in fond memory...The Schaalmans Part 3 of 4
Once married, the Schaalmans went off to Temple Judah in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a town Herman had visited with a friend and saw as sort of...
in fond memory...The Schaalmans: Part 2 of 4
Rabbi Schaalman’s coming to the United States was really like a bolt from the blue, and once he arrived, he felt completely out of his...
in fond memory...The Schaalmans: Part 1 of 4
Rabbi Herman Schaalman and his wife Lotte came to Emanuel Congregation in 1956. By that date the arc of their personal experience was...
A Moment of Grace
Last week we marked Holocaust Remembrance Day and, as I write these few lines, we are on the threshold of Israel Independence Day. In...
Rabbi Zedek joins event honoring President Clinton
KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV/AP) - Former President Bill Clinton was in Kansas City to accept the 2013 Harry S. Truman Good Neighbor Award. He...
