Holocaust Remembrance Day Service
A contemporary Yom HaShoah Evening Service & Musical Reflections on Loss and Hope
Sunday, May 5 at 7pm | 28 Nisan
*please bring ID for entry
April 13, 2024
Read Statement from NSC Spokesperson Adrienne Watson on Attacks Against Israel
Iran has begun an airborne attack against Israel. President Biden is being regularly updated on the situation by his national security team and will meet with them this afternoon at the White House. His team is in constant communication with Israeli officials as well as other partners and allies. This attack is likely to unfold over a number of hours. President Biden has been clear: our support for Israel’s security is ironclad. The United States will stand with the people of Israel and support their defense against these threats from Iran.
This afternoon, President Biden will meet with principals of the National Security Council to discuss events in the Middle East. The meeting will take place in the White House Situation Room. Secretary Lloyd Austin, Secretary Antony Blinken, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Charles Q. Brown, Director Bill Burns, Director Avril Haines, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, Principal Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer, Counselor to the President Steve Ricchetti and National Security Council Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa Brett McGurk will attend in person. Vice President Harris and Chief of Staff Jeff Zients will attend by secure video. Earlier today, the President was briefed on events in the Middle East by National Security Advisor Sullivan and Principal Deputy National Security Advisor Finer.
Please Urge the UN Secretary-General to Help Secure the Release of Hostages
CANTOR PORZECANSKI RECOUNTS HER SOLIDARITY VISIT TO ISRAEL
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RABBI OSNAT ELDAR RECALLS OCTOBER 7, 2023
U.S. SENATE MAJORITY LEADER CHUCK DELIVERS REMARKS ON ANTISEMITISM & ISRAEL
MESSAGES FROM RABBI LIPPE
I am writing to you with the recognition that it is a difficult time to be a Jewish student on America’s college campuses as well as with the understanding that each of you no doubt sits someplace unique on the political spectrum of opinion and belief.
Nevertheless, I want to share with you my own personal perspective on the current crisis in Israel and Gaza as a progressive Zionist and someone who has lived in Israel for two years (however long ago) and who has visited more or less annually for over three decades, and who counts Israelis as both family and friends. READ MORE
A litle personal background for those of you who may not have heard this from me previously. I took my first year after graduating high school on a Reform Movement leadership institute in Jerusalem in the Fall of 1982. I was 17 years old, and living and studying in Israel profoundly influenced and impacted my life. Three years later in the Fall of 1986, I returned for another year of living and study as a first-year rabbinic student at the Jerusalem campus of HUC-JIR. Since that time, I have returned to vacation, convention, recruit or just breathe the air almost every year until covid. READ MORE
SERMONS AND INTERVIEWS
Rabbi Lippe’s interview begins at 33:12
NEW YORK SUPPORT
New York State Division Of Human Rights has instituted a new bias incident reporting system: The community can find out about the Hate and Bias Prevention Unit and report bias incidents by following https://dhr.ny.gov/nohate or 1-844-NO2-HATE (1-844-662-4283).Please note for emergencies dial 911
BHS SHOWS THEIR SUPPORT
Religious School Students Show Support
K/1/2nd Grades songs and prayers for peace with Songleader Ben (oseh shalom, I’ve Got Peace Like a River)
3rd Grade Songs and prayers for peace during T’filah and conversations with Rabbi Bailey (that’s you!)
4/5/6th Grades Checking in during class and allowing space to discuss their feelings and things they are seeing
5th grade Teacher Yoav Made cards for the #amyisraelchai project to go to students in Modiin with Student-Rabbi Smadar Bilik at HUC-JIR in Jerusalem because our sister school in Rishon Lezion has yet to open
5th Grade Teacher Jacob Made cards for Israeli soldiers that are on display in the BHS lobby as well as sent in a care package put together by one of our preschool families.
7th Grade They have talked about the events going on Israel and how they are processing.They take time in tefilla to pray for peace and asked questions about what was happening in the country. We ended with learning a new Hebrew phrase, Gam Zeh Ya’avor, that means “this too shall pass”.
