Neo-Nazi Group Joins "Adopt-A-Highway" Program

I just stumbled upon a story on Yahoo about a Nazi group in Missouri which was allowed to join the litter clean-up program and "adopt" a portion of the state highway including a sign with the name of their organization.

It is scary to think that a group like this is able to be so publicly active in America.  It seems like the more active groups like this one become, the more groups like our congregation seem to disappear. 

We need to organize now more than ever unless we want to allow our world to be overrun by the enemies of freedom, liberty and civilized society.  Even if we can't make it to all of our services and Torah studies, we can tell others about them and encourage people to participate. 

G-d willing, we can bring the light of truth to bear on the darkness brought into the world by hateful organizations and make the world a place where our children can raise their own families without fear of suffering the same persecution as our ancestors. 

New Book Records History of Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean

I just wanted to share an interesting article I just read here: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129316.  In a fascinating look at the catalyst behind what drove the pirates of the Caribbean to be, well –  pirates, a book titled "Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean" cites historical evidence that more than a few pirates were actually Spanish Jews escaping the forced conversion and torture of the Spanish Inquisition during the late 15th century.

It appears that many of the sponsors of Christopher Colombus' expedition were Jews seeking a new home where they could finally worship in peace.  Many of the expatriated Spanish Jews took up arms against the Spanish Navy with pirate ships raiding the Spanish fleet.

If you have the time, you might want to read this book.

Latest Blog Updates

Shalom aleychem everyone.  I'm just posting to let everyone know that we've updated the TBS calendar to include the latest Torah portion as well as customary festivals and fasts.  We've added permissions to allow certain members, including Rabbi Scharnberg, to write their own posts here on our little website.

Hopefully, this will allow us to better organize and communicate with the whole congregation in our remote little corner of the world.  Of course, you are all welcome to add your own comments to any post on our website, and if you would like to contribute your own posts, which can be just plain text, photos or even audio and video, please let us know and we'll get you started.

Unless something changes, our next meeting will be Shabbat eve on Friday, January 23rd for Shabbat services. The following morning at Torah study we will be reading the Torah portion known as "Va'eira" which is the second portion of the book of Exodus, beginning with Exodus 6:2 and ending with 9:35.