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Next week, I will be leaving for a one-month sabbatical in Jerusalem, where I will be on a fellowship at the Shalom Hartman Institute. Throughout July, I will be studying …
Next week on Shavuot (Tuesday night, 6/11, and Wednesday, 6/12), we’ll celebrate when the Jewish people received the Torah on Mt. Sinai. For some who approach Judaism in a more …
Israel
Lately, we have been seeing countless images and reports of the campus protests, both pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli, that have erupted around the country. We have witnessed excessive use of force …
Passover
Poems for the Seder table Here are some poems you may include this year during your passover Seder or beyond. The Retelling By Ellen Blum Barish At my seder table, …
The Haggadah tells us… that we were slaves in Egypt, not our ancestors, but us. It reminds us annually that we need to recount our slavery and exodus from Egypt …
Congregational Highlights
This year as a congregation we are reading, “A Letter in the Scroll” by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. On Friday, March 29 Rabbi London shared a D’var Torah on the third …
Divrei Torah (Sermons)
This year as a congregation we are reading, “A Letter in the Scroll” by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. On Friday, March 8 Rabbi London shared a D’var Torah on the second …
On the weekend of February 17 & 18 we had quite an extraordinary opportunity to learn from Dr. Hussein Ibish and Dr. David Myers about the history of the Israeli-Palestinian …
This year as a congregation we are reading, “A Letter in the Scroll” by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. Last Erev Shabbat Rabbi London shared a D’var Torah on the first section, …
Over the past six weeks, the Jewish community has been reeling from the atrocities committed by Hamas, dealing with the trauma from ongoing missile attacks on Israel and pain from …
As recently announced in EmetMail, Beth Emet is taking the lead in organizing support for the displaced residents of Kibbutz Kissufim, a kibbutz that was largely destroyed in the horrific …
We have an obligation to take care of ourselves and one another during this traumatic time of crisis in Israel. But as our faith teaches, we must also never forget …
