April 2020 Posts Erev Shabbat Message from Rabbi Bob Freeman Posted by The Jewish Center on 04/03/2020 Thanks to our current plague, we are in a sha-at d'chak, a time of crisis. Not only because we are worried about those whom we love, but also for the holiday, we really want to be together with family and community. Read More Erev Shabbat Message from Rabbi Bob Freeman Posted by The Jewish Center on 04/17/2020 April 22, 28th day of Nisan, is Holocaust Remembrance Day. Though I doubt I have anything to say about the Holocaust that hasn't been said before, I'm compelled to write about it. I hope my compulsion will shock you too into thinking about it. It's so easy to slide away from the Holocaust in our minds... Read More Erev Shabbat Message from Rabbi Bob Freeman Posted by The Jewish Center on 04/24/2020 How quarantine and trust intertwine is so complex. Here's the text from this week's Torah portion, talking about mold in the walls of a house, that got me thinking about it. [Leviticus 14:34-37] "The owner of the house [noticing red or green streaks in the walls] shall come and tell the priest saying, 'Something that looks to me like a plague is in my house.' Read More