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Our Liberation from Mitzrayim
March brings spring along with the festival of Passover. Passover, with its Seder rituals and story of freedom is one of my favorite Jewish holidays. The story of…
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Freedom, Passover and the Pandemic…
Purim last year marked a powerful moment for many of us, marking the ‘before’ and ‘after’. It was the last time our religious school gathered in the building…
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The power of music and the legacy of Debbie Friedman.
Music stirs our souls in a way that words often cannot, activating emotions within us that we did not know existed… Music is such a strong presence in…
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TE Tikkun Olam program: The Beth-El Center soup kitchen in Milford
As part of TE’s social action program, Nancy Weber and Max Case have (in the past) organized a group of TE members to serve dinner one night each…
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COVID, COMMUNITY, AND CONNECTION
Beautiful autumn colors lift my spirits as I write this column. Fall 2020 is a difficult time for many people and I am not immune. How do I…
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Chazak, Chazak v’nitchazek – Be Strong, Be Strong, and Let Us Strengthen One Another.
By the time you read this column, the High Holy Days 5781 may seem like a distant memory, but I wanted to start by acknowledging what an incredibly…
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TE AND JCARR – THE JEWISH COMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOR REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT
In 2015, Temple Emanuel joined with four other area synagogues and the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven to form the Jewish Community Alliance for Refugee Resettlement (JCARR).…
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JCARR awarded a Kraus Immigration Justice Mini-Grant
The Jewish Community Alliance for Refugee Resettlement (JCARR) was thrilled to be awarded a Kraus Immigration Justice Mini-Grant of $5,000 to support vulnerable children during the Covid-19 pandemic. …
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CONECT @ TE
Co-Chairs, Alana Rosenberg and Jean Silk Temple Emanuel is a member of CONECT, Congregations Organized for a Greater Connecticut. CONECT is a collective of churches, synagogues, mosques, temples,…
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Man plans and God laughs.
דער מענטש טראַכט און גאָט לאַכט. Der mentsh trakht un got lakht. This summer was carefully planned in our household. Robert was headed to Europe and Israel for…
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Doing the hard work… by Robin Levine-Ritterman
I join with so many Americans in grief and anger at the senseless killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. And I grieve even more for…
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Revelation, Pain, and Suffering…
Last week we celebrated the Jewish Festival of Shavuot. We marked the giving and receiving of the Torah, the Revelation. I read from the Torah scroll the Ten…