Who We Are

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Meaning and Purpose

At Temple Sholom, we are a Jewish community that welcomes everyone, including seekers, interfaith families, and those looking for a spiritual home.

We believe that as a faith community, it is our responsibility to empower individuals and families to embrace Jewish practice and learning in their lives so that they may in turn contribute to making the world a better place. Our focus is on fostering spiritual growth through a Jewish lens, understanding we are part of a long tradition of social justice, care for others, prayer, questioning, and spiritual fulfillment.

We believe that there is a lifelong continuum to sacred living and that it requires ongoing attention and intention. Each of our congregants pursues an individualized Jewish spiritual path within the context of a nurturing, creative, and holy community. We believe that every encounter with the synagogue, worship, learning, and community are opportunities for sacred meaning and growth. We are not a congregation of consumers, but rather a sacred congregation that deeply believes in the power of personal and communal connections to the Divine.

Temple Sholom Vision Statement

Spiritual meaning and purpose are at the center and focus of everything we do.

As a community, we aspire to...

1. SHALOM שָׁלוֹם Spiritual Welcoming

Just like Abraham and Sarah, Temple Sholom extends our welcoming hands, meeting all generations WHERE they are. We are proactive and inclusive.

2. SHEMA שְׁמַע Spiritual Communication

Communication is about trust. Transparency, accessibility, and engaging modalities are top priorities in the way we speak and listen as a community. Reaching demographics beyond the scope of our congregational walls promotes our central value of inclusivity.

3. KEMACH קֶ֣מַח Spiritual Spending

We are a group of people from all different walks of life - we turn no one away. When we spend, we spend smartly. Understanding that we need to invest our capital in staff and meaningful programs rather than infrastructure.

4. TZEDEK צֶדֶק Spiritual Engagement

We seek out meaningful, long-term social justice partnerships that further the goals of harmony, human rights, and well-being for all people in this world. Through education, meaningful prayer, and communal calls to action we seek to better our world with our unique gifts.

5. DERECH דֶרֶך Spiritual Journey

We understand that each of us is on our own journey of spiritual fulfillment. Individuals find that Temple Sholom activities, worship, and classes are directly relevant and connect to personal, articulated spiritual goals.

6. MAKOM מָקוֹם Spiritual Home

Our space reflects who we are as a congregation. Our house is welcoming, inspiring, accessible, and appropriate to our size. Our home extends to our online community, knowing that we exist both within and outside our physical walls. Finally, our place of belonging is in the greater community where we engage in Tikkun Olam.