Join Youth Emanu-El for our second annual student-only chocolate seder! We will explore the Passover story and go through the ritual of the seder with a special twist—chocolate! This event will take place immediately following YL+E, and aftercare will be provided for free to students attending the event who are not already enrolled. Lunch will...
This service includes the opportunity to remember your loved ones. With Rabbi Michael Lewis and Hallie Weiner, Cantorial Intern.
Bring your questions, your observations and your curiosity to this no-filters, wide-ranging conversation about Israel. Come early beginning at 6:30 p.m. for a first look at the Lavi Lipshitz exhibit and light refreshments.
Lavi was a 20-year-old staff sergeant in the IDF who captured life on the front lines. He was killed on Oct. 31 by a Hamas missile in the northern Gaza Strip. His father, Nitzan, has made his photographs available for the world to witness. Make time to explore the photos and join us for an...
Join the thriving online Psalms community for weekly teachings from the ancient text of Psalms. This session will be taught by Rabbi Debra Robbins using the monthly teachings from her book “New Each Day: A Spiritual Practice for Reading Psalms.” The class includes reflection, writing and conversation. No registration is required but be prepared to...
Spend Shabbat with scholar-in-residence Rabbi Joshua Garroway as he gives this year's Rabbi Levi A. Olan Lecture, Paradigm Shifts: Why Judaism Changes. The Rabbi Levi A. Olan Lectureship, endowed by the Hochman Fund, engages the congregation and community in a dialogue about leading intellectual ideas, moral views and theological beliefs.
The question of "who is a Jew?" can be complicated in today's world with many people even describing themselves with terms like Jew*ish*, half-Jewish or Jewish-adjacent. However, the fuzzy boundaries around today's Jewish identity are hardly a new phenomenon. Ancient Jews dealt with nearly the same issues and concerns. This week’s Chever Torah class will...
with Rabbi Michael Lewis and Hallie Weiner, Cantorial Intern | This service will also include the Bat Mitzvah of Lilienne Van Cleave
Anticipating a messiah has been a feature of Judaism for centuries while worshipping a messiah has become the central feature of Christianity. But where did this idea of a messiah come from? Enjoy a lunch with Rabbi Josh Garroway and expand your knowledge and understanding of the messiah and how Jewish conceptions of it have...