Temple Beth Sholom - A Jewish Center of Life, Learning and Connections in Orange County, CA
A Jewish Center of Life, Learning and Connections serving OC Reform Jewery since 1943
Yom Kippur Afternoon / Yizkor 5780 October 9, 2019 Rabbi Heidi M. Cohen Journey to the Edge of the Sea “Birth is a beginning and death a destination,” and while these words are very familiar to us they still bring up so many questions. What does it mean to say, death is a destination? I […]
Rabbi Heidi M. Cohen “Birth is a beginning and death a destination,” and while these words are very familiar to us they still bring up so many questions. What does it mean to say, death is a destination? I think of a destination and it brings to mind a trip of some sort that might […]
Yom Kippur Afternoon / Yizkor 5780 October 9, 2019 Rabbi Heidi M. Cohen A New Light Searching for Our Truth There once lived a man who set off to look for truth. He scoured the world in search of it, giving up his possessions, his family, his home, all to search for truth. After […]
Rosh Hashanah 5780 September 30, 2019 Rabbi Heidi M. Cohen It’s Hard Work Dealing with Antisemitism This spring, I along with others from TBS, traveled to Eastern Europe, walking in the footsteps of our Czech Torah. This was an awesome journey learning about the strong Jewish communities that existed in Poland and the former […]
Erev Rosh Hashanah 5780 September 29, 2019 Rabbi Heidi M. Cohen 3 Little Words Those three words! What are they? What might come to mind immediately is, I love you! These are magical words that make our hearts melt. Either coming from a beloved or a child or even someone who we’ve just met […]
Yom Kippur – Yizkor 5779 September 18, 2018 Rabbi Heidi M. Cohen You Never Know? I admit it, I’ve had a hard time sitting down to write this sermon. Usually, my Yizkor sermon is one of the first I write. It’s the personal, kishke sermon that seems to flow. But this year, this year […]
Kol Nidrei 5779 September 18, 2018 Rabbi Heidi M. Cohen Is it Black or is it White? Two old Jewish men were sitting on a park bench, friends for many years. One looks at the other and says, “Oy”. The other looks back and says, “Oy”. The other replies, “Oy”, to which the response […]
Kol Nidrei 5779 September 18, 2018 Rabbi Heidi M. Cohen Courage, Shame and Vulnerability There are times during services when it’s easy to go on autopilot. We know many of the words by heart as we recite them often. Hence we take for granted the translations within in our prayer books or the words […]
Rosh Hashanah 5779 September 10, 2018 Rabbi Heidi M. Cohen Finding God is a Journey We are a people who love to ask questions, especially questions about God and the existence of God. Every year in Confirmation and sometimes with our B’nai Mitzvah students, there is always at least one student who says, ‘I […]
Erev Rosh Hashanah 5779 September 9, 2018 Rabbi Heidi M. Cohen Engaged or Empowered: How We DO Jewish In 1943, during World War II, 25 families of Jewish merchants would gather together in downtown Santa Ana on Friday evenings for Shabbat services, establishing themselves as the first Jewish congregation in Orange County. They first […]
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