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Writers arranged in alphabetical order by last name.
   

 

 

 

Senior Rabbi

Alan Green

(00-Present)

 

2009 > Feb 09
2008 > Gays, Lesbians and Synagogue Life - Jan 08
  > The Hidden Richness of Jewish Holidays - Mar
  > Some Thoughts About Shavuot - May 08
  > Exploring our Subjectivity - Jul 08
  > The Physiology of the Spirit - Sep 08
  > Standing in the Presence of God - Nov 08
2007 > Countdown to Revelation - May 07
  > Same-Sex Unions in the Context of Jewish Law - Sep 07
  > Gays, Lesbians and Judaism - Nov 07

2006

> Mar 06

> May 06

> Jul 06
  > A Jewish Future for Our Children's Children - Dec 06

2005

> Mar 05

> May 05

> Israel Update - Aug 05

> Kol Nidre/Yom Kippur Message - Dec 05

2004

 > Nov 04

> Aug 04

> Mar 04

> Jan 04

2003

> Jan 03

> Mar 03

> What to Do with Iraq After the War is Over - Apr 03

> A Shavuot Message for This Generation - May 03

> Jul 03

> Sep 03

> Dec 03

2002

> Sep 02

> Nov 02

> Chanukah - Dec 02

 

 

 

 

Adult Leisure Chairperson

Mildred Devins

 

2009 > Feb 09      
2008 > Jan 08 > Mar 08 > May 08 > Jul 08
  > Sep 08 > Nov 08    

2007

 > Feb 07 > May 07 > Sep 07 > Nov 07

2006

> Mar 06

> May 06

> Jul 06

> Dec 06

2005

> Mar 05

> May 05

> Aug 05

> Dec 05

2004

> Jan 04

> Mar 04

> Aug 04

> Nov 04

2003

> Mar 03

> Apr 03

> May 03

> Jul 03-1

> Jul 03-2

> Sep 03

> Dec 03-1

> Dec 03-2

2001

> Jul 01

 
   

 

 

 

Program Coordinator

Sharon Graham

(08-Present)
 

2009

 > Lots of Fun Ahead!

 

 

 

President

Saul Greenberg

(07-Present)
 

2009 > Feb 09
2008 > Jan 08
  > Mar 08
  > May 08
  > Sep 08
2007 > Sep 07
   

 

 

 

Former Executive Director

Faith Kaplan

(07-08)
 

2008 > Phone Your Mother - Mar 08
2007 > Home At Last - May 07
  > Nov 07

 

 

 

Past President

Rick Lee

(05-07)
 

2007 > The Visioning Workshop - Just One Piece of the Puzzle - Feb 07
  > Message from the President - May 07

2006

> Rabbi Green's Spiritual Trip to Israel - Mar 06

> May 06
  > Of Weddings, Youth and Visions - Jul 06
 

> Paving the Road for the Future - Dec 06

2005

> First Message From Our New President - Aug 05

> Message from the President - Dec 05

2003

> Programming at Shaarey Zedek - Dec 03
   

Past President

Dr. E A (Ted) Lyons

(President 99-01)
 

2001

> Are You Committed or Just Involved? - May 01

 

 

 

Executive Chef

Shelley Martin

(00-06)
 

2006

> I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together - May

2005

> Kosher World - May 05

> Changes in the Wind for Next Year - Dec 05

> A Little Nerve Goes A Long Way - Aug 05

2004

> Ready to Meet the Wind Beneath My Wings?-Jan

> The Global Recipe Hunter - Mar 04

> Where the Heck is Our Summer? - Aug 04

> The Best Salami Sandwich Money Can Buy-Nov

2003

> Kosher in the Apple - Jan 03

> Let's Bake for Purim - Mar 03

> The Dreaded Matzo - Apr 03

> In the Wake of Pesach - May 03

> Ah, the Smell of Summer - Jul 03

> Are You Ready To Hear It? - Sep 03

> Kosherfest Today, Holidays Tomorrow - Dec 03

2002

> Chanukah already? - Nov 02
   

 

 

 

Chazzan

Aníbal Mass

(02-Present)
 

2009 > Matzah and Chametz - Feb 09
2008 > An AmaZim Weekend - Jan 08
  > Happy Giving - Mar 08
  > Homosexuality Revisited - May 08
  > Positive Outlook - Jul 08
  > How Can We Make The Holidays More Meaningful - Sep 08
  > Nov 08
2007 > Lag B'Omer: Celebrating a War That We Lost?
  > The Avodah: An Interpretation For Our Days - Sep 07

> Are We Living In A Modern Day Babel - Nov 07

2006

> The Festival of Purim - Mar 06

> Shavuot: The Festival of the Weeks - May 06
  > Teshuvah: Repentance and Transformation - Jul 06
  > Chanukah: Symbol of Heroism and Faith - Dec 06

2005

> Purim - Mar 05

> Yom Ha'atzmaut and Yom Yerushalayim - May 05

> 17th Day of Tamuz and Tisha B'Av - May 05

> The Month of Elul: The Time Is Now - Aug 05

2004

> Pesach - The Freedom Festival - Mar 04  > Mar 04

> Sefirat Ha'Omer - Mar 04

> Yom Hashoah - Holocaust Day - Mar 04

> Yom Ha'atzmaut - Independence Day - Mar 04

> Lag B'Omer - Mar 04

> Shavuot - The Giving of the Torah - Mar 04

> Yamim Noraim - Aug 04

> Renovating the Miracle - Nov 04

2003

> Jan 03

> Mar 03

> Apr 03

> May 03

> Jul 03

> Sep 03

> Dec 03

2002

> Nov 02

 

 

 

 

Sisterhood President

Thelma Sures
 

2009 > Message from Sisterhood - Feb 09
2008 > The Sisterhood Conundrum - Mar 08
  > The State of Sisterhood - Jul 08
  > Message from Sisterhood - Sep 08
2007 > Thelma Sures, President - Feb 07
  > The Toughest Thing About Being Sisterhood President - Thelma Sures - May 07
  > Sisterhood Report -Thelma Sures, President - Sep 07
  > Things That Go Bump In The Night - Nov 07

2006

> Sandy Polanski, Co-President - Mar 06

> Beverly Nord, Co-President - May 06
  > Thelma Sures, President - Jul 06
  > Thelma Sures, President - Dec 06

2005

> Sisterhood News - Co-Beverly Nord, President-Mar

> Beverly Nord, Co-President - May 05

> Beverly Nord, Co-President - Aug 05

> Sandy Polanski, Co-President - Dec 05

2004

> Beverly Nord, President - Jan 04

> Letter from a guest who attended an Interfaith  Luncheon – Hussieni Azad - Mar 04

> Beverly Nord, President - Sep 04

> Beverly Nord, President - Nov 04

2003

> Beverly Nord, President - Jan 03

> Beverly Nord, President - Mar 03

> Beverly Nord, President - Apr 03

> Beverly Nord, President - Jul 03

> Beverly Nord, President - Sep 03

> Beverly Nord, President - Dec 03

2002

> Alice Weissmann, President - Jan 02

> Alice Weissmann, President - Mar 02

> Alice Weissmann, Past President - Jul 02

> Beverly Nord, President - Sep 02

> Beverly Nord, President - Nov 02

2001

> Alice Weissmann, President - May 01

> Alice Weissmann, President - Jul 01

 

Associate Rabbi

Lawrence Pinsker

(04-Present)


 

2009 > Chance and Necessity - Feb 09
2008 > What You Believe Is What You Get
Tu B’Shevat, Trees, and the Messiah - Jan 08
  > A Pale and Distant Passover Echo - Mar 08
  > Learning to Play in Shul - May 08
  > Learning to Pray with Chutzpah - Jul 08
  > God Doesn't Always Daven Along - Sep 08
2007 > The Conservative Law Committee Votes on the Status of Gay & Lesbian Jews - Feb 07
  > Purim: "Until We Have Faces" - Feb 07
  > Do the Right Thing: An Ethics Column - The Worth of a Single Life - May 07
  > Shavuot-"Have You Got Another World?"- May 07
  > Dancing on a Wire - Sep 07
  > A Spirituality that Leads Us to Ourselves and Others - Nov 07

2006

> Do the Right Thing! Insights Into Jewish Ethics: Judging Others Positively - Mar 06

> Baskets of Memory - Mar 06
 

> Lag B'Omer: Time Out of Mind - May 06
  > Do the Right Thing! Insights into Jewish Ethics: Repairing the World, Repairing Yourself - May 06
  > Do the Right Thing! Insights into Jewish Ethics: The Only Thing God Asks of Us - Jul 06
  > Do the Right Thing! Insights into Jewish Ethics: Caring for Others - Dec 06

2005

> Leap of Faith - Mar 05

> Do the Right Thing! - Mar 05

> Shavuot: A Journey of Love and Fulfillment - May 05

> Remembering Suffering, Loss and Heroism - May

> Tishri's Overflowing Cup II: Sukkot, Sh'Mini Atzeret, And Simchat Torah - Aug 05

> Tishri's Overflowing Cup I: Rosh Hashanah And Yom Kippur - Aug 05

> The Chanukah Dilemma - Dec 05

> Do the Right Thing! Insights Into Jewish Ethics - Dec 05

2004

> To Rescue What Has Fallen - Nov 04

 

 

 

Past President

Rocky Pollack, QC,

(President 03-05)
  

2005

> Mar 05

> May 05

2004

> Jan 04

> Mar 04

> Sep 04

> Nov 04

2003

> Jul 03

> Sep 03

> Nov 03

2002

> Mar 02

   

  

 

 

 

Columnist

Gerry Posner
   

2009 > The Joining of a Brown with a Braun
2008 > The Raber Way - Jan 08
  > The Beautiful Bellan Cham Family - May 08
  > The Brazilian Connection - Sep 08
2007 > The Dynamic Duo - Patti Cohen & Arthur Blank - Feb 07
  > The Remarkable Robinsons - May 07
  > The Timing of a Ted - Sep 07

2006

> Matthew the Marvelous - Mar 06
  > The Bright Light of Lorne Weiss - May 06
  > The Legacy of the Hefts - Jul 06
  > Allan Becker - The Allergy King - Dec 06

2005

> A Passing Generation - Mar 05

> Changes at Shaarey Zedek - May 05

> Maurice Shnider - A Man For All Seasons - Aug 05

> The Service of a Secter - Dec 05

2004

> An Amassing Day - Jan 04

> Connecting to Our Past - Mar 04

> The Weavers of Shaarey Zedek - Aug 04

> The Maestro Man - Yuri Klaz - Nov 04

2003

> The Vickars - Mar 03

> D’var Torah from March 1, 2003 - Apr 03

> From Father to Son - May 03

> Dr. Philip Weiss - Jul 03

> A Special Brand of Music - Sep 03

> Top Torah Reader – King of the Trope - Dec 03

2002

> Another Adult B’not Mitzvah – Joy of Joys - Nov 02

2001

> The Shaarey Zedek Gift Shop - May 01

> Coincidence or Not? - Jul 01

 

 

 

Past President

Justice Perry Schulman

(President 01-03)
 

2003

> Wonderful News/Goote Neiz - Mar 03
  > A Decade of Improvement - May 03

2002

> A Modern Constitution for the 21st Century - Jan 02

> Nov 02

2001

> The New President’s Report - Jul 01

 

 

 

 

 

Executive Director

Ian Staniloff

(08-Present)

 
2008 > Sep 08
  > Nov 08

 

 

 

Program Director

Shira Uretsky

(04-Present) Maternity Leave
 

2006

> A Fantastic Past and a Brilliant Future - Mar 06

2005

> Shaarey Zedek: The Place to Be in 2005! - Mar 05

> Creating Traditions - Aug 05, A Part of Your Lives - May 05

> Time Flies When You're Having Fun! - Dec 05

   

 

 

 

Former Executive Director

Jackie Wassermann

(00-07, 08)
 
2007 > So long, take care and we'll be seeing each other along the way - Feb 07

2006

> Message from the Executive Director - Mar 06
  > Reflection and Anticipation - Jul 06

2005

> Kiddush Enhancements and Donations - Mar 05

> Meet The Office Team - Aug 05

2003

> Executive Director's Report - Jul 03

> Executive Director's Report - Sep 03

2002

> Executive Director's Report - Nov 02

2001

> Executive Director's Report - Sep 01

> Executive Director's Report - Nov 01





Shammes

Bill Weissmann

(00-Present)
 

2009

 > Daily Minyan: A Warm and Friendly Place to Pray

   

Other Articles:

 

> 2005 2nd Seder Report Ritual Sub-Committee

- Marshall Wilder - Aug 05

> Missing Pieces - Matthew Gindin - Aug 05

> Reflections on the Daily Minyan - Chana Thau - Dec 06

  
   

                   

         

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