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President’s column
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We Are Family
When I was young (many years ago), I used to wonder why many of the school holidays came around the same time. We have just gone through a…
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Tradition and Evolution
I am sitting at my computer, ready to write my Shofar column. It is very early April; the baseball season has just started, and it is also before…
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OUR CONGREGATION IS BACK!
As I write this article for the Shofar, it is less than one week until Temple Emanuel’s 60th anniversary gala. As you read this, the gala has already…
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“déjà vu all over again”
I’m back, and it’s time to get my first baseball reference out of the way – as Yogi said “It’s déjà vu all over again”. When I first…
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Keep TE Safe
Over the last two years we have missed many of the cherished moments as a community inside our building due to the pandemic. As the world begins to…
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Looking back, looking ahead
Spring is here with its promise of growth and renewal. My daffodils are in peak bloom, and each day I watch my perennials grow another few inches. My…
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Being Audaciously Hospitable
Ethics and morality play a central role in Judaism. Values of respect (kavod), fairness (tzedek) and kindness (chesed) guide our daily lives and the choices we make. For…
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Temple Emanuel is turning 60!
“It was 1962 and the world was changing! A forward-thinking group of families with a keen sense of their Jewishness and a pioneer spirit had the desire to…
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TE: Strong and Resilient
This month I have had a difficult time writing my column. COVID fatigue has set in – I am tired of writing about the pandemic and how it…
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Renewing the World
Shana tova. The New Year is upon us already, coinciding with the start of the new school year, a time of beginnings for many of us. It is…
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Re-gathering with the Temple Emanuel Community
What a joyous feeling to listen to thirty TE members sing together unmasked outside on a warm Shabbat evening, feeling the sun on my face and hearing the…
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From the desk of TE president
One year ago I wrote my first Shofar column about the Coronavirus pandemic. Fear, anxiety and loss of control were prominent in my words, but so too was…