Welcome to the Rabbi's Corner

On behalf of the Board of Directors and the staff, I want to welcome you to Shomrei Torah Synagogue's website. STS, is a vibrant Conservative Congregation located in the West San Fernando Valley. You will find that we are a warm and caring community whose mission is to teach, challenge, and support its members to grow Jewishly. We offer an array of spiritual, educational, charitable, and social opportunities in which to participate. As a Conservative synagogue, we are rooted in the wisdom of Torah as it guides us to face the challenges of today's world. We invite you to join us on this journey of spiritual growth, learning, community, and enrichment.

Recommended Reading

So many excellent volumes have been written having a Jewish theme and on the subject of Judaism. I hope you enjoy reading a few of these.

Issaic Klein, "A Guide to Jewish Religious Practice"
Rabbi Irving Greenberg, "The Jewish Way"
Elliot Dorff, "Conservative Judaism, Our Ancestors to Our Descendants"
Robert Gordis, "Conservative Judaism"
Robert Gordis, "A Faith for Moderns?"
Louis Jacobs, "A Jewish Theology"
Barry Holtz, "Back to the Sources and Finding Our Way"
Martin Buber, "I and Thou"
Abraham Joshua Heschel, "The Sabbath"
Jacob Neusner, "Invitation to the Talmud"
Paul Mendes-Flohr, "Jews in the Modern World"
Paul Johnson, "History of the Jews"
Ben Sasson, "History of the Jewish People"
Neil Gilman, "Conservative Judaism and Sacred Fragments"
Arthur Hertzberg, "The Zionist Idea"
Arthur A. Cohen & Paul Mendes-Flohr, "Contemporary Jewish Religious Thought"
Abraham Joshua Heschel, "God in Search of Man and Man is not Alone"
Joseph Soloveitechic, "The Lonely Man of Faith"
David Hartman, "A Living Covenant"

Enjoy!!

And, of course, if you have read a book that others may enjoy please let me know.