Our Library

CBY Jewish Resource Center Library Books Catalogued

If any of you have been in the Jewish Resource Center recently, you will notice our extensive collection of books, DVDs, and video tapes are sporting new identification labels. We have gotten all of our material categorized, labeled. and put into our home-grown numbering system. It is neither the Dewey Decimal nor Library of Congress numbering systems, but rather the HHIHPC system (Hilton Head In House Pretty Correct).

The cataloging, numbering. and labeling is to assist our users in finding a specific work. Do we own it and if so, where can it be found? In future months we will work out a system for borrowing from the collection. We hope to provide book reviews in the monthly Tidings as well as displays in the JRC to highlight parts of the collection.

Our thanks go to Jane Rosenblum, Felicia Pascal, and others on their committee who put in so many hours to complete this labor of love. We look forward to hearing from our reading and viewing constituency. Please let us know what we need to address now that our labeling task is complete. Sisterhood has a special fund to support new book purchases and we welcome recommendations for additions to the collection.

Click here to see the current catalogued listing of over 1,000 volumes.

Rabbi’s Sermons & Articles

Rabbi Bloom’s most recent articles and sermons can be found on his Blog page, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s Yom Kippur Morning Sermon for 2020 – click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s Kol Nidrei Sermon for 2020 – click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s Rosh Hashanah Morning Sermon for 2020 – click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s Erev Rosh Hashanah Sermon for 2020 – click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s Yom Kippur Yizkor Talk for 2019 – click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s Yom Kippur Morning Sermon for 2019 – click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s Kol Nidre Sermon for 2019 – click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s Rosh Hashanah Sermon for 2019 – click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s Erev Rosh Hashanah Sermon for 2019 – click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s 2018 Erev Rosh Hashanah Sermon, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s 2018 Rosh Hashanah Morning Sermon, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s 2018 Kol Nidre/Yom Kippur Sermon, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s 2018 Yom Kippur Morning Sermon, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s 2017 Erev Rosh Hashanah Sermon, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s 2017 Rosh Hashanah Morning Sermon, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s 2017 Kol Nidre/Yom Kippur Sermon, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s 2017 Yom Kippur Morning Sermon, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s 2014 Erev Rosh Hashanah Sermon, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s 2014 Rosh Hashanah Morning Sermon, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s 2014 Kol Nidre Sermon, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s 2013 Yom Kippur Morning Sermon, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s essay “On Judaism” in the April 2014 issue of Celebrate Hilton Head Magazine, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s 2013 Erev Rosh Hashanah Sermon, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s 2013 Rosh Hashanah Morning Sermon, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s 2013 Kol Nidre Sermon, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s 2013Yom Kippur Morning Sermon, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s 2013 Yom Kippur Yitzkor Sermonette, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s 2012 Erev Rosh Hashanah Sermon, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s 2012 Rosh Hashanah Morning Sermon, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s 2012 Kol Nidre Sermon, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s 2012 Yom Kippur Morning Sermon, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s article in the Island Packet “Bluffton Middle School Incident Shows Religion, Community Can Work Well Together” dated May 26, 2012, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s article in the Island Packet “Two Faiths, Two Holidays, One Spirit of Reflection” dated March 31, 2012, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s article in the Island Packet “Grandparents Must Act as Faith Diplomats in Changing Times” dated January 28, 2012, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s article in the Island Packet “Holiday Season a Great Time for Spiritual Renewal” dated January 25, 2012, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s article in the Island Packet “Israel Visit is a Trip Through History, Faith” dated November 26, 2011, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s article in the Island Packet “Negotiations for Prisoner of War Influenced by Biblical Teachings” dated October 29, 2011, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s 2011 Erev Rosh Hashanah Sermon, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s 2011 Rosh Hashanah Morning Sermon, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s 2011 Kol Nidre Sermon, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s 2011 Yom Kippur Morning Sermon, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s 2011 Yizkor Service Remarks, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s article in the Island Packet “Our Best is Needed to Emerge from 9/11” dated September 10, 2011, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s article in the Island Packet “Text Translations May Change View of Bible’s Truth” dated August 27, 2011, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s article in the Island Packet “U.S. Still Waging Fight for Religious Freedom” dated July 30, 2011, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s article in the Island Packet “Hope Is Best Outlook for Peace in Middle East” dated May 21, 2011, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s article in the Island Packet “Losses Great for Both Sides of Religious, Political Wars” dated April 16, 2011, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s article in the Island Packet “Don’t Overlook Japan’s Spirituality” dated March 26, 2011, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s article in the Island Packet “National Prayer Breakfast Brings New Perspective” dated February 12, 2011, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s article in the Island Packet “Unity Necessary to Heal Nation, Move Forward After Shooting” dated January 15, 2011, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s article in the Island Packet “Passionate Faith Must be Supported by Knowledge” dated October 30, 2010, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s article in the Island Packet “Don’t Give into Temptation to Demonize Others” dated October 2, 2010, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s 2010 High Holy Days Sermons, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s article in the Island Packet “Does God Care How We Dress?” dated August 28, 2010, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s article in the Island Packet “For Opening Prayers Use Open Mind” dated July 25, 2010, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s article in the Island Packet “Work to Close Political Divide within Religious Community” dated June 19, 2010, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s article in the Island Packet “Being Clergy Member Means Holding Sacred Trust with Parishioners” dated May 29, 2010, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s sermon “Beha’alotekha” dated May 28, 2010, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s Prayer for the President delivered at Prayer Day on May 6, 2010, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s article in the Island Packet “For Jews, Israel is Land of Tradition, Conflict” dated April 24, 2010, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s Yom HaShoah Service introductory remarks dated April 11, 2010, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s Sermon of April 9, 2010, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s article in the Island Packet “Serve Food for Thought at Passover” dated March 27, 2010, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s Sermon of March 12, 2010, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s article in the Island Packet “To Nurture Marriage, Skip the Gift and Focus on Faith” dated February 27, 2010, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s Erev Purim Sermon given February 26, 2010, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s Sermon “The Patient as Person:  Making a Difference in an Uncertain World” given on February 19, 2010, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s article in the Island Packet “Spirituality Put to the Test in 2009” dated January 2, 2010, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s Martin Luther King Community Service speech of January 14, 2010, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s Beaufort County In-Services speech, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s Shabbat Service speech for Dedication Weekend on December 4, 2009, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s article in the Island Packet “Material Gifts are No Substitute for Spiritual Blessings Our Holidays Symbolize” dated December 12, 2009, click here

To read Rabbi Stephen Pearce’s sermon given during the installation of Rabbi Bloom on October 30, 2009, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s article in the Island Packet “Between the Lines: Reading the Bible in Context of Near East history” dated October 24, 2009, click here

To read Rabbi Bloom’s 2009 High Holy Days Sermons, click below:
Erev Rosh Hashanah Sermon
Rosh Hashanah Morning Sermon
Erev Yom Kippur Sermon
Yom Kippur Morning Sermon

CBY and Congregant’s Articles

To read President Candy Solomon’s Kol Nidrei Remarks for 2020 – click here

To read President Candy Solomon’s Erev Rosh Hashanah Remarks for 2020 – click here

To read President Judy Bluestone’s Kol Nidrei Remarks for 2019 – click here

To read President Judy Bluestone’s Erev Rosh Hashanah Remarks for 2019 – click hereTo 

To read President Judy Bluestone’s Erev Rosh Hashanah Remarks for 2018 – click here

To read President Judy Bluestone’s Kol Nidrei Remarks for 2018 – click here

To read President Pennie Meiselman’s Erev Rosh Hashanah Speech for 2017 – click here

To read President Pennie Meiselman’s Yom Kippur Speech for 2017, click here

To read President Pennie Meiselman’s Rosh Hashanah Speech for 2016 – click here

Yom HaShoa Service Program dated May 1, 2016 – click here

Read Dr. Shira Lander’s Speech from Journey of Friendship dated December 10, 2015 – click here

To read President Twyla Sable’s Rosh Hashonah Speech for 2015 – click here

To read President Twyla Sable’s Yom Kippur Speech for 2015 – click here

To read President Twyla Sable’s 2014 Rosh Hashanah Evening Message, click here

To read President Twyla Sable”s 2014 Erev Yom Kippur Message, click here

To read the Beaufort Gazette article about CBY’s D-Day Commemoration dated June 5, 2014, click here

To read the Island Packet article about Sarah Bornstein dated May 3, 2014 – click here

To read the Island Packet Senior Services Grant article dated October 26, 2013 – click here

To read Jasmine Morgan’s 2013 Erev Rosjh Hashanah Message, click here

To read President Michael Weingarten’s 2013 Kol Nidre Message, click here

To read the Island Packet Interfaith article dated July 13, 2013 – click here

To read President Michael Weingarten’s 2012 Erev Rosh Hashanah Message, click here

To read President Michael Weingarten’s 2012 Erev Yom Kippur Message, click here

To read Marcia Frezza’s Interfaith article on URJ’s Blog, click here

To read President Ted David’s 2011 Erev Rosh Hashanah Message, click here

To read President Ted David’s 2011 Erev Yom Kippur Message,click here

To read President Ted David’s 2010 Erev Rosh Hashanah Message, click here

To read President Ted David’s 2010 Erev Yom Kippur Message, click here

To read President Ted David’s Acceptance Speech, click here

To see Judie Aronson’s article for the URJ Social Action Newsletter, click here

To read Sophie Miklos article, “My American Dream,” click here

To read Joe Levy’s article “Remembering My Hebrew Teacher, Mr. Jerushalmy,” click here

To read Jane Srivastava’s article “Judaism on Meat-Eating,” click here