It’s the end of the school year, but things are still buzzing with incredible happenings all around us.
Our community continues to grow stronger, offering more opportunities to connect, celebrate, and experience a joyful and meaningful Jewish life together.
We’re especially excited as camp kicks off soon — and this year, we’re thrilled to introduce our brand-new Kiddie Camp division at Alef Preschool for ages 2 through Pre-K!
Plus, our new Preschool is opening this September, now accepting enrollment. Hebrew School registration is also open for ages 3 through 7th grade, and we’re preparing some amazing new programs for kids and teens that we can’t wait to launch.
And of course, there are always opportunities to celebrate Shabbat, holidays, and community life with one another.
Check out some of these great opportunities by clicking on the images below.
Help us spread the word — let your friends know how wonderful it is to be part of Jewish life in our community.
Looking forward to seeing you soon! Warmly, Rabbi Mendel & Elke Zaltzman
On Sunday, May 11, students and families joined for the Hebrew School Awards Ceremony, celebrating a great year of Jewish learning and growth!
The ceremony included children's songs, prayers, Mother's Day gifts and students presentations.
Every Sunday morning, classes are filled with children singing prayers, reading Hebrew, learning and experiencing Jewish holidays and traditions in a warm and engaging environment.
Enrollment is now open for the 2025/26 school year. Click to view Hebrew School Award Ceremony Pictures
Saturday, May 17 Morning Service: 10am Evening Service: 7:40pm
Shabbat ends: 8:57pm
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WEEKLY eTORAH
The first word of this week's Torah reading, and indeed the colloquial name of the whole section, is Emor--"Speak." Man's essence is a mass of conflicting unrealized emotions. Give a nudge in a positive—or negative—direction and the ripple effects can be remarkableSpeech is the process of disclosing information, verbally divulging that which was previously concealed. This process of exposing one's own inner being by articulating one's thoughts is parallel to the effect one has on others just by talking about them. Two of the ten identifying characteristics of a truly virtuous person are the inability to perceive evil in another and the absolute determination to only portray others in a positive light. Chassidic philosophy explains that this is not self-delusional. This isn't the Jewish equivalent of the benighted character in Voltaire's Candide who believes, "This is the best possible result in the best possible world," no matter the evidence to the contrary. Rather, speaking positively about others causes them to act positively. The very act of ascribing positive rationales to the intemperate behaviors one witnesses, unlocks the innate, though hereto concealed goodness embedded in people's psyche, and develops their moral disposition to the point where they will automatically be driven to live up to your self-fulfilling prophecy. Man's essence is a mass of conflicting unrealized emotions. Give a nudge in a positive direction by awakening someone's dormant positive capabilities and the ripple effects can be remarkable. Malicious gossip can have the reverse effect. The object of the conversation mightn't be present during the libelous discussion, he might never hear about it, but the untoward ripple effects awakening his baser characteristics will have inevitable untoward negative ramifications. Thus the true implication of this week's portion, "Speak!" Speak positively about others, let your words impact the world and let others be affected by those words, live up to your belief in them. -adapted from www.chabad.org
