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Adult Learning

Mayfield Cemetery is Filled with History, Memories and Family Connections

Posted on October 30, 2022

I recently visited Mayfield Cemetery to get to know our park-like cemetery. The grounds are beautiful and I was struck by how many family names I recognized. Enjoy the photo essay below sharing a little bit about my experience. Consider a visit to walk around the grounds. Perhaps you’ll feel the same sense of history Continue Reading »

Lost and Found and

Posted on October 11, 2022

This sermon,  Lost and Found and, was shared by Rabbi Elle Muhlbaum during Yom Kippur, 2022. Lost and Found and When I was fifteen and a half, I got my learner’s permit. This temporary license came with a great sense of excitement, responsibility, and freedom. I lived in Cincinnati at the time, and by the Continue Reading »

Prayers are Personal to Each of Us

Posted on August 16, 2022

This post on Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple’s interactive blog was shared by Rabbi Joshua Caruso during the Aug. 12 Shabbat Evening Service:     The very first words of this week’s Torah portion emanate from Moses, who says, “V’etchanan El Adonai…” meaning, “I pleaded with God.”  Moses’ appeal to the Holy One is understandable, given Continue Reading »

Guest Speaker Dr. Cecile Brennan on Rabbi Nosanchuk’s Studies in Spiritual Wellness & Counseling

Posted on August 26, 2019

These remarks were shared at the Aug. 23 Shabbat Service by Dr. Cecile Brennan, former chair of the Department of Counseling at John Carroll University.  We encourage you to share comments below, or to post the link to this post on social media such as Facebook or Twitter, or to share with others by email, Continue Reading »

Yom Shekulo Shabbat: A Day of Whole Shabbatness

Posted on February 20, 2019

This post on If Not Now, When?, the interactive blog of Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, is the sermon shared by Rabbi Robert Nosanchuk at the Shabbat Service on Friday, Feb. 8, 2019.  We encourage you to share comments below, or to post the link to this post on social media such as Facebook or Twitter, or to share with Continue Reading »

“Shabbat and Sh’mita: The Importance of Rest & Renewal for our Land and Ourselves”

Posted on February 20, 2019

This post on If Not Now, When?, the interactive blog of Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, is the sermon shared by Rabbi Caruso at the Shabbat Service on Friday, Feb. 1, 2019.  We encourage you to share comments below, or to post the link to this post on social media such as Facebook or Twitter, or to share with others Continue Reading »

The Jew as Other: Personal Reflections on Visiting Uncomfortable Places – Cantor Sarah Sager Sermon at Shabbat Worship, Feb. 9, 2018

Posted on February 21, 2018

This post on “If Not Now, When?” the interactive blog of Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple is adapted from the sermon shared by Cantor Sarah Sager at Shabbat Evening Worship on Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. She shared with the congregation her findings on two recent trips abroad, one to Spain and the other to Poland in Continue Reading »

We Come Here To Cry: Rabbi Robert Nosanchuk on Erev Rosh Hashanah, September 20, 2017

Posted on September 21, 2017

This post on “If Not Now, When?” the interactive blog of Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, is excerpted from the sermon shared by Rabbi Robert Nosanchuk on Erev Rosh Hashanah, September 20, 2017. We encourage you to make comments below and/or to share the link to this post to social media such as Facebook or Twitter to allow the topic it raises to be Continue Reading »

Looking Through These Windows, 1957-2017: Rabbi Norman Roman, Guest Speaker at Shabbat Celebration of 60 Years on Fairmount Boulevard

Posted on May 15, 2017

  This blog post on “If Not Now, When?” the interactive blog of Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, contains excerpts of the remarks of Rabbi Norman T. Roman, Rabbi Emeritus, Temple Kol Ami, West Bloomfield, MI, on the occasion of the Shabbat Service on Friday, May 12, 2017, honoring the 60-year milestone since the dedication of Continue Reading »

Creating A More Open Jewish Community – Guest Speaker Rabbi Lisa Gelber

Posted on April 20, 2016

On Friday, April 15, 2016, Rabbi Lisa Gelber was guest speaker at Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple in a program jointly sponsored by our lifelong learning program and our Chevrei Tikvah LGBT Chavurah. A former associate dean at the Conservative Movement’s Jewish Theological Seminary, Rabbi Gelber addressed the way in which the rising generation of Jewish Continue Reading »