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Stories, announcements and photos from our community.
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Mazal Tov: celebrating a Jewish milestone
Judith Kaplan, at age twelve, became the first woman to celebrate a Bat Mitzvah on March 18, 1922. Judith was the oldest daughter of Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, the…
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Celebrating a TE milestone
A few years ago, while sorting through some of the archives of Temple Emanuel, and marveling at some of the history (including terrific photos and a collection of…
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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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Chanukah: time of re-dedication
The Festival of Chanukkah celebrates a historic moment of dedication – or rather, of re-dedication of the Temple in Jerusalem by the Maccabees, following a successful revolt against…
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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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The month of Elul as the doorway to the High Holy Day Season
The arrival of the month of Elul in the Jewish calendar is always tinged with both excitement and sadness. The summer is beginning to wind down, and even…
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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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Mikdash mei’at – The ‘Small Sanctuary’ of our homes.
We have lived through a pandemic. No, we are not yet done with Covid-19 – it will continue to affect the world and our lives for some time…
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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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Temple Emanuel Memorial Torah Scroll #1178 – back in our Ark!
Temple Emanuel houses in our Ark the Holocaust Memorial Scroll #1178, a scroll that belonged to the destroyed Jewish community of Horazdovice, Czechoslovakia, a community that perished in…
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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…
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Resilient Leadership
“Resilience is often described as a personal quality that predisposes individuals to bounce back in the face of loss. Resilient leaders, however, do more than bounce back—they bounce…