Our Voices

Elana Arian has written many of the songs that accompany the soundtracks of our Jewish  lives. A gifted singer/songwriter, with a rich, full-throated, and inviting voice that warmly welcomes us to sing along with her,  while simultaneously piercing through to the depth of our...Read more...

If you had told me a year ago I would start the wave at a Shabbat service with a full sanctuary, I might have said “wait, really?” But I wouldn’t have said it skeptically, I would have said it with great excitement and anticipation. I would wonder when that service would happen. I’d have to...Read more...

Tu B'Av, often described as the Jewish holiday of love, is a lesser known but deeply meaningful celebration similar to Valentine's Day. Falling in the...Read more...

I’ve been thinking about the word joy a lot lately. What does it actually mean? I guess it’s closely related to the word happiness. But it’s not exactly the same. When I was a Senior in high school I was asked to consider what my goal was in life (I think it was part of starting to look for a college). I remember that I answered that my goal was “to be happy.” That’s all I could think of even though I was expected to come up with...Read more...

With deep appreciation and genuine admiration, I honor Karen Wisialowski, who has served our community as trustee, board president, and for the past ten years, as our chief community officer, as she retires from PTS at the end of June. In all these positions,...Read more...