Temple Sholom of Chicago

A wonderful Friday in Jaffa and the heart of old Tel Aviv. The view from our Tel Aviv Hotel We had a wonderful Yemenite Dinner tonight in classic old Tel Aviv and many of us Read more…

I am here in Washington, D.C., with many members of the congregation and the wider Chicago Jewish community, attending the annual Global Forum of the American Jewish Committee. The 2500 attendees are here to learn Read more…

  Chag Sameach! A Quick survey: How many people in the congregation regularly wear a wristwatch? {Ask for a show of hands of those who use another device to tell time and the youngsters will Read more…

“For you have known the heart of the stranger….” (Exodus 23:9) The picture above shows my mother, Regina Ohringer, mostly hidden by the man in the white suit in the middle. You can see on Read more…

This week the Jewish People read in the Torah about the enslavement of our ancestors. The daily fare of the Jewish slaves in their Egyptian exile was cruel. What began as forced labor steadily degenerated Read more…

The Journey to a Better Tomorrow Begins Today A Message from Rabbi Edwin Goldberg November 9, 2016 This morning many of us in this country and congregation feel as though they are in mourning. I Read more…

Can we talk about things that annoy us? Every day brings us an array of stuff that tries our patience. You buy something that needs to be assembled, and the instructions don’t make sense. You’re Read more…

Shanah Tovah. You may or may not like it, but I promise this day I am not going to speak about the current presidential campaign; I mean, hasn’t enough been said already? And yet, I Read more…

I am sure that many of us have been watching the Olympics. This year’s Olympics has had a historic first: a team of 10 athletes who are displaced persons from South Sudan, Ethiopia, the Democratic Read more…