Jewish Spirituality

“Shabbat and Sh’mita: The Importance of Rest & Renewal for our Land and Ourselves”

Posted on February 20, 2019

This post on If Not Now, When?, the interactive blog of Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, is the sermon shared by Rabbi Caruso at the Shabbat Service on Friday, Feb. 1, 2019.  We encourage you to share comments below, or to post the link to this post on social media such as Facebook or Twitter, or to share with others Continue Reading »

Zachor Et Yom Ha-Shabbat: “What Does it Mean to Remember the Sabbath?”

Posted on February 6, 2019

This post on If Not Now, When?, the interactive blog of Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, is the sermon shared by Cantor Sager at the Shabbat Service on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019.  We encourage you to share comments below, or to post the link to this post on social media such as Facebook or Twitter, or to share with others Continue Reading »

Building Hope, One Plank at a Time

Posted on November 7, 2018

This post on “If Not Now, When?” the interactive blog of Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, is the sermon shared by Rabbi Joshua Caruso on Friday, Nov. 2, the first Shabbat following the horrific shootings in the Pittsburgh synagogue.  We encourage you to share comments below, or to post the link to this post on social media Continue Reading »

My Experiences on the International March of the Living – Max Alter

Posted on October 23, 2018

This message on “If Not Now, When?,” the interactive blog of Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, was shared by our recent Religious School graduate, Max Alter, at our Aug. 3 Shabbat Atid Service.  We encourage you to comment below or to share the link on social media to continue the important conversation it engenders. On April 12, Continue Reading »

Close Encounters of A Jewish Kind: Rabbi Joshua Caruso – Dec. 2, 2017

Posted on December 5, 2017

This post on “If Not Now, When?” the interactive blog of Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple includes the D’var Torah delivered by Rabbi Joshua Caruso to the Partnership Minyan, a Modern Orthodox prayer community that has been meeting periodically at Fairmount Temple. He shared these teachings at Shabbat Morning worship on December 2, 2017. We encourage you to Continue Reading »

We Come Here To Cry: Rabbi Robert Nosanchuk on Erev Rosh Hashanah, September 20, 2017

Posted on September 21, 2017

This post on “If Not Now, When?” the interactive blog of Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, is excerpted from the sermon shared by Rabbi Robert Nosanchuk on Erev Rosh Hashanah, September 20, 2017. We encourage you to make comments below and/or to share the link to this post to social media such as Facebook or Twitter to allow the topic it raises to be Continue Reading »

Looking Through These Windows, 1957-2017: Rabbi Norman Roman, Guest Speaker at Shabbat Celebration of 60 Years on Fairmount Boulevard

Posted on May 15, 2017

  This blog post on “If Not Now, When?” the interactive blog of Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, contains excerpts of the remarks of Rabbi Norman T. Roman, Rabbi Emeritus, Temple Kol Ami, West Bloomfield, MI, on the occasion of the Shabbat Service on Friday, May 12, 2017, honoring the 60-year milestone since the dedication of Continue Reading »

An Everlasting Invitation to Our Dear Ones – Rabbi Joshua Caruso at Passover Memorial Service

Posted on April 19, 2017

This post on “If Not Now, When?” the interactive blog of Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, is adapted from the Yizkor Memorial service sermon on Passover 5777 of Rabbi Joshua Caruso. We encourage you, if you wish, to share comments below, to share the link with others, or to post the sermon, titled “Extending an Everlasting Invitation to our Dear Continue Reading »

Can’t Do This Alone – Rabbi Robert Nosanchuk, Kol Nidre at Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple- 2016

Posted on October 14, 2016

A nice Jewish girl brings home her fiancé to meet her parents. After dinner, her mother tells her father to find out about the young man. He invites the fiancé to his study for a little schnapps. “So what are your plans?” the father asks him.   “I am a Torah scholar,” he replies. “A Torah Continue Reading »

Anger – Rabbi Andi Berlin, Guest Rabbi for High Holy Days – Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple- October 3, 2016

Posted on October 6, 2016

This post on “If Not Now, When?” the interactive blog of Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple is adapted from the sermon shared by Rabbi Andi Berlin, guest rabbi at Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, at Rosh Hashanah Morning Contemporary Services on October 3, 2016. We encourage you to respond or share questions below, and share the link Continue Reading »