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Our newest family moved into the La Crosse Jewish Community last week. Bud is the new Operations Manager of the Children’s Museum of La Crosse. Bud was very engaged at Congregation Cnesses Israel in Green Bay. Here at CSOA, Bud is very interested in adult education, cemetery & Chevra Kadisha, library, congregation archives, Shabbat services, […]

Please join us for this Zoom Yahrzeit Minyan services: December 16 – Mark Peacock z”l, brother of Laura Arndt, and                 Sarah and Hyman Glickman z”l, grandparents of Ed Neuman Click Here to Join Zoom Minyan service at 7:30 PM  

All Yahrzeit Minyanim are at 7:30 PM on Zoom: Click Here to Join Minyan Friday, December 10  Rosebetty Kaufman Short z”l, sister of Daniel Short, and Samuel Nathan z”l, father of Betty Butler   Thursday, December 16  Mark Peacock z”l, brother of Laura Arndt, and Sarah and Hyman Glickman z”l, grandparents of Ed Neumann   […]

  Friends, Passover begins on March 27. CSOA Zoom Seder March 28. Order your Passover supplies and foods on this handy form: Passover-Order-Form If there is anything you need that is not on the list, please add it to your email. Please place your order by Monday, March 8, so we can ensure availability of everything […]

Rabbi Brian’s Diary –  Here’s what I did in a 2-day period, February 22-24, 2021 Drove 3 hours from St Paul to La Crosse in heavy snow and dark, after dropping off my son. 7 AM Cardiology – Heart Ultrasound (clean bill of health!) Made an omelet with veggies Phone call – Member with problems […]

People often ask me, “Rabbi Brian, what does a rabbi do all day?” So I thought I would share most of my schedule for February 22 to 24: Drove 2 hours from St Paul in heavy snow and dark, after dropping off my son. 7 AM Gundersen Cardiology – ultrasound (Congratulations! It’s a rabbi!) Picked […]

ב”ה New Year’s Resolutions? Greetings, friends, and Happy New Year! There has been much talk about how 2021 just HAS to be an improvement over 2020. In many ways, that’s true. On one hand, there are plenty of toilet paper and paper towels available. On the other hand, all this time at home has motivated […]

ב”ה Norma Deborah Altman (Lebovitz) – Dvorah bat Leah v’Shmuel – passed away peacefully but reluctantly on December 25, 2020, at age 89. What follows is Norma’s obituary written by herself. Norma was born in Oak Park, Illinois, a Chicago suburb, on March 16, 1931 to Samuel and Lily (Contorer) Lebovitz. Norma lived in Chicago, […]

Friends, as this challenging year comes to an end, we can only hope for a better year ahead. This week’s Torah portion is Vayechi – “And Jacob lived”. Although that’s how the parsha begins, the parsha deals not with Jacob’s life, but his demise.  This reminds us of another parsha, Chayei Sarah.  Although it was […]