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Rabbi Ron Shulman

I came to Chizuk Amuno Congregation in July 2004 to serve as this synagogue community’s seventh Senior Rabbi. Teaching is the rabbinic role I find most enjoyable. Celebrating and observing the sacred, personal moments...

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Latest Blog Post - September 5, 2010

Prepared to Pray

We enjoyed a truly spiritual evening at Chizuk Amuno Saturday night. We learned about making prayer personal, and were moved deeply by the beautiful music and reflective mood of our Selihot prayers for forgiveness. The High Holy Day season has begun. During the study session which Rabbi Wechsler and I taught, I asked those present to identify a significant moment in their life, a happy or sad time when they felt intense...

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Rabbi Deborah Wechsler

Rabbi Wechsler has touched the lives of many members of our community through her intellect, warmth, compassion and commitment to the ideals of Conservative Judaism. As the first woman to serve as rabbi of Chizuk Amuno...

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Communities and Individuals

Community, community, community. That’s what we talk about these days. It’s right that we should talk about community as we prepare to gather in the largest numbers of the year. As we try to “craft” a tefillah experience that is meaningful for all of us in the Krieger Auditorium, I am wrestling with the two poles of the needs of the community and the needs of individuals. Actually I’ve been wrestling with...