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A Message From the Rabbi...

Shalom! It is a pleasure to welcome you to the website of Temple Isaiah. Though, to be honest, I’m a bit new around here myself. As of July 1, 2012, I am honored to be the rabbi of Temple Isaiah – a truly warm Reform synagogue serving the Jewish community of Howard County and the surrounding areas. This congregation has, for more than forty years, been a center of Jewish life and living. Consistent with Jewish tradition, we celebrate the past and embrace the future with great optimism.

For well over two thousand years, the synagogue has served three distinct purposes for the Jewish people.

A Beit Midrash – a house of study. Here at Temple Isaiah, we seek to educate our young and nurture life-long learners through engaging schools, adult-education and a never-ending quest for deeper knowledge and experience.

A Beit Tefillah – a house of prayer. Together with Cantorial Soloist Becca Grad, I look forward to engaging in uplifting, innovative worship grounded firmly in tradition. Shabbat, holidays, life-cycle moments – all of these are times that we reach and yearn towards God with the language of our heritage.

A Beit Kenesset – a house of gathering. Our community reaches out to each other in times of need and assembles to celebrate the joys of life. There are varied groups at Temple Isaiah that come together through common interest, for common good, and simply to gather in friendship.

If you are visiting Temple Isaiah’s website for the first time, I welcome you to explore all we have to offer – engaging learning, meaningful prayer and genuine connections. Even more so, we welcome you to come by, join us for worship or a program, or for a tour of our synagogue. If you are already a part of this vibrant community, I am truly excited to join my family to the Temple Isaiah family. In either case, I look forward to meeting you soon!