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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 by police, violence by outside agitators, the takeover of a building at Columbia University, and skirmishes between protestors. We have also seen antisemitic images and …
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, I learned that some stories need to be told more than once to make us stop, gather together and tell it aloud though we have …
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 in ways that resonate with what is happening in our lives and in the world. The Klei Kodesh have compiled resources from various sources and …
Celebrate Passover with music by Cantor Young. Below is a collection of songs to sing at your Seder table to celebrate passover.Passover Songs and links to recordings
Our monthly blog, edited by Dayenu (climate action and environmental justice) Circle members Chris Wynn and Sharon Smaller, will give you ideas, information, resources, and actions you can do to make this world a better place environmentally, tikkun olam. As a community, we can learn from each other, so we welcome your ideas and questions. …
Dear Friends, As a follow-up to Rabbi London’s message below, I want to thank her and her interfaith partners for coming together to draft a statement in response to developments since Oct. 7. During this collaborative process, Rabbi London met with our Executive Committee to read and discuss the statement. This was in addition to …
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 section, “The Vision.”
A Day in the Life of Shushan “With a little help from our friends,” we took a “magical mystery tour” of a Beatles-filled Purim spiel. Everyone had a “ticket to ride” back to Shushan for a night of singing and costume-rich fun. We took the “long and winding road” through the Megillah while enjoying “every …
You are invited to be part of the Beth Emet delegation to the RAC-IL 2024 Legislative Kick-off on March 26 at 7:00 pm. Register now. In 2023 RAC-IL conducted a Listening Campaign. Perhaps you were one of the 43 Beth Emet members who shared their concerns. Through our listening campaign, we found there were two …
On Sunday, March 17 was the first of a two-part series on Daniel Sokatch’s Book, Can We Talk About Israel?: A Guide for the Curious, Confused, and Conflicted. The second discussion will be Sunday, April 21 at 10:00 am.
Cantor Young’s newest composition, Da L’cha, is set to a Naomi Shemer poem based on words from Rabbi Nachman of Breslov.
