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AFTER SOCIAL DISTANCING: SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION BEGINS !!
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, it seems hard to see our way through to the other side. What will the “new normal” look like when this…
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CONNECTING WHILE SEPARATE
The Coronavirus pandemic is a time like none other in our lives. The loss of control, of daily routine and physical intimacy have impacted many of us in…
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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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Tikkun Olam Projects 2019-20
Tentative Projects for the 2019-2020 (5780) Calendar Year September/October 2019 26th Annual High Holy Day Food Collection – Will Sherman, Coordinator Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur & Sukkot…
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Time of Renewal
As you read this column, the rhythms of fall are beginning. The trees are starting to change color and the weather should be cooling off. For many of…
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The month of Elul and the opportunities it offers us
Rosh Chodesh Elul falls on September 1st this year, a somewhat unusual aligning of the Hebrew and Gregorian calendars. The month of Elul offers us a chance to…