Temple Israel to welcome visitors for ‘Stained Glass Sunday Afternoon’ on June 11

Crowds will return to Temple Israel from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, June 11, when United Hebrew Congregation participates in the annual “Stained Glass Sunday Afternoon” tour sponsored by Indiana Landmarks and Terre Haute Landmarks.

Volunteers will be present at eight historic houses of worship to welcome visitors along the free, self-guided tour. Tour maps will be available at each site.

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As term ends, Student Rabbi Aaron Rozovsky expresses thanks to congregation

By Student Rabbi Aaron Rozovsky

In our corpus we have texts such as Tanakh, Midrash, Talmud and Shulchan Aruch. Incredible minds like Rashi, Rarnbarn, Ibn Ezra and Nachmanides, beautiful and intricate languages such as Hebrew, Ladino and Yiddish, titanic moments like revelation at Sinai, the reigns of David and Solomon and the return from the exile.

However, despite this, I could not find a witty quote or a piece of insight from our sages that can properly convey my thoughts.

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