“I want this evening to be a continuation of TBE’s strong relationships with the churches in Wellesley. I want this evening to be a new chapter in building and deepening our already strong connections.”
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“I chose to join L’Dor V’Dor Society because I love TBE. It means so much in my life that my hope is that future generations will experience what I experience all year.”
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I repeat here how I began my d’var Torah: by expressing how much I dearly love this congregation that has given me so many opportunities to express my Jewish values.
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My mother, Ethel Dorfman Rosen, died on Yom Kippur September 20, 1980. My father, Samuel Rosen, died before I was born serving this country in World War II. My mother was a hero in a different way.
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A first miracle: In 1977, I spent hours with my uncle learning the details of the life of the father whom I never knew. I had wonderful stories and pictures, but nothing tangible that he had touched. Then, this month, a second miracle.
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Recently, I was thinking about the power of our prayers of healing, my involvement in interfaith dialogue, and my deep and longstanding friendships.
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My mother and grandmother were the key people who cared for me and brought me shalom then, and the memory brings me shalom now.
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The class reminded us of the lives our ancestors escaped; sadly, it also made us more fully aware that antisemitism still exists.
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Our clergy always let us know how proud they are of us. I return the compliment.
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In the early 1990s, I met many others who shared the experience of our fathers dying during World War II. Nine of us founded the American World War II Orphans Network.
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Rabbi Saphire’s Facebook posts as well as the spontaneous responses they elicited embody our TBE values.
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