President Cheryl Kabeli

From the President's Desk Dear TBI Family, There's a particular kind of quiet that settles over August — the sound of summer starting to wind down even while the days are still warm. If your house looks anything like mine right now, it's a mix of last beach trips, school-supply lists, and the strange scramble of trying to fit a whole summer's worth of “we should really do that” into the last few weeks before the buses start running again. I've been doing my own version of that scramble lately...

July is here — the summer sun is blazing, the A/C is working overtime, and the United States is turning 250 years old. Yes, America is officially a quarter of a millennium! As my father would have said, "Not bad for a country that started with a bunch of people arguing about taxes." I've been thinking a great deal about what this milestone means for us as Jews and as Americans. And the more I think about it, the more I realize: we have a lot in common with the founders of this nation. They...

Can you believe it's June already? It feels like just yesterday we were bundled up in our winter coats, and now we're debating whether the sanctuary air conditioning is too cold (it is) or not cold enough (also true, depending on where you sit). June is one of my favorite months — long days, warm evenings, my birthday, and a calendar that invites us to slow down, gather, and enjoy. And here at Temple Beth Israel, we are very good at gathering. June also marks the close of our programming...