By Rabbi Carl Choper, Temple Beth Shalom
On March 18, 1922, the first Bat Mitzvah ceremony in history was commemorated in the Reconstructionist synagogue in New York City. One hundred years later, on March 18, 2022, Temple Beth Shalom in Mechanicsburg will mark the centenary of that histo…
By Ira Beckerman
About two-thirds into the Shema, there is a portion from Deuteronomy where God promises the Jewish people rain on their land at the right times for their crops and trees, and grass on the fields for their animals. God instructs us to eat and be content (which shows up lat…
By Mary Klaus
Temple Beth Shalom members are helping their rabbi brighten Rosh Hashanah for Jewish inmates at the State Correctional Institute in Camp Hill.
The congregation is assisting Rabbi Carl Choper by collecting Jewish books, as well as funds to mail the books and to pay for Rosh Ha…
by Rabbi Carl Choper, Temple Beth Shalom
by Mary Klaus
Jewish prisoners especially appreciate the Passover story of Moses leading the slaves out of Egypt to freedom.
While most Harrisburg-area Jews will attend Seders in homes or synagogues next month, about 20 Jewish inmates at the State Correctional Institute in Camp Hill will a…
