DAY 1: AS RABBI JONATHAN AARON TRAVELS THROUGH ISRAEL ON HIS SABBATICAL, HE WRITES ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE DURING HIS VISIT. Right now, we are on a bus heading down… Read more »
Shana Tova from your Temple Emanuel family. This year we are concentrating on Jewish Spiritual Expression. We are told in Proverbs 3:6, “In all of your ways, connect!” We hope… Read more »
The last six months have been filled with human tragedy after human tragedy. When natural disasters occur, we react with sympathy and empathy and caring. When murder and terror occur… Read more »
Softening our hearts towards goodness… Today is the 15th of Shevat, or Tu B’Shevat, which is the birthday of the trees. It comes at the time of the year when… Read more »
When I first arrived in Mannheim, my mother’s childhood home, my emotions were whirling. My daughter asked if we needed to worry about coming into Germany as Jews, and I… Read more »
Richard Siegal, beloved husband of Rabbi Laura Geller, passed away on the evening of Thursday, July 12, 2018, surrounded by family. Below are the words shared with the community and… Read more »
“Today, all over the world, Jews are remembering. Today, all over the world, it is Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Memorial Day. Today we continue to feel it and connect to it…. Read more »
Kavanah January 2018 We count our lives by years But we don’t live that way We live for future moments For deadlines, for parties, for anniversaries and travels For… Read more »
Dear Rabbi, I have never understood this: why do some synagogues (like Temple Emanuel) celebrate two days of Rosh Hashanah, while others only celebrate one? Dear Celebrater, The origins of… Read more »
Dear Rabbi Every year you offer “Elul Preparation Classes” at Temple Emanuel. What are we preparing for, and why during Elul? Sincerely, – Too Elul for… Read more »
Dear Rabbi… Rabbi, my father is Jewish and my mother is Christian, I went to religious school, had a bat-mitzvah, and my whole… Read more »
