by mussar | Sep 3, 2021 | Message from the Chair
Ever since I became a student of Mussar in 2009, the High Holidays have had a different resonance for me. In my pre-Mussar days, I appreciated the month of Elul, and particularly the Selichot service, as an opportunity to reflect, seek forgiveness from others and...
by mussar | Sep 3, 2021 | September
We feel so fortunate to have found Michelle Bross as our new Administrator. Michelle comes to CCM with years of experience as an office administrator and business owner. She is a dedicated, organized, creative and technically skilled professional who served six years...
by mussar | Sep 3, 2021 | September
CCM bids farewell to Isha Strasser as our Managing Director for the past 18 months. We owe such a debt of gratitudcce to Isha for steering CCM through the challenging times of our early stages of growth, and amidst a pandemic to boot. Isha began in March 2020,...
by mussar | Aug 31, 2021 | Newsletter, Notes From The Rabbi, September
The Teshuvah We Need Now By Rabbi Ira Stone At this season of Teshuvah, I‘m thinking about the destruction of millions of Africans stolen from their homelands, forced into chattel slavery for close to 250 years and kept in a state of semi-slavery, excluded by Jim Crow...
by mussar | Aug 3, 2021 | August, Newsletter
CCM and Temple Emek Shalom (TES) in Ashland, Oregon are excited to announce the joint presentation of Mussar classes this coming fall 2021. This partnership is an opportunity to grow Mussar through a synagogue-based cohort. TES developed their Mussar community over...