by beth-ami | Jul 2, 2024 | Rabbi’s Remarks
Rabbi Koas will first lead services at Beth Ami on July 19 and 20. A more casual opportunity for introductions will be offered at a Sunday barbecue. We hope that everyone in Beth Ami and the greater community will come meet Rabbi Koas at the board-sponsored barbecue...
by Mordecai Miller | Mar 24, 2024 | Rabbi’s Remarks
“In Every Generation They Tried to destroy us. God saved us” “Let’s eat!” This formula certainly applies to the two approaching holidays of Purim and Pesach. Interesting to note that the former comes at the end of the holiday cycle and the second, at the...
by Mordecai Miller | Jan 9, 2024 | Rabbi’s Remarks
If our TaNaCh (Bible) represents the dawn of the human record, human conflict takes place by the first generation. We read about how Cain’s jealousy leads him to murder his brother Abel. There is little doubt that Cain feels totally justified in this treacherous act....
by Mordecai Miller | Oct 9, 2023 | Rabbi’s Remarks
How tragic, that last Shabbat, Shemini Atzeret, a Holy Day that is termed “the season of our joy,” we were awakened to learn the shocking news of a major terrorist attack. Hamas, the terrorist organization controlling Gaza, had breached the security fence, and...
by Mordecai Miller | Jul 28, 2023 | Rabbi’s Remarks
I’ve decided to read from the novel “Queen Maker” by India Edghill in the place of the “Children’s Story.” It’s a novel based on the Biblical character of Michal, daughter of Saul. One review of the book reads: “Bold yet precise, this novel weaves new threads of...
by Mordecai Miller | Apr 18, 2023 | Rabbi’s Remarks
Having lived in the land-locked Midwest most of my life, I couldn’t help but be charmed by all the natural beauty that is California’s. We could sing a “dayenu” for the Pacific Ocean alone: its sheer grandeur, its changing moods, the incredible variety of marine life...