Sermon From Ha'azinu - Friday, September 17, 2021
Imagine this: Today is your birthday. You’re sixteen years old (You’re a little gray for 16, but we’re imagining.) Today is your...
Who Is Responsible For Our Wrongdoings?
Me: Hey Asher, what should I write about in my article for the temple? My son, Asher: Something funny! My son then paused, looked at me...
A Few Words From ...
The following Drash was delivered by past-president Steve Baron in honor of his Bar Mitzvah sidra Ki Tetze. We are grateful to Steve and...
Staff Profile: Education Director Mandy Herlich
Students returning to Emanuel Congregation Religious School this fall will find a new approach to learning, initiated by Education...
American Idols
Just a few weeks ago we chanted the Sh’ma for the 2nd time in our Torah cycle-considered to be the central statement of monotheistic...
Letting Go of Anger
You know that feeling when you are angry, and it is hard to let it go? We all know anger can negatively affect our physical and mental...
A Few Words From Mandy Herlich, RJE
הִנֵּה מַה טוֹב וּמַה נָּעִים שֶׁבֶת אָחִים גַּם יַחַד Hinei mah tov u’mah naim, shevet achim gam yachad. How great and how pleasing it...
Devarim - 8 Av, 5781
At the beginning of the fifth book of our Torah, Deuteronomy (or Devarim in Hebrew), Moses delivers a series of sermons concerning the...
Staff Profile: Rabbi Emeritus Michael Zedek
Rabbi Emeritus Michael Zedek will return to the bima this fall to lead High Holy Day services at Emanuel Congregation for the first time...
Off to Summer Camp
I have had today’s date highlighted in my calendar for a long time. I have been looking forward to today for months. Today, I am getting...
