Dear Friends,

In this week’s Torah portion, Miketz, the very reason Joseph needed to be in Egypt in the first place becomes clear. Pharaoh has dreams that no one is able to interpret. Joseph is brought from the prison. He is not only able to interpret Pharoah’s dreams but, based upon those dreams, he puts a plan in place and turns that plan into reality. During the seven years of abundance he stores up as much food as possible so that, when the seven lean years arrive, he and the rest of the society are ready.

Vision and tenacity- those are the qualities Joseph relied upon. They are the same qualities that explain why Am Yisrael Chai- the People of Israel Live!

As the final Shabbat of 2016 approaches I am writing to you from the warmth and comfort of my home here in South Orange. Raina and I were …

From the chairs of the Deuteronomy 10:19 Resettlement Project: 

Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel, Congregation Beth El, and Oheb Shalom Congregation are joining together to resettle a refugee family in our community. We are excited to announce that Church World Services has identified a Syrian family in need of our support and we are expecting a mid-January arrival. We need to quickly arrange housing and so much more before we can make this happen!

Thank you so much to all who have contributed so far! We have already raised an impressive $16K towards our goal. Please consider donating before the end of the year and sharing our fundraising page with your friends on social media. As an added incentive, we have a donor willing to match the next $1,500 raised to help us meet our end of year fundraising goals. Click here to donate on our gofundme page.

We are …