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A Shofar Column in the time of a pandemic
As a popular meme reminds us, 2020 is a leap year – there are 29 days in February and 300 days in March… As I think back over…
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Temple Emanuel School Expansion
Our TE religious school is growing! Come any Sunday morning to the Asefah where students and parents gather, sing and study together. The kids are excited to be…
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POSTPONED: Siyum – a sacred celebration of ending a sacred task
I often talk about the importance of transitions in Judaism: the threshold marked with a mezuza, the start of Shabbat marked with candles and kiddush, the end of…
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The URJ Biennial: Exhausting and Exhilarating
Five thousand Jews talking, singing and praying together in a convention center in Chicago. More Jewish music than you can imagine. The Second City Chicago improvisational comedy theater…
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On Memory and Ritual
Speak to the Israelite people and instruct them to make for themselves fringes (tzitzit) on the corners of their garments throughout the ages; let them attach a cord…
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Restoring the Holocaust Memorial Scroll #1178
Earlier this year a Torah scribe visited TE to inspect our Torah scrolls, provide minor repairs and to teach our students and our teachers a little about the…
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Audacious Hospitality
“Temple Emanuel is a warm, caring, and open community. As a small but growing Reform synagogue, our members have the opportunity to know one another and to have meaningful…
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Holding a Torah Scroll…
Torah scrolls are very special. It is an incredible honor and privilege to read from the Torah scroll in front of the congregation. It requires skill and effort,…
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We stand together for Kaddish
Joan and I recently heard a string quartet concert devoted entirely to elegies. The music was so moving, the audience so quiet, I thought about how we give…
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Temple Emanuel Annual Scholar in Residence March 8-10, 2019
RABBI URI REGEV, President of ‘HIDDUSH – For Religious Freedom and Equality in Israel’. Friday, March 8 •5:30pm Tot Shabbat Welcome Shabbat with joy and songs (for…
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A year of the Mensch
By Olga Markus Tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember, involve me and I learn. – Benjamin Franklin As a teacher and a member of…
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iEngage at Temple Emanuel: Jewish Values and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
A Shalom Hartman Institute Lecture and Study Series led by Rabbi Michael Farbman Through video lectures, text study, and lively group discussion, we are pleased to bring the…