Emanuel Congregation | Reform Synagogue

I wish I could say it was hard to choose my very favorite pericope of Torah. It isn't that I don't think this ancient document is not...

Dear Chevrei: I thank poet Anna Misleh for her empowering and comforting words, which I share below. I took the liberty to add some in...

Shalom Chevrei: The pandemic has given us ample time to think about how we go about synagogue life, how we can better engage our...

Shalom Chevrei: I am pleased to report that I received my mail-in-ballot, filled it out, and turned it in. Each of the voters in my...

We are currently celebrating the week-long holiday of Sukkot – one of my favorite holidays! It also happens to be one that is uniquely...

Wow, we are officially here. We have reached the High Holiday season...

Shalom Chevrei, At the URJ Biennial held recently in Chicago, we had a chance to remember one of the great social justice titans of our...

Rabbi Schaalman became an outspoken advocate for civil rights and social justice, and he became very active in the Central Conference of...

Rabbi Herman Schaalman and his wife Lotte came to Emanuel Congregation in 1956. By that date the arc of their personal experience was...

Last week we marked Holocaust Remembrance Day and, as I write these few lines, we are on the threshold of Israel Independence Day. In...