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Reflections from Rabbi London
At Beth Emet we are committed to the Jewish value that all human beings are created in the image of God and deserving of dignity and respect. I’m proud that …
Shalom. Fittingly, this week we begin reading the Book of Exodus in which we are taught that tyranny must not be allowed to prevail. Pharaoh’s grip on the Israelites will …
Here’s the statement we signed and a picture of all of us. Blessed to work with these amazing people. By: Evanston Interfaith Clergy and Leaders Whether we live, work and/or …
Divrei Torah (Sermons)
High Holidays 5781 Featuring: Rabbi Andrea London Professor Elliot Leffler Passtor Daniel Ruen Pastor Michael Nabors
When I told my son, who graduated from ETHS (Evanston Township High School) just a few years after Jacob Blake, that I was going to speak at this vigil today, …
Evanston service for the National Day of Mourning and Lament for the over 100,000 Americans and hundreds of thousands of people from around the globe who have died of COVID-19. …
Kol Nidre 2018/5779 Rabbi Harold Kushner tells a story about a man who ascends to heaven at the end of life and finds himself standing in front of two doors. …
Yom Kippur Morning 2017/5778 Over the summer, Rabbi David Wolpe, a Conservative rabbi in Los Angeles, and Rabbi Rick Jacobs, the president of the Union for Reform Judaism, debated the …
Kol Nidre 2017/5778 A tale of four sanctuaries: Cristo Rey Lutheran Church in El Paso, TX, a hotel room in Montgomery, Alabama, Beth Emet The Free Synagogue in Evanston, Illinois …
Kol Nidrei 2016/5777 Tomorrow we will read these words from the Book of Deuteronomy: “Atem Nitzavim hayom Culchem… You stand together this day before God—your tribal heads, your elders and …
Rosh Hashanah 2016/5777 Who shall live? And who shall die? I was thinking recently about an old friend of mine and the haunting story she told me about a relative …
Kol Nidrei 2015/5776 The story is told of the first Shabbat a rabbi spends at her new congregation. When it comes time for the Shema, half the congregation rises, half …
