Gesher - The Bridge Shul

08/13/2026

Thank you to the editors of Express News for this insightful editorial.

A Muslim community leader suggested a Palestinian speaker. A conservative Jewish congregation added an Israeli voice to appear beside him. And the conversation took place inside a Catholic church in

08/13/2026

“I grew up not knowing anything about the Holocaust,” West Bank native, Palestinian peace activist, author and global tour company founder Aziz Abu Sarah told the congregation of the Bridge

04/12/2024

Rabbi Jan Uhrbach, Director of the Block / Kolker Center for Spiritual Arts, provides practical advice on how to approach the Seder this year when many will face difficult conversations about Israel: https://www.jtsa.edu/news/tips-hard-conversations-seder-table/

09/19/2023

Now on our website: Rabbi Uhrbach's Rosh Hashanah teachings. Deep Torah on the theme of our new name, "the bridge" and it's resonance in times of personal transition and societal disruption.
https://www.bridgeshul.org/rabbis-torah

[NOTE: Any sound issues at the beginning of the first teaching are corrected about 8 1/2 minutes in, and the rest of the playlist is fine]

Rabbi Uhrbach’s Torah “As someone who doesn't speak or read Hebrew, I find Rabbi Uhrbach's sermons and teachings to be the bridge for my spiritual connection to this particular community. I appreciate the religious, intellectual and moral rigor of her words -- I feel like they disrupt and challe...

08/13/2023

07/28/2023

https://www.27east.com/southampton-press/conservative-synagogue-celebrates-25th-anniversary-renamed-gesher-the-bridge-shul-2181077/

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By Michelle Trauring On a spring evening in 1998, a small group of year-round Jewish residents met in a vacant East Hampton storefront for their first Shabbat service as the Conservative Synagogue of the Hamptons. Some wanted the intimacy and depth o

07/28/2023

Thank you 27 East for this great article on Rabbi Jan Uhrbach and Gesher | The Bridge Shul celebrating its 25th Anniversary

https://www.27east.com/southampton-press/conservative-synagogue-celebrates-25th-anniversary-renamed-gesher-the-bridge-shul-2181077/