Are you a synagogue or what? Yes and no and kinda. Words like “synagogue” can feel constraining, and we want to think expansively about what Jewish life can be… so we think of ourselves as a spiritual community, and let the experience define itself.
“Prayer is meaningless unless it is subversive,
unless it seeks to overthrow and to ruin the pyramids of callousness,
hatred, opportunism, falsehoods. The liturgical movement must become a revolutionary movement, seeking to overthrow the forces that continue to destroy the promise, the hope, the vision.”
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, “On Prayer”
“To educate means to cultivate the soul.”
-Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
“Love your neighbor, and love yourself. That is the whole Torah. All the rest is commentary.” Hillel
This community is crawling with good folks — from longtime members to newbies — and there are so many ways to connect.
“Never miss a party… good for the nerves like celery.”
-F.Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby Girls
“All beginnings require that you unlock new doors. The key is giving and doing. Give tzedakah and do kindness.”
-R’ Nachman of Bratslav