Building Ladders in our Prayer – An Introduction to Hitbodedut
During this week, Rabbi Nosanchuk is serving as visiting faculty of the URJ Kutz Camp, our Reform movement’s teen leadership camp in Warwick, NY, where he annually attends with one or two of our...
View ArticleWomen’s Rights and Equality – in the Torah and in the Modern World
This blog post is excerpted from remarks prepared by one of our religious school students, Lauren Gillinov, for Shabbat morning services on July 14, 2012, at Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, during which...
View ArticleRevolution! Fairmount Temple chosen as site for B’nai Mitzvah Revolution in...
Today I am a man!” It is immediately recognizable. It is a cultural phenomenon. It is a term known to Jews and non-Jews alike and a source of endless jokes, of too-frequent and ostentatious excess, of...
View ArticleOptimism, Motivation and Hope at the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
Fairmount Temple congregant and high school student Eric Giesler joined Rabbi Robert Nosanchuk in Washington, DC at the Consultation on Conscience of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism in...
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Are You Ready? – Charge by Rabbi Robert Nosanchuk to Confirmation Class of...
These remarks are excerpted from Rabbi Robert Nosanchuk’s charge to our 2013 Confirmation Class, at Shabbat and Confirmation Worship held on Friday, May 17, 2013. We encourage you to post, share, or...
View ArticleReflections on Hebrew High School Graduation – post by Lauren Smith, 12th...
This blog post is excerpted from the thoughts shared by 2013 Religious School graduate Lauren Smith at the May 6, 2013 Graduation and Evening Worship Service, led by the entire class. Lauren Smith was...
View ArticleYearnings: Jerusalem & the Onset of Teen Rebellion
“By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, we also wept, when we remembered Zion.” Tehillim (Psalms) Chapter 137, line 1 It is the one year anniversary of my first trip to Israel, and I...
View ArticleSummer Camp: Coming and Going
Hugs, laughter, kids full of stories…it’s just another summer camp session ending! Many kids who attended first sessions of Jewish overnight camps have returned home recently bubbling with anecdotes...
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My Connection to Global Jewish Peoplehood – Sydney Lapin at Fairmount...
This blog post on “If Not Now, When?” the interactive blog of Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple is excerpted from the remarks of Sydney Lapin, a 12th grade student in our Fairmount Temple Religious...
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What Jewish Community Means To Me: 12th Grade Student Jacob Josell at...
This post on “If Not Now, When?” the interactive blog of Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, are the remarks of Fairmount Temple 12th grade student, Jacob Josell, shared at the graduation service from...
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The Selfie: A Rosh Hashanah Reflection by Rabbi Joshua Caruso – September 13,...
This post to “If Not Now, When?” the interactive blog of Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple is excerpted from the remarks of Rabbi Joshua Caruso at Rosh Hashanah Contemporary Worship of Anshe Chesed...
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My Most Powerful High School Semester Happened in Israel: Sydney Eisenberg on...
This post on “If Not Now, When?” the interactive blog of Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple is excerpted from the remarks shared by Sydney Eisenberg, a student in our religious school, at Shabbat Atid...
View ArticlePraying for Someone Who Challenges Us
Noah Zelin, president of ACTY (Anshe Chesed Temple Youth), shared the following remarks at the ACTY-led Kol Nidre service on Sept. 15, 2021. Good evening and thank you for tuning in to our teen-led...
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Learning from the Past by Retelling the Stories of our People
Noah Zelin, graduate of Fairmount Temple’s Religious School and recipient of the Rabbi Barnett Brickner Award, delivered D’var Torah at the May 5, 2023, Shabbat Service which included the Religious...
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