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It’s Almost Time for Hanukkah!
December 4, 2020

It’s Almost Time for Hanukkah!

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Text and display by Naomi Patz – Hanukkah 5781 Another name for Hanukkah is JAG URIM, the festival of lights. In the darkest season of the year, virtually every religious tradition includes symbols and ceremonies to offset fears and counter the unnerving absence of light. Obviously, this has been a much less significant feature of […]

December 1, 2020

Cómo COVID-19 empujó a una pequeña congregación judía en Puerto Rico mucho más allá de sus fronteras.

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Por  Judy Maltz Traducido  por Marc Schnitzer de un artículo publicado en la edición inglesa de Haaretz. Publicado a las 13:48 En una típica mañana de Shabat en estos tiempos no tan típicos, el rabino Roberto Graetz abre su servicio semanal de oración por Zoom a las 8 a.m. Son las 8 a.m. Hora del […]

Screenshots taken from archived recordings of virtual services. Clockwise from left: Rebecca Orantes, Rabbi Roberto Graetz, Martin Hirsch, Edy Huberman and Pablo Schejtman.
November 24, 2020

How COVID-19 Pushed a Tiny Jewish Congregation in Puerto Rico Far Beyond Its Borders

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What started out as an emergency Zoom Shabbat service in San Juan is now bringing together worshippers across the Americas By Judy Maltz. Originally published on Haaretz. On a typical Shabbat morning in these not-so-typical times, Rabbi Roberto Graetz opens his weekly Zoom prayer service at 8 A.M. That’s 8 A.M. Pacific Time, since Graetz […]

Norma and Bill Topp
October 9, 2020

Remembering Norma Topp

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Eulogy by Rabbi Norman Patz October 9, 2020 – Tishri 21, 5781 Hoshanah Rabbah Delivered by Salatiel Corcos, President of Temple Beth Shalom of Puerto Rico   I am Salatiel Corcos, President of Temple Beth Shalom. I have come today to honor the memory of Norma Topp, who was president of Temple Beth Shalom many […]

August 17, 2020

The Timeliness of Lashon Ha’ra

Rabbi Norman Patz / Rabbi's Blog /

Rabbi Norman Patz Temple Sholom of West Essex August 14, 2020 – 25 Av, 5780 The obituary for Adin Steinsaltz, published in the New York Times on Tuesday (Joseph Berger and Isabel Kirschner NYT 8.11.20) alerted us to the passing of our generation’s greatest Talmud scholar. Starting in 1965, when he was 27 years old, […]

July 6, 2020

Thoughts On Our Fragile Democracy

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Meditation Rabbi Norman Patz Erev Shabbat Zoom service July 3, 2020 – 12 Tammuz 5780 Temple Beth Shalom of Puerto Rico On this Fourth of July, the 244th birthday of the United States of America, I want to share with you my concerns about our fragile democracy. Here is why I am worried. On the […]

George Floyd
June 2, 2020

Commission of Religious Leaders Statement on the Death of George Floyd

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Congregants should read this important statement from the New York Board of Rabbis sent out on Sunday, May 31st, forwarded to us by Rabbi Patz.

Board of Directors of Temple Beth Shalom during Lee and Al's co-presidency
May 17, 2020

Remembering Lee Calem

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Remembering Lee Calem Remarks by Rabbi Norman Patz Visiting Rabbi, Temple Beth Shalom of Puerto Rico To be presented by Rabbi Michael Holzman May 17, 2020 23 Iyar, 5780 The members of Temple Beth Shalom of Puerto Rico receive the news of Lee Calem’s death with heavy hearts. For decades, Lee and her late husband […]

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