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Enjoy Rabbi Becky and Cantorial Soloist Elizabeth’s insights and teachings shared with the TAS community in our weekly newsletters and other temple-wide programming.

Turning Everything on Its Head

March 5, 2026

Which Wolf Are You Feeding?

February 26, 2026

Building Small Moments

February 19, 2026

More Valuable Than Money

February 12, 2026

It’s Tu B’Shevat! Appreciation for Our World!

February 5, 2026

Numbers Matter

January 29, 2026

Opening Our Hearts

January 22, 2026

Introducing Some Upgrades!

January 15, 2026

There is Nothing New Under the Sun

January 8, 2026

Rains in Their Season

January 1, 2026

Getting Through the Hard Times

December 25, 2025

Light Increases

December 18, 2025

Sharsheret Shabbat and Panel

December 11, 2025

A Time Filled With Blessings

December 4, 2025

Gratitude is in Our DNA

November 27, 2025

Meet Erika Purdy-Patrick, Rabbinic Intern, and Learn about Winterfaith

November 20, 2025

Veterans Day Shabbat

November 13, 2025

Our Torah Handle is Fixed!

October 30, 2025

A Time of Transition – Bring Them Home

October 23, 2025

Simchat Torah

October 16, 2025

Faith & Blue, Shabbat Welcoming our Local Police Officers

October 9, 2025

Have An Easy Fast in American Sign Language

October 2, 2025

Shabbat Shuvah and The Braid

September 25, 2025

Shofar So Good!

September 18, 2025

Special Music for Yom Kippur Afternoon

September 11, 2025

Sharing Compassion

September 4, 2025

One Thing I Ask of You – A Prayer and Some Homework

August 28, 2025

Changing Our Perspective

August 21, 2025

Shabbat in the Park!

August 14, 2025

Tu B’Av – The Holiday of Love

August 7, 2025

What are You Reading this Summer?

July 31, 2025

A Message from Israel

July 24, 2025

Shofar So Good

July 17, 2025

Jewish Joy and a Talking Donkey

July 10, 2025

The Attribute of Patience

July 3, 2025

Being Present

June 19, 2025

A Psalm Challenge

June 12, 2025

Unity and Diversity – Celebrating Pride at TAS

June 5, 2025

Shavuot Torah Festival – Join Us!

May 29, 2025

Today We Mourn – Tomorrow We Hope

May 22, 2025

Justice and Speaking Up

May 15, 2025

A Springtime Reset

May 8, 2025

From Mourning to Joy – Faces of October 7th Art Exhibit

May 1, 2025

Yom HaShoah – A Time to Remember

April 24, 2025

A New Miriam’s Cup

April 17, 2025

Next Year in Jerusalem

April 10, 2025

Join Us for Our 2nd Annual Passover Seder on Friday, April 18

April 3, 2025

Vote Reform – World Zionist Congress

March 27, 2025

Celebrate Your Birthday and Anniversary with TAS!

March 20, 2025

Purim Spiel Preview – Come to Purim this Friday Night!

March 13, 2025

Introducing Our Shabbat Sillies Bags

March 6, 2025

A Story of Joshua and the Emperor

February 27, 2025

May We All Find Comfort

February 20, 2025

Tu B’Shevat and Our Journeys Forward

February 13, 2025

The Miracles Around Us

February 6, 2025

Let My People Go

January 30, 2025

Stuck in the Middle of the Story

January 23, 2025

Bring in Baby Supplies (Diapers, Wipes, Blankets) this Friday, January 17, 2025

January 16, 2025

All Jews are Responsible for Each Other

January 9, 2025

Starting a New Year

January 2, 2025

Sharing in This Holiday of Light

December 26, 2024

Finding Hope in the Dark Winter Nights

December 12, 2024

Our Synagogue is Like Jacob’s Ladder

December 5, 2024

Winter Blessing

November 28, 2024

When, Not If

November 21, 2024

Being Among the People

November 14, 2024

A World Built on Kindness

November 7, 2024

Prayer is From the Community

October 31, 2024

Tzedakah for Israel

October 24, 2024

Be a Leader for Our Lay-led Shabbat Service on November1

October 17, 2024

Two for One: Shabbat and Yom Kippur

October 10, 2024

Shana Tova u’Metuka! A Sweet and Happy New Year!

October 3, 2024

Tashlich – Join Us on October 3

September 26, 2024

Music is Within Us

September 19, 2024

Levi Gettleman, TAS Youth Advisor!

September 12, 2024

Small Steps of Kindness

September 5, 2024

Divine Food

August 29, 2024

Take a Moment for Blessing

August 22, 2024

Acheinu

August 15, 2024

Do Not Try This Alone

August 8, 2024

The Olympics and Everyday Miracles

August 1, 2024

Reflecting on the 17th of Tammuz: A Day of Mourning

July 25, 2024

We Pray for the Welfare of the Government

July 18, 2024

Celebrate Leadership

July 11, 2024

Happy Independence Day

July 4, 2024

Stay Strong Like Caleb

June 27, 2024

Gun Violence Prevention

June 20, 2024

The Mikvah

June 6, 2024

Screams Before Silence – Please Register

May 30, 2024

Embracing Rest

May 23, 2024

Wear Blue and White for this Shabbat

May 16, 2024

Two Simchas this Shabbat

May 9, 2024

We Are Not Strangers to Tragedy

May 2, 2024

Removing the Veil

April 25, 2024

In Each and Every Generation

April 18, 2024

Freedom this Passover

April 11, 2024

Tallit part 2

March 28, 2024

Sharing in Purim Joy

March 21, 2024

CITs and the Chatimah

March 14, 2024

What is the Tallit

March 7, 2024

Ner Tamid

February 22, 2024

Learning from the Heart

February 15, 2024

Making Shabbat Even More Special

February 8, 2024

Challah and Rosh Chodesh

February 1, 2024

Intentionality

January 25, 2024

Where Were You 30 Years Ago?

January 18, 2024

100 Days

January 11, 2024

Allies and Upstanders

January 4, 2024

Fostering Communication and Relationships During the Darkest Time of the Year

December 28, 2023

The Gift of Reflection

December 21, 2023

Remembering Rabbi David Ellenson, A Great Leader of the Reform Movement

December 14, 2023

Shabbat and Hanukkah – Bringing Light Into Darkness

December 7, 2023

Joy in Darkness

November 23, 2023

The Day After the March- Our Work is Not Done

November 16, 2023

Get Your Blue Ribbon – Show Your Support for Israe

November 2, 2023

Finding Joy in Difficult Times

October 26, 2023

Where in the World is Rabbi Becky? Rukin Rabbinic Fellowship

October 19, 2023

Ozi V’Zimrat Yah

October 12, 2023

Sukkot and the Change of Seasons and Prayers

October 5, 2023

Shake Lulav Shake

September 28, 2023

5784 – Rabbi Becky’s Erev Rosh Hashanah Main Service Sermon (Creativity and Curiosity)

September 22, 2023

5784 – Rabbi Becky’s Rosh Hashanah Main Service Sermon (AI and Me: Designing for Good)

September 22, 2023

Sharing Words of Greeting

September 21, 2023

Shabbat Shalom and Shanah Tovah!

September 14, 2023

Preparing for the High Holy Days

September 7, 2023

How We Treat Our Animals

August 24, 2023

Finding Balance with our World

August 17, 2023

Meet Cheryl Cohen, Interim Religious School Educator

August 10, 2023

Tu B’Av – Jewish Valentine’s Day

August 3, 2023

Zealotry Versus Compromise

July 27, 2023

Join Us on Our Civil Rights Journey

July 20, 2023

Namings

July 13, 2023

Israel Western Wall Tunnel Shabbat Greetings

July 6, 2023

Water and our Garden

June 29, 2023

Making Judaism Possible

June 22, 2023

My Name is Caleb

June 15, 2023

To Save a Life – Join Us for Pride Shabbat

June 8, 2023

Save a Life – June is Gun Violence Awareness Month

June 1, 2023

We are all Recipients of God’s Blessing

May 25, 2023

Be Open Like the Wilderness

May 18, 2023

Humans of TAS – Episode 7: Marcy and Jerry Hilecher

May 11, 2023

A New Perspective on Leadership

May 4, 2023

HaTikvah – The Hope

April 27, 2023

Come to the Library

April 20, 2023

Not Long Ago. Not Far Away.

March 30, 2023

Reward for Your Laborer

March 23, 2023

Humans of TAS – Diane Levine

March 16, 2023

Purim is Coming!

March 2, 2023

Jewish Chicken or the Egg

February 23, 2023

The Merit of our Ancestors

February 16, 2023

Humans of TAS – Hal Bass

February 9, 2023

Shabbat Shira: Celebrating Freedom!

February 2, 2023

Plagues and Tears

January 26, 2023

Mezuzah Hanging

January 19, 2023

Introducing Our Livestream

January 12, 2023

Humans of TAS – Ellen Lowe

January 5, 2023

New Year’s Gratitude

December 29, 2022

Shabbat and Hanukkah Lights

December 22, 2022

A Special Adult B’nai Mitzvah Shabbat

December 15, 2022

Humans of TAS – Tyree Wieder

December 8, 2022

Creating Shabbat Memories- Tot Shabbat on Saturday, Dec. 3 at 10AM

December 1, 2022

When You Eat Your Fill…

November 23, 2022

Trusting What We See and Hear

November 17, 2022

HUMANS of Temple Ahavat Shalom – Debby Lieber

November 1, 2022

Shabbat Shalom from Israel

October 27, 2022

Good Versus Very Good

October 20, 2022

Shake Your Lulav

October 13, 2022

Why Rosh Hashanah Comes First

October 6, 2022

Shabbat Shuvah – A Shabbat of Unity

September 29, 2022

Are You Ready for the High Holidays?

September 22, 2022

The Monarchy as a Unifier

September 15, 2022

On the 50th Anniversary of the Munich Olympics

September 8, 2022

Meet Brooke Botwinick, our new Membership and Engagement Director

September 1, 2022

The Bat Mitzvah at 100

August 25, 2022

A Bird’s Eye View

August 18, 2022

Tu B’Av – A Celebration of Life and Love

August 11, 2022

The Blessing of Vin

August 4, 2022

We Are All Contradictions

July 28, 2022

Meet Our New Religious School Director, Chelsea Rabinovitz

July 21, 2022

Adult Education with Rabbi Becky: Judaism and Abortion

July 15, 2022

Shabbat is the Entire Torah

July 14, 2022

DEI and TAS – Meet Dr. Maya Bugg

July 7, 2022

Message From Camp

June 30, 2022

Moses and the Value of Humility

June 23, 2022

Looking Out for Clouds

June 16, 2022

We Stand With Those Who Are Marginalized

June 9, 2022

The Evening Prayer

June 2, 2022

The Breath of Children

May 26, 2022

A Word About the Shema

May 19, 2022

Make Holy Time Happen

May 12, 2022

Yom Ha’Atzmaut and Our Own Independence

May 5, 2022

Calling Out the Silence

April 28, 2022

The Excitement of Wordle (and Counting the Omer)

April 21, 2022

A Beet or A Sunflower for Solidarity

April 14, 2022

The Importance of Compassionate Dialogue

April 7, 2022

L’Dor V’Dor: From Generation to Generation

March 31, 2022

Customs and Comfort

March 24, 2022

It’s Purim Y’all!

March 17, 2022

We Can Answer the Call

March 10, 2022

Who was Instrumental in Passing on Knowledge to You?

March 3, 2022

Be Like a Teacher: Bring Others Along

February 24, 2022

Shabbat – A Vacation from the Rest of the Week

February 11, 2022

Make Your Own List – See What is Special

February 4, 2022

Changing How We Think About Having to do Something

January 28, 2022

The Value and Practice of Compassion

January 21, 2022

Sometimes…We Just Need to Laugh

January 14, 2022

Have Patience and Love for All (Including Ourselves)

January 7, 2022

To Find Our Way to Freedom – Hold Onto Hope

December 31, 2021

Sharing Words of Gratitude – An Important Part of Who We Are

December 17, 2021

Recognizing Who We Are: Sharing Our Authentic Selves

December 10, 2021

Celebrate the Festival of Lights

December 3, 2021

“Judge Another According to Their Merit”

November 26, 2021

How Struggles Can Help Positively Change Us

November 19, 2021

Honoring Our TAS Veterans and Other Updates

November 12, 2021

“Happy with Things as They Are” – What Would that Feel Like?

November 5, 2021

How Do We Incorporate Modern Culture into Our Jewish Lives?

October 29, 2021

Asking Questions: An Essential Part of Being Jewish

October 22, 2021

“Go To Ourselves” – Finding Who We Truly Are

October 15, 2021

Tonight’s Gonna Be a Good Good Night AT TAS

October 8, 2021

Beginnings are an Opportunity of What Can Be

October 1, 2021

Sukkat Shalom – Constructs of Space and Peace

September 24, 2021

The Beauty of Sukkot

September 17, 2021

The Unity of Our Insides Matching Our Outsides

September 10, 2021

The Uniqueness of the Hineni Prayer – “Hear I am!”

September 3, 2021

The First Step Toward Forgiveness

August 27, 2021

High Holy Days Service Details from Our Clergy

August 20, 2021

The Month of Elul: Preparing Ourselves

August 13, 2021

Having a Constant Dialogue with Our Creator

August 6, 2021

Strengthening Our Mental Health and Spirit

July 30, 2021

Something Worth Once is Worth Saying Twice

July 23, 2021

It Does Matter What Each of Us Does

July 16, 2021

A Shehecheyanu Moment – We Will Celebrate Together

July 9, 2021

Join us as we welcome Elizabeth Kerstein

July 2, 2021

The Joy of Jewish Camp

June 25, 2021

Reopening Plans and Upcoming Shabbatot

June 18, 2021

Our Challenges have Value and Experiences have Worth

June 11, 2021

The Importance of Applying Our Jewish Teachings to Our Lives

June 4, 2021

Fear versus Being Careful – Respect for all Views

May 21, 2021

We Need to Pray for Peace!

May 14, 2021

Partnering with a Reform Congregation in Israel

May 7, 2021

Having Extra and Giving to Those in Need

April 23, 2021

Israel is a Place Filled with History

April 16, 2021

Be an Upstander

April 9, 2021

Contemplation in the Wilderness

April 2, 2021

Time for Broadway Shabbat

March 12, 2021

Sharing Joy with Our Animals

March 5, 2021

The Masks We Wear

February 19, 2021

Acting on Values with Intention

February 12, 2021

Take A Moment and Plant Some Seeds

February 5, 2021

We Must Be Humble in the Grand Plan

January 22, 2021

We are Here to Lift You Up

January 15, 2021

A Prayer for Our Country

January 8, 2021

What’s with Jews & Chinese Food on December 25th

December 25, 2020

Beauty of the Oneg Shabbat

December 18, 2020

How to Make the Best Latkes

December 11, 2020

Prepare, Organize, and Protect Yourself and Others

December 4, 2020

May You be Blessed with a Full & Sweet Life

November 20, 2020

Update on the Ongoing COVID-19 Impact for Our House of Worship

November 13, 2020

Solution to so Many of Life’s Issues – Love and Love Some More

November 6, 2020

The Story of Noah Reminds Us to Care for Our Animals

October 23, 2020

Joining Together on Shabbat is Important for Our Connection

October 16, 2020

The Sukkah and the Temporary Nature of Our Lives

October 9, 2020

How to Shake the Lulav and Etrog

October 2, 2020

What to expect for Our High Holy Day Services

September 18, 2020

Making Your Personal Space a Sacred Space

September 11, 2020

Insights of the David Brooks book, The Second Mountain, topic, “Vampire Problems – Challenges to Our Identity”

September 4, 2020

Discussion of Psalm 27 – One Thing We ask of God

August 21, 2020

Windows in Our Sanctuary

August 14, 2020

Story of the Water Carrier and the Leaking Bucket

August 7, 2020

How do We Blend Feelings of Sadness and Joy?

July 24, 2020

Sweetness All Around Us – Trees Bring Hope

July 17, 2020

Small Things We can do to Positively Change Our Lives

July 10, 2020

Arriving at a Special Time

July 3, 2020

The Masks We Wear

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