Adir Glick
Rabbi
Rabbi Adir Glick began his tenure at Temple Har Zion in August, 2015.
David Schwartz
EDUCATION DIRECTOR
David has been with Temple Har Zion since 2018.
Stewart Figa
Cantor
Cantor Stewart Figa has served at Temple Har Zion since 1998.
September 10, 2024 | Israel
Heartbreaking News of the Killing of the Hostages
September 2, 2024 Dear friends, This week I am returning from my sabbatical, and I am coming back shattered. The news of the murder of six hostages in Gaza yesterday–killed after ten long months of captivity–is devastating and heartbreaking. The story of their lives and their names and faces from hostage posters and news reports […]
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November 16, 2023 | Current Events | Israel
Reflections on the Washington March for Israel on Tuesday, Nov 14
Dear Friends, On Tuesday, Rachel and I, and a small group from our synagogue joined nearly 300,000 other American Jews in an extraordinary and exhilarating march for Israel in Washington D.C. Our day began at Midway airport at 6am with a departure hall overflowing with blue and white. Everywhere we looked were Israel-themed beanies, shirts, […]
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July 10, 2023 | Israel | Sermon | Spiritual
Sermon – In Need of Shepherds – Israel in Prayer
I was just in Israel. A nation going through tremendous upheaval. There was this moment in my first few days. We went to see a concert of a celebrated singer of piyyutim, Sephardic religious melodies. She came on and she was struggling. She said it was not easy for her to come do a concert […]
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