The Associate Rabbi's Blog: From the desk of Rabbi Kalisch
Remembering Debbie Friedman
This weekend, the Jewish community lost one of our most beloved musicians: singer and songwriter Debbie Friedman. In many ways, Debbie changed the face of Jewish worship in America today. It was through her simple, stirring melodies and her creative joining of Hebrew and English lyrics ...
No Vacation for Social Service at SWFS!
Among all the things I love about our synagogue, I’m always very proud of our historic commitment to serving those in our community who are in need. In 1907, only a few months after founding the Free Synagogue, Rabbi Stephen Wise founded a Social Services department to serve the needs ...
Magevet Comes to SWFS
As the Cantor mentioned in his blog posting last month, SWFS is hosting concerts by not one but *two* Jewish a cappella groups this month. For those of you who were here on Tuesday night, we were treated to a terrific concert by Six13, the six man pop a cappella group that Cantor ...
November is Shabbat Book Month at SWFS!
This month, we're trying a new program that I'm really excited about. For the month of November, SWFS is transforming into a giant book club – with the whole congregation as our members. Join our community in reading The Sabbath World: Glimpses of a Different Order of Time, by ...
