May the Queen Rest in Peace and God Save the King

As you know, Queen Elizabeth the Second passed away yesterday.  She was beloved by her Jewish subjects, all over the Commonwealth and around the world.  I'd like to share just one story I heard about her relationship with the Jewish people.

Queen Elizabeth was very close with Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks and other major leaders of the British Jewish community. In 2019, she invited Holocaust survivors to St. James’s Palace in London. Rabbi Sacks said, “When the time came for her to leave, she stayed. And stayed. One of her attendants said that he had never known her to linger so long after her scheduled departure. She gave each survivor - it was a large group - her focused, unhurried attention. She stood with each until they had finished telling their personal story.

”Rabbi Sacks went on to say, “It was an act of kindness that almost had me in tears. One after another, the survivors came to me in a kind of trance, saying: ‘Sixty years ago I did not know if I would be alive tomorrow, and here I am today talking to the Queen.’ It brought a kind of blessed closure into deeply lacerated lives.”

From the Chief Rabbi's Prayer on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II:

Lord of the Universe, the supreme King of Kings in Heaven and on earth.

We, the members of this holy congregation, together with all the communities of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, deeply mourn the passing of our Sovereign Lady Queen Elizabeth II, who has gone to her eternal rest.

In an age of profound change, she signified order and justice; and in times of tension, she offered generosity of spirit.

A defender of faith with an unfailing sense of duty, she was a steadfast guardian of liberty, a symbol of unity and a champion of justice in all the lands of her dominion.

Clothed in strength and dignity She spoke with wisdom and the law of kindness was on her tongue. She watched over the ways of her nation, and never ate the bread of idleness.

In life, she was a most gracious monarch, who occupied a throne of distinction and honour.

In death, may her legacy inspire the nations of the world to live together in righteousness and in peace.

May You grant Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II perfect rest for evermore under the protective cover of your Divine wings And let us say: Amen.

Yahrzeits Dates: 9/9 to 9/15:

Sylvia Marcia Broverman                                           Mother of Brian Broverman

Joseph Stone                                                               Father-in-Law of Ronnie Stone Everson

Richard Wynn                                                              Father of Carol Haber

Sarah Lybanon                                                             Grandmother of Julie Lybanon

Kalman Pila                                                                  Grandfather of Kalman Pila

Rosalind Skoorka                                                         Mother of Marilyn Daniels

                                                                                       Grandmother of Stacy Gad

                                                                                        Grandmother of Lisa Caine

Kurt Greenbaum                                                          Father of Steve Greenbaum

Irving Abrahams                                                           Uncle of Steven Lieber

Rabbi Rudolph Adler                                                    Father of Rae Wallach

William Alter                                                                 Grandfather of Nancy Graff

Rachel Lakhovsky                                                         Mother of Nelly Vinokurov

Sheila Wasserman                                                       Mother of Stuart Wasserman

Marilyn Hoffman                                                          Wife of Hubert Hoffman

Jack Katz                                                                         Father of Susan Leibowitz

Yaniv David Drimmer                                                    Son of Ami Drimmer

                                                                                          Son of Dalit Drimmer

Ann Cobin                                                                       Mother of Susan Wine

William Broverman                                                       Father of Brian Broverman

Bernard Breger                                                              Uncle of Marc Rosenwasser

Edahn Isaak                                                                    Son of Samuel Isaak

                                                                                         Son of Malka Isaak

Anna Hymowitz                                                            Grandmother of Susan Pross

Ben Wise                                                                        Grandfather of Nathan Pearlman

Sam Peters                                                                     Father of Elaine Broverman

Weekly Talmud Study with Rabbi Blatt.

Thursdays, September 15 at 10:30am – 11:30am.

Join our Talmud Class - an all levels discussion of Talmud.

Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/624135476

Gutsy Torah

Saturdays, September 10, 17 & 24 at 8:30am – 9:15am

A weekly discussion of the Torah portion of the week.

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Meeting ID: 795 031 104

Pirkei Avot Study with Rabbi Marc Blatt after Services

(In Person & Livestreamed)

Saturdays, September 10, 17 & 24 at 12:30pm

Livestreamed here: www.kolami.org/streaming.html

Ken Burns’ documentary U.S. & the Holocaust is premiering next month. As a part of that programming, WEDU (PBS) is broadcasting the three-part series on September 18, 19, and 20 from 8:00-10:00 p.m. ET. 

In addition to the broadcast, there is a virtual conversation:

Sept. 15, 7:00-8:00 pm ET Conversation Event:

RSVP link: https://to.pbs.org/3bOw6xQ

Theme: "The Holocaust and Authoritarianism Today"

An hour-long discussion with filmmakers and special guests in partnership with Freedom House, featuring clips from the new three-part series, THE U.S. AND THE HOLOCAUST, by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein. Premiering September 18-20.

Click the link below for more details

The U.S. and the Holocaust - Ken Burns