By CONNIE CONNOLLY cconnolly@chespub.com From The Star Democrat Mar 18, 2018 EASTON — The new Temple B’nai Israel is poised to open its doors to Jewish congregants, as well as to the Mid-Shore community, next month as the finishing touches are added to a project that began with its June 4, 2017, ground-breaking. “This (building) […]
From the Star Democrat, Easton, April 6, 2015 By BETHANY ZIEGLER PHOTO BY BETHANY ZIEGLER http://www.stardem.com ST. MICHAELS — Donald Berlin likes to say he didn’t really decide to become a rabbi until about six months after he was ordained. “I went through a lot of back and forth, not so much to the profession, […]
INTERVIEWED BY COLBY FLORKEWICZ – MARCH 2015 I have done my Bat-Mitzvah project on the fascinating life of Mr. Alvin Grollman. Born on May 2, 1925, he might be the oldest member of this congregation. Download the full PDF report here. He was born and raised on the Eastern Shore. His father had a general store […]
By CONNIE CONNOLLY cconnolly@chespub.com Nov 23, 2017 Contributed Photo Rabbi Peter Hyman of Easton, right, recently attended the Metropolitan Opera debut of baritone David Adam Moore, who posed with him at a restaurant after the performance.EASTON — Little did Rabbi Peter Hyman know when he helped a Texas teenager transfer to a prestigious music college […]
The other night on the Colbert Report, a television show that airs at 11:30 immediately after The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Steven Colbert held up two books each one authored by a member of his writing staff. The title of the first book escapes me. I can’t remember its title. I can’t remember the […]
Below is a copy of the sermon Rabbi Hyman delivered at the second annual Juneteenth Celebration. Rabbi Hyman was invited to by the Frederick Douglas Honor Society. You know, it was exactly one year ago today that we gathered here on this spot and in this manner and as a community triumphantly celebrating the return […]
At the request of so many, we are pleased to share with you the text of Rabbi Hyman’s sermon which he delivered at the 2014 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Prayer Breakfast last month. Rabbi Hyman was the key-note speaker at this community celebration. I am honored by your invitation to share some thoughts on […]