 How many rabbis talk about how much they enjoy their congregation?
I do.
What a joy to be working to discover understanding. What deep rootedness comes from knowing you have been with a family through the ups, downs and in-betweens for a decade. What fulfillment comes from guiding people to reach beyond themselves – reach towards God and towards each other.
We seek a knowledge of God not only for ourselves, but we translate that knowledge into our actions. How could we not! We are motivated by the words of Hosea:
When there is no knowledge of God in the land, even the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the very fish of the sea are perishing.
Hosea 4:1-3
Our people are starving in Ethiopia – we feed myriads of school children six days a week in Addis Ababa. Our land is hurting – we have planted thousands of trees in Israel. There is an epidemic in our community, an epidemic called loneliness – we have brought companionship and purpose.
Come join us, you are needed.
Rabbi Jeffrey Glickman
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Rabbi Glickman will have "open office" hours each Friday from 11:00AM-12:00N.
If you have been wanting to stop by and catch up with him, or have an issue you would like to discuss, he will be available every Friday morning from 11:00A-12:00N.
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Rabbi Jeffrey Glickman
South Windsor
Five months after the earthquake that turned most of Port-au-Prince, Haiti to rubble, Rabbi Jeffrey Glickman of Temple Beth Hillel in South Windsor was in Port-au-Prince, working to establish an elementary school in the capital city. Glickman, the town’s rabbi and the chaplain of the police and fire departments, is a member of the South Windsor Human Relations Commission and chair of the South Windsor Haiti School taskforce. In mid-June, he visited the Haitian capital, accompanied by Tim Appleton, legislative assistant to State Senator Gary LeBeau, and Maryse Adonis, president of Arm2Arm, a non-profit organization that works with immigrant Haitian children in the Dominican Republic. Few children in Port-au-Prince attended school before the earthquake, and very few have hope of going at all, he says. The group hopes to build a new school, from one of the many empty shipping containers remaining from worldwide humanitarian aid, or to raise funds to support an existing school. The effort has received tremendous support from the greater Hartford Jewish community, Glickman says. This is not the first humanitarian project the rabbi has been involved in. He has long been involved in feeding hungry Jews in Ethiopia as they await transport to Israel. He has created a shelter for unwed mothers in Missouri, and takes his congregation on an annual excursion to observe the needy in his own community. This year, Glickman was a finalist in the Jewish Federations of North America “Jewish Community Heroes” campaign.
Posted on www.jewishledger.com on December 29, 2010 in CT News, Feature Stories
Copyright, 2010 by and reprinted courtesy of the Jewish Ledger.
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Here is the magic trick trick with string that Rabbi Glickman performs...
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The 26.2 Mile Man!
Can you imagine running 26.2 miles in a marathon! Well then, can you imagine the same 26.2 miles in a downpour of rain? Can you also imagine FINISHING the marathon. Well, if you answered no to the above, do I have news for you! Our own Rabbi Glickman did it. Rabbi G. ran in the Hartford Marathon in a downpour and finished the race within the allotted time. Ask our fleet footed Rabbi to show you his finisher's medal. Mozel Tov Rabbi. From the whole Congregation here is one Huge Shehecheyanu. :-)
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