Month: June 2020

KOL HAMIDBAR – A VOICE IN THE DESERT “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” John F. Kennedy Address on the First Anniversary of the Alliance for Progress, March 13, 1962   “You do not take a person, who for years, has been hobbled by chains and liberate him, bring him …

CELEBRATING FREEDOM – From History.com “Juneteenth (short for “June Nineteenth”) marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people be freed. The troops’ arrival came a full two and a half years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth …

We are getting better in our use of Zoom technology. The good news is that you do not have to have a Zoom account to attend a Zoom meeting or interview. You will be prompted to download the software, once you have clicked on the link that you have been provided. HOWEVER, you don’t even …

LOOKING FOR LIVE SERVICE? Click on “LIVE SERVICES AND EVENTS” in the upper right corner of the page. https://templekol.com/live-services-and-events TZEKED, TZEDEK TIRDOF “Justice, justice shall you pursue” (Deut. 16:18-20). The prophet Isaiah says, “observe what is right and do what is just.” (Isa. 56:1) More than ever do these words and ideas matter and mean …

JUNE BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES AND SIGNIFICANT EVENTS Mazal Tov – Mazal Bueno to all those celebrating a birthday, anniversary or significant event including graduations and Father’s Day during the Month of June. If we were together at Temple Kol Hamidbar, we would extend a Tallit over you, recite a special prayer for you, and recite the …