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10th Anniversary of October 7th
Dear North Shore Synagogue Family, Today, being August 7th, marks 10 months since the brutal Saturday morning, Simchat Torah attack on our Israeli brothers and sisters on October 7th, now known as the Black Sabbath. Today we mark 10 months that over 100 hostages still remain in Gaza. While many attempts to bring them home […]
Community, Spirituality and Music (Cantor Hevenstone)
This past May I had the pleasure of attending the 77th Cantors Assembly Conference in Minneapolis, MN. It was an amazing experience to join with my colleagues from across the country, Canada, and South America. At the conference I was able to participate in concerts, teach, and speak. It truly was an opportunity for renewal […]
Additional Security Protocols
These last few days have been challenging, as we all witness the horrific events in the Middle East. We have been continuously collaborating with our Internal Security Team, Security Company, Nassau County Police Department and our local/federal partners, to ensure the best safety protocol for our congregants, staff, families and entire community. In response to […]
Standing with Israel – Resources to help and speak to children
Dear North Shore Synagogue Family, We are all reeling from the horrific attack on our homeland. The Israeli death toll is past the 1,000 mark with thousands more injured and, at last check, about 130 people taken hostage, including the elderly (even a holocaust survivor) and children (including toddlers and a 9 month old infant.) […]
Back to School Blessing for Students, Parents and Teachers
From Rabbi Jaimee Shalhevet… Dear North Shore Synagogue Family, As the sun sets on summer and a new school year begins, we want to wish those of you returning to school as students, teachers, faculty, or staff a year filled with learning, growth and enjoyment. For our students and their parents: And so begins a […]
Why Are You A Member of A Synagogue? (Rabbi Shalhevet)
“Why are you a member of a synagogue?” It’s a different question than “Why do you join a synagogue,” right? Most people – and I am generalizing here – join a synagogue in order to receive something from it: education for a child, a B’nei Mitzvah, a wedding, funeral, or other lifecycle event, or sometimes, […]
Lifelong Learning Update
North Shore Synagogue’s Lifelong Learning Committee is proud to announce that it will be offering and sharing a broad range of Jewish cultural events and learning opportunities. Click here for Ten Minutes of Torah, a daily email from the URJ. Articles of interest More than a third of people in Hungary and Poland have ‘extensive’ antisemitic […]
Journey into the new year with (Jewish) holidays (Rabbi Shalhevet)
Like a few other cultures, our Jewish calendar is a lunar one, following the cycle of the moon. It still consists of 12 months, but because each cycle of the moon is 29.5 days long, every month is either 29 or 30 days, sometimes not the same each year. It makes the year only 355 […]
Coming Together and Rejuvenating (Rabbi Shalhevet)
August 18, 2024 by nssadmin • Blog
My dear North Shore Synagogue Family, Our year began, as it always does, in the month of Tishrei (approximately mid-September) with our High Holy Day services and programs. We welcomed Cantor Steven Hevenstone and his wife, Kathy, to our community as he lifted our prayers to the heavens with beautiful songs. We celebrated Sukkot in […]