Temple Sholom

04/24/2026

Shabbat shalom!!

04/16/2026

Rabbi Norman ZL and Roz Koch’s middle son, Matan Koch’s recently diagnosed cancer took a sudden heartbreaking turn and he is now in end-of-life care. Our focus is on making sure he is surrounded by dignity, comfort, and love, and, if possible, by the people who matter most to him. Due to his cerebral palsy, being able to come home for hospice is exceedingly expensive, but our fervent wish is to allow him the chesed of having his final days at home surrounded by friends.

If you’re able to support his care or help share this: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-matans-dignified-end-to-his-life-journey

Updates and messages: https://www.caringbridge.org/site/c83965da-0c37-11f1-ac44-af64681e58ab

Even just sharing helps a lot. We’re hopeful he can receive visitors soon and will share more when we can.

We are using CaringBridge to keep family and friends updated in one place. We appreciate your support and words of hope and…

04/01/2026

12/14/2025

Message from Rabbi Cohn.

12/14/2025

Appreciation is extended to Rabbi Mark Cohn and all participants who attended the town menorah lighting ceremony in Sherman to commemorate Chanukah.

10/01/2025

A good read -

Some beautiful words of reflection on the eve of Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Hebrew year.

May we be sealed in the Book of Life, with hope and strength to carry us forward.

Challenge is Not the Opposite of Blessing, It's Often the Beginning of It
by Rabbi Mendel Mintz

There’s a pattern in Judaism/Torah.
A pattern we don’t always want but we always need.

When G-d wanted to make David a king… He didn’t give him a crown. He gave him Goliath.

When He wanted to make Joseph a leader… He didn’t give him a palace. He sent him to prison.

When G-d wanted to elevate Moses - he didn’t give him a stage, he gave him decades in the wilderness.

When G-d wanted to make Esther a queen, (in the Purim story), he gave her a crisis and Haman.

Time and again, we see:
G-d doesn’t elevate people through ease, rather through struggle.

Because it’s not despite the challenge that we rise.
It’s through it.

That’s how the human spirit is made and rises higher.

We don’t know what the new year will bring. But we do know this:
We were not born for comfort.
We were born for meaning.

We weren’t placed in this world to hide from its problems — we were created to illuminate and solve them.

And if, this year, you find yourself walking through a wilderness… or standing before your own personal or professional Goliath… Remember: that’s not a detour from your destiny. That is your calling.

May this be the year G-d transforms our struggles into strength…

May this year bring peace and healing to all.

L’shana Tova — may it be a good and sweet new year.