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Cheryl Dorchinsky’s Chanukah Message for 2025
Hanukkah is, in many ways, my favorite Zionist holiday. Hanukkah itself is the story of Jewish resilience, sovereignty, true beautiful light and miracles.Read Cheryl's message
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Holiday reflections from Cheryl Dorchinsky — written to our community at Rosh Hashanah, Chanukah, and Passover.
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Rosh Hashanah5 messages
Rosh Hashanah 2025
Cheryl Dorchinsky’s Rosh Hashanah Message for 2025
You have declared global days of rage against the Jewish people and vowed to repeat the horrors of October 7th repeatedly. The psychological warfare you inflict, along with the innocent hostages you…
Rosh Hashanah 2024
Cheryl Dorchinsky’s Rosh Hashanah Message for 2024
As we approach Rosh Hashanah, a time of renewal, reflection, and hope, we must acknowledge the profound challenges our community has faced this past year. The horrific events of Oct. 7 shook us to our…
Rosh Hashanah 2023
Rosh Hashanah Message: Cheryl Dorchinsky
“Reach for the Stars – Be All You Can Be – Become Whoever You Want to Be. Be a Star in 5784.”
Rosh Hashanah 2021
Cheryl Dorchinsky’s 2021 Rosh Hashanah Message
As the Jewish communities are getting ready for the High Holy Days, more and more of us are (hopefully) asking ourselves the hard questions: Did I do everything I could do to attain my goals this…
Rosh Hashanah 2020
Cheryl Dorchinsky’s Rosh Hashanah Message
During these challenging times it seems easy to wish the time away in the hope we can get back to how things were before COVID.
Passover4 messages
Passover 2025
A Passover Message from Cheryl Dorchinsky
For years, I’ve tried to educate others as antisemitism quietly festered beneath the surface in our city—ignored, downplayed, and often dismissed as a fringe concern. Now, as we confront rising hatred…
Passover 2024
A Passover Message from Cheryl Dorchinsky
Zionism is a civil rights movement. It embodies ideals of freedom, equality, self-determination, and human dignity that resonate deeply with the dreams of our ancestors.
Passover 2023
A Passover Message from Cheryl Dorchinsky
We as a Jewish people will soon celebrate Passover commemorating our ancestors’ Exodus from Egypt. A time in our history where Jews once again were being persecuted because of being who they are…
Passover 2022
Cheryl Dorchinsky’s 2022 Passover Message
Passover is a time of remembrance for me. It’s not only about oppression and slavery; it is also about freedom and redemption.
Chanukah1 message
Chanukah 2023
Cheryl Dorchinsky’s Chanukah Message for 2023
Recently, I had the privilege of volunteering in Israel with “momentum” on their mother supporting mother’s mission. There were 20 mothers of lone soldiers from around the world, some Israeli mothers…
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