By Carol Wolf Solomon, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published March 26, 2020
It wasn’t supposed to end this way. Last Friday, March 20, was to be the final Shabbat service in the life of Temple Israel of Godfrey, Ill., a nearly 100-year old small Reform congregation that will cease to operate at the end of March. It was to...
By Carol Wolf Solomon, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published August 22, 2019
GODFREY, Ill. — I have been in this place before. On this Friday night, Aug. 16, I am worshipping with a small, tight-knit congregation that is soon to be no more. This Kabbalat Shabbat service is bittersweet. Tonight Temple Israel of Godfrey, Ill.,...
