On behalf of The Jewish Center of Princeton, our President Linda Meisel and the lay leadership and staff, the multi-generational Jewish community in Princeton and beyond Princeton, we are grateful to be here.
 

I admit to you that I have been walking around in a bit of a cloud this week. It has been so hard to accept the news of the shooting at Congregation Tree of Life in Pittsburgh last Shabbat.

As a sports fan, I am intrigued by something that I notice now when I watch NFL Football games. In addition to watching the game and rooting for my team, I notice that the player's uniforms and other things around the stadium have a connection to a monthly theme.

Many of us have been focused this week on the devastating news of the fires in California. It is so hard to believe the devastation, the loss of life, the homes destroyed, the stories of entire towns wiped out and so much more.

For the past 30 years a group of women have gathered at the Kotel to pray every month on Rosh Chodesh. This group, Women of the Wall, organizes this service every month on Rosh Chodesh to honor the connection women have to this minor holiday and to come together to pray, read from the Torah, sing, dance and celebrate together.