by JA-Scottidesign | Mar 11, 2020 | Posts
Dear Kahal Chaverim Community, Mona and Lynn received the following email from Gottesman Academy regarding the current COVID 19 outbreak. The short version is that Gottesman is suspending outside rental usage of its space for the next six weeks. The longer message is...
by JA-Scottidesign | Jan 29, 2020 | Posts
SCHOOL CHOICE AND SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE This week, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue – a case that may have major implications for the free exercise of religion and the future of school choice and public education....
by JA-Scottidesign | Jan 29, 2020 | Posts
The words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance and the phrase “In God we trust” on the back of a dollar bill haven’t been there as long as most Americans might think. Those references were inserted in the 1950s during the Eisenhower...
by JA-Scottidesign | Nov 12, 2019 | Newsletter
October 2019 President’s Message I hope everyone had a fantastic Rosh Hashanah! Rob, I truly appreciated both your services. Also, I would like to thank everyone who brought food and drinks, helped out with set up, breakdown, serving, and clean up on both days....
by JA-Scottidesign | Nov 12, 2019 | Posts, Uncategorized
Yom Kippur is typically a time of remembrance, humility, and most of all atonement. As humanistic Jews we live by the idea of helping others, doing right by others, protecting others, which of course begs the question: What could we possibly have to atone for? ...