The Synagogue Provides Comfort During Trying Times
By Alan Teperow
Nachamu, Nachamu Ami – Comfort, Comfort My People.
Our summer jaunts to the beach may have been peaceful, but they didn’t provide the kind of comfort many of us needed this summer. In a recent Shabbat sermon, Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz referenced these prophetic words of Isaiah, suggesting that the kind of inner peace we seek only comes when we are together with fellow Jews, in our synagogues and communities.