Rabbi Rosalie Osian comments on ‘The American Nurse.”

Rabbi Rosalie Osian, JSLI ordained and a Chaplain at Caring Hospice Services, NYC, was delighted to join with other Clergy to comment on spirituality and the nursing profession at a post screening panel discussion of ‘The American Nurse’. The film debut coincided with Nurse’s Week and is a documentary about the work of five nurses…

By admin May 25, 2014 Off

Mark Matousek

The Purpose of Sacredness presented by Mark Matousek   Scientists now understand that the human brain evolved so-called ‘higher emotions’ — awe, elevation, altruism, for starters — as a balance to our more primitive feeling functions. What we call The Sacred is humankind’s perennial response to this built-in need for transcendent experience. Whether we find…

By admin May 15, 2014 Off

Recent Article on Rabbi Tobi Rubinstein Schneier

Meet New York City’s Fashion Rabbi Tobi Rubinstein Schneier is wearing an animal-print hamsa necklace she designed herself to ward off the evil eye, and according to her, it’s working just fine. Two years after her high-profile rabbi husband, Marc Schneier, was caught in a torrid cheating scandal that became unrelenting tabloid fodder, she is…

By admin March 11, 2014 Off

Updates From Our Rabbis

Rabbi Jenn Weinstein Congregation Simchat HaLev Installs New Rabbi   On March 2nd, Rabbi Jenn Weinstein was installed in front of 250 congregants of Congregation Simchat HaLev of Syosset. The installation ceremony, led by Rabbi Jay Weinstein, her father, was held at Long Island University. Nassau County Legislator Judy Jacobs and Councilwoman Rebecca Alesia honored…

By admin January 29, 2014 Off