Join us after services as Rabbi Tobin and members of our congregation study Pirkei Avot - The Ethics of our Ancestors, late into the evening. We will learn from the recent Lev Shalem commentary, voiced by two superb commentators - Rabbi Tamar Elad-Appelbaum and Rabbi Gordon Tucker. Rabbi Tucker will have presented some highlights of this text on May 11th and on Shavuot night, we will enjoy the length and breadth of this remarkable text. Filled with advice and observations about leading a moral and an ethical Jewish life, Pirkei Avot will challenge and uplift us as we prepare to receive Torah from Mt. Sinai in the morning this Shavuot

In light of New Jersey's legalization of marijuana/ THC products for general recreational use, the question arises: Is marijuana kosher?

Despite growing up in a fundamentalist Christina family in the Depp South an area sometimes known for its any-Semitism- Elvis developed a deep affinity to Jews.