D’var Torah: R’eih: The Price of Doing “Whatever We Please” (DEUTERONOMY 11:26–16:17)

"If every Jew does whatever s/he wants, wherever s/he wants, Judaism won't survive another generation."

August 3, 2013

What Are You Doing In Elul? (August KOL)

Los Angeles is a city of signs and billboards everywhere.  I know more about upcoming shows and movies than I would normally know tucked back...more

August 2, 2013

A Temple For All Seasons (July KOL)

As I write this article, summer begins tomorrow.  For many of our members, this means a more relaxed time of year filled with time to...more

July 9, 2013

Share the Best Kept Secret in Town! (June KOL)

Our secret is out!  At the CCAR (Central Conference of American Rabbis) conference in California, this past March, the new president cited TBS as the...more

May 31, 2013

Prayer for Women of the Wall

During this week when they were threatened with arrest if they said Kaddish at the Wall by Rahel Sharon Jaskow, adapted for TBS by Rabbi Perlin...more

May 28, 2013

Behaalotecha

In this week's Torah portion, Moses has his hands full as the Israelites complain about the menu in the wilderness.  They want meat, according to...more

May 28, 2013

“In God’s Image: Moving from Abomination to Acceptance”

Rabbi Amy R. Perlin, D.D.                 May, 10, 2013      Shabbat Bemidbar Temple B’nai Shalom, Fairfax Station, VA, with gratitude to The Sexuality Spectrum exhibit...more

May 28, 2013

Sacred Spaces, Sacred Lives

Rabbi Amy R. Perlin, D.D.     5/24/13 Shabbat Beha’alot’cha Our portion this week describes the Tent of Meeting – Ohel Mo’ed, our Tabernacle, the place in...more

May 28, 2013

A Community of Learners (May 2013 KOL)

For many years, congregations focused all of their attention on educating the children, and recent studies reveal that many did not even do a good...more

May 24, 2013

God of Us? (Shabbat HaGadol, March 22, 2013)

God-of-Us? Since Passover begins at sundown on Monday night, and I have spent the past two Sundays sitting in the temple lobby talking to people...more

April 3, 2013