We think of the Torah as a closed scroll that sits waiting and ready in the synagogue ark. When
A poem in honor of Moses’ last poem from Ha’Azinu. It was written about the great violinist for the Buffalo
In an episode from season two of Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, a dystopian vision of a future run by
My favorite moment at our Shir Shalom Bnei Mitzvah celebrations is the one when the child comes up for
https://youtu.be/hPgbVFtRcuM This week’s Torah portion, Emor, begins with a dead body. No it is not a murder mystery. Rather it
We Jews love to shake hands. At Congregation Shir Shalom, we shake hands before services, we shake hands after
We are in a time of renaissance in and around Buffalo. New buildings are popping up all over and
An argument had broken out between a Bar Mitzvah boy and his parents. He was insisting on coming to
We all want a yellow brick road to follow: something clear and obvious to show the path ahead. Many
The past is never as far away as we first imagine. At CSS, we have congregants ranging from over