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Music nurtures our souls…
“I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music.” — Billy…
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Elul: Preparing for the Days of Awe…
Elul (אלול) is the name of the month in our Jewish calendar that immediately precedes the Jewish New Year and High Holy Days. The month of Elul is…
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Misheberach avoiteinu, m’kor habrachah l’imoteinu…
When members of our community and our loved ones fall ill, we add their names to the Misheberach list that we read before reciting the prayer for healing,…
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Uf Gozal: Spread your wings and fly away…
Around this time of year the classic song from Israeli rock icon Arik Einstein ‘Uf Gozal’ begins to pop up everywhere I look. It acknowledges the difficult feelings…
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To life, To Life — L’chayim…
As we approach the fourth anniversary of the Covid 19 lockdown and as we look back at the last four years, it is easy to be overwhelmed by…
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Standing with our people…
On Tuesday, November 14th, a number of TE members joined the Greater New Haven delegation and traveled to Washington, DC to participate in the March for Israel. It…
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Music to our ears…
“The individual may pray in prose or even in wordless silence; a congregation must sing or disband.” Israel Abrahams, Poetry and Religion (1920) Music has always been a…
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Oops, Help, Thanks, Wow: Jewish Prayer 101
Oops, Help, Thanks & Wow! At one point or another, all of us have said these short words. Often, multiple times a day! As you read this column…
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Supporting Ukrainian refugees: a year-long journey.
It’s been over a year of the war in Ukraine when we boarded our flight to Spain to support Ukrainian refugees in Europe as part of the JFNA’s…
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Supporting Ukrainian refugees wherever they are
“In every generation we must see ourselves as if we personally have come out of Egypt…” Pesachim 116b, Passover Haggadah As we approach the one-year anniversary of the…
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Sweet as Honey, or never stop learning
When I stand on the bimah next to a young person celebrating their arrival at the age of taking responsibility for observance of mitzvot, I often say something…
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Temple Emanuel at 60
Wow. Let me say that again: wow. From the amazing High Holy Days season, back in the sanctuary for the first time in 3 years, to the Gala…