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Chanukah starts Sunday evening December 22nd.
When it comes to Chanukah, we are all familiar with the custom of lighting candles. We know the story of the battle between the Macabees...
Jun 5, 2023


Mazel tov to Nathaniel Reed Diamond and family!
Congratulations to Nathaniel Reid Diamond, son of Midbar Kodesh Temple members Kevin and Sharon Diamond and brother to Talia, on...
Jun 5, 2023


Calling out to God in Pain and Fear
This week’s Torah portion is a continuation of Jacob and his family’s return to Be’er Sheva from Haran. Jacob knows that his brother Esau...
Jun 5, 2023


Midbar Kodesh Temple’s Sr. USYers participated in the Children’s Heart Foundation
Midbar Kodesh Temple’s Sr. USYers recently participated in the Children’s Heart Foundation "Adopt a Family" program. They shopped and...
Jun 5, 2023


Unconditional Love
The rabbis in Ethic of Our Ancestors teach us that all love that is dependent on a specific condition, when that condition stops...
Jun 5, 2023


Jacob Cherry to be called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah; mazel tov to the Cherry and Schwartz famili
Jacob Martin Cherry, son of Midbar Kodesh Temple members Mindi and Mark Cherry, will be called to the Torah at Midbar Kodesh Temple in...
Jun 5, 2023


Our All Encompassing Religion
One of the beautiful things about our tradition is that every aspect of our lives is touched by Judaism. The halachik system or Jewish...
Jun 5, 2023


Reflections on the American Communities Response to Anti-Semitism
This past weekend we commemorated the year anniversary of the tragic shooting that took place at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. ...
Jun 5, 2023


HeChag – THE Festival
The Festival, that’s what the rabbis call Sukkot. Of all the Holidays, it is the one most associated with joy. After the intense ten-day...
Jun 5, 2023


Acclaimed author Maggie Anton to visit Midbar Kodesh Temple in November
Maggie Anton will be visiting the Midbar Kodesh Temple book club on November 17 to discuss her book “Fifty Shades of Talmud: What the...
Jun 5, 2023
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