitic controversy. Most recently, she “liked” a comment on her own Instagram post that read, “Free America from the Jews.” She later claimed that she had intended to click “hide,” but accidentally hit “like” instead. I’m no Instagram expert, but that explanation strains credibility.

Sunday, February 1 at 9:45 a.m. COS-SJCC Women's Group book talk with inspirational speaker, coach and best-selling author Debbie Weiss This is a free event but RSVPs are appreciated to Judi Sills by 1/26/26, judithmsills@gmail.com .

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah January 15, 2026 26 Tevet 5786 Parashat Vaera According to the most recent estimates, the Islamic government of Iran has killed over 12,000 Iranian citizens in response to the anti-government protests that have spread across the country. It is likely that the figure of 12,000 is an underestimate. Over the past two years, there have been many protests across the U.S. and Europe over the alleged indiscriminate killing of Muslims in Gaza. There

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah January 1, 2026 12 Tevet 5786 Parashat Vayechi I just returned from my first trip to Israel after October 7. While my family and I did many of the fun and touristy things that one would expect on a trip to Israel, I felt something pulling me south toward the site of Hamas’s invasion and violence. We went to the field near Kibbutz Be’eri where the Nova Music Festival took place. When we got there, I was immediately drawn to the  kalaniyot —th

Join the COS Women's Group for our 2nd annual Post-Abortion Care Kit event on  Sunday morning,   February 22, 2026 . Support Women's Group Post-Abortion Care Kit event. Assemble small items for personal after-care comfort kits for women who come to NJ Planned Parenthood sites for procedures. Ways to help: Click here  to donate via ShulCloud to help us raise $1,100 for 150 PACK kits by January 30. Volunteer to assemble kits on Sunday morning, February 22 and RSVP by February 1

Weekly On-line Rabbi's D'var-Torah December 18, 2025 28 Kislev 5786 Rosh Chodesh Hanukkah Parashat Miketz   There is an unwritten—but very important—rule passed down from generation to generation in the Jewish community this time of year: Jewish children are never, under any circumstances, allowed to tell their Christian friends that Santa Claus isn’t real. Once their friends discover the truth on their own, that’s a different matter. But the revelation should never come from

Click here to buy tickets! DEADLINE IS TUESDAY!!!! Click here to check out their website Click here to hear the music of BerKalit! Friday Tot Shabbat following by Shabbat Services and a dinner Saturday for Shabbat Services led by BerKalit and a kiddush lunch Saturday evening cocktails and Havdalah Concert Sunday BerKalit will join our JLC for a special concert It is sure to be a spectacular weekend! Pre-registration is strongly encouraged; anyone not pre-registered will be

Wednesday, January 7th at 11am at Temple Sinai

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