Shalom, all!
My name is Remy Liverman and I am delighted a to be joining United Hebrew Congregation as your student rabbi for the coming year.
A little about my personal background: I was born in Montreal and raised in Toronto, Canada. My family and I were active members of Temple Sinai in the greater Toronto area, and I spent my summers at Camp Northland B’nai B’rith in northern Ontario.
Student Rabbi Remy Liverman will officiate High Holidays services in the sanctuary at United Hebrew Congregation for the New Year 5780, beginning with Erev Rosh Hashanah services at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29.
Yana Weinstein will return for a third consecutive year to serve as UHC soloist for Erev Rosh Hashanah and Kol Nidre.
United Hebrew Congregation invites congregants, students and friends to enjoy bagels, lox and board business during the UHC annual meeting at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, June 9, in the Vestry Room at the Temple.
The board will review accomplishments of the past year, fill expiring seats and plan for the year ahead.
Take a look at photos from last year’s event!
Safely settled in 1941 with her father and sister in the U.S., 16-year-old Louise Sommers wrote, “The day after my seventh birthday, my mother suddenly died. Since then, things have never been the same.
“It seems that with my mother’s death, a chain of misfortune started. Hitler came to power and my uncle was beaten up, put into prison by the Nazis and later fled to France….Terrible things happened in Germany.”
Louise’s daughter Nancy Sommers found Louise’s youthful autobiography a few years ago and shared this excerpt as guest speaker for “Creating Light From Darkness and Optimism out of Tragedy”, the third annual Yom HaShoah event May 5 at UHC to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day.