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Judaism Without Over-Thinking It – Student Rabbi Scott Fox at Kabbalat Shabbat Worship

Posted on February 9, 2013

This post is excerpted from the D’var Torah shared by Student Rabbi Scott Fox at Kabbalat Shabbat worship at Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple on Friday, February 8, 2013. Scott Fox is a fifth-year student at the Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. We encourage you to share, comment, or respond Continue Reading »

Monroe, Louisiana

Posted on February 7, 2013

Thank you to Temple B’nai Israel of Monroe, Louisiana, for welcoming me into their community. Thanks to Phyllis Marcus (grandmother of our own Ricky Marcus), for her spirit of generosity in welcoming me, and for working out the logistics so the Caruso family could make this visit.  I also want to acknowledge the Institute for Continue Reading »

My Abortion, My Life – a post by guest speaker Dallas Schubert

Posted on January 26, 2013

This post is excerpted from the remarks of Dallas Schubert, guest speaker at Shabbat worship on Friday, January 25, 2013 at Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple. Her presentation about the “My Abortion, My Life” campaign (http://myabortionmylife.org) is part of a month-long series of activities at temple honoring the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision Roe Continue Reading »

Reversing the Trend: Rabbi Nosanchuk on Taking Action about Gun Violence

Posted on January 17, 2013

Due to the recent (January 16, 2013) announcement by the White House of an array of proposals and executive actions on responding to gun violence, and the array of congregants who are each week contacting Rabbi Nosanchuk’s office regarding our taking action, we are posting Rabbi Nosanchuk’s column from the forthcoming February Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple Continue Reading »

Rabbi Caruso – First Week On The Road

Posted on January 14, 2013

My first week on the road for my sabbatical has been eventful! Professionally, I have seen and learned so much. Personally, I have had the chance to spend some valuable time with Leah and the kids. It has been enlightening to see my children as they are every day. We visited Washington, DC, where this Continue Reading »

A House Party to End Gun Violence – Fairmount Temple Members Barbara Lowe and Scott Miller

Posted on January 5, 2013

This post is written by Fairmount Temple members Barbara Lowe and Scott Miller, about a recent house party they planned and hosted to motivate themselves and neighbors to raise their voices to national leaders in response to gun violence that is touching our communities and our nation. At Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, we encourage our Continue Reading »

Lighting the Menorah after Such Darkness Has Touched Our Nation: Rabbi Robert Nosanchuk

Posted on December 15, 2012

Many are asking: how to finish celebrating Chanukah? How can we light the menorah and celebrate these last two nights, as news begins to pour in about another, yet uniquely horrific incident of violence in our country, this time in an elementary school in Newtown, CT, where young children, educators and staff were killed.  Rabbi Continue Reading »

Medicaid Expansion – From our Fairmount Temple GCC Healthcare Team Co-Chair Mitch Wasserman

Posted on December 11, 2012

This brief post, offered by Mitch Wasserman, the co-chair of our Healthcare Team at Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, in our community organizing work through Greater Cleveland Congregations. In this post, we seek to inform and engender discussion among us, leading to our participation at an upcoming healthcare assembly on Thursday, January 24, 2013, at 7:00p.m., with Continue Reading »

When Israel is Your Vocation by Callyn Weintraub

Posted on November 26, 2012

This blog post, offered by third-generation Fairmount Temple member Callyn Weintraub, is excerpted from her remarks shared at Shabbat worship on Friday, November 23, 2012, as a result of her recent post-graduate internship at AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Given the importance of Israel in the life of Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple and our members, Continue Reading »

Finding the Time – Parshat Toldot – November 16, 2012

Posted on November 23, 2012

This blog post is excerpted from the remarks of Student Rabbi Scott Fox on Shabbat Toldot, November 16, 2012. Scott is in his second year as our student rabbi at Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, and his final year of rabbinical studies at Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. We encourage Continue Reading »