“If Not Now, When?” Our new Anshe Chesed blog takes its name from one of three questions posed by Rabbi Hillel centuries ago. The other two questions were: “If I am not for myself, who will be for me?” and “If I am only for myself, what am I?” To all of us at Anshe Chesed, “If Not […]
This post on If Not Now, When?, the interactive blog of Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, is the sermon shared by Rabbi Elle Muhlbaum at the May 14 Shabbat Evening Service. When our family moved to Cleveland in June, we were approaching the summer peak in Covid-19 cases in Ohio. But, we still wanted to get to know our […]
This post on If Not Now, When?, the interactive blog of Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, was shared at the May 7 Shabbat Evening Service/Religious School graduate by Jessica Monahan, a Religious School Graduate and recipient of The Barnett R. Brickner Memorial Award. Shabbat Shalom. My name is Jessica Monahan and I am honored to receive the Rabbi […]
This post on If Not Now, When?, the interactive blog of Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, was shared at the May 16 Shavuot/Confirmation Service by Easton Singer, a Religious School Confirmand and recipient of The Barnett R. Brickner Memorial Award. Good evening. While I know that we all wish we could be in person celebrating this special occasion […]
This post on If Not Now, When?, the interactive blog of Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, was written by Cantor Rachel Stock Spilker of Mt. Zion Temple, St. Paul, MN on April 20, 2021, Hashkiveinu for Minnesota O God, during this turbulent time, help us to lie down with sound hearts that we may rise up with the […]
This post on If Not Now, When?, the interactive blog of Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, are the remarks shared by Cantor Claire Franco during the Shabbat Evening Service celebrating Cantor Vladimir Lapin’s installation, April 9, 2021. Shabbat Shalom, I am Cantor Claire Franco and it is my pleasure and honor to be speaking to you this evening. […]
This post on If Not Now, When?, the interactive blog of Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, are the remarks shared by Rabbi Rachel Steiner during the Shabbat Evening Service celebrating Cantor Vladimir Lapin’s installation, April 9, 2021. Shabbat Shalom. Thank you for welcoming me this evening. We are mid- story right now – a story we tell and retell […]
This post on If Not Now, When?, the interactive blog of Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, is the sermon shared by Cantor Vladimir Lapin during the Shabbat Evening Service celebrating his installation, April 9, 2021. To the members of this sacred community, special honored guests, my beloved friends, dear colleagues and my wonderful family…thank you so much for being […]
This post on If Not Now, When?, the interactive blog of Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, is the sermon shared by Rabbi Joshua Caruso Passover Yizkor Memorial Service, 2021. Coming from an Italian family, everything was about the sauce. I remember going from the train station on Spring Street to Lafayette Street, making my way up the stairs […]
This post on If Not Now, When?, the interactive blog of Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, is the sermon shared by Rabbi Elle Muhlbaum at the Contemporary Service on Kol Nidre, 2020. There’s a rabbinic tradition, a midrash, that teaches that whenever two come together to study Torah panim el panim, face to face, the Shechinah, or […]
This post on If Not Now, When?, the interactive blog of Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, is the sermon shared by Rabbi Elle Muhlbaum at the Anshe Chesed Temple Youth (ACTY) Service on Kol Nidre, 2020. Growing up, I loved immersing myself in the world of Harry Potter. I quickly identified with Hermione Granger: her unflappability, her […]
