“I Have No Other Homeland”
Rabbi Sarah H. Reines Temple Emanu-El NYC | Yom Kippur 5784 Two of my earliest loves, Judaism and poetry, are deeply and inextricably linked. The Torah describes itself as a shir – a poem, or song. Much of our liturgy is poetry, and poetry can often be offered as prayer. Why? Because with few words, […]
Philanthropic Fund Partners with HIAS for Asylum Seekers
The Temple Emanu-El Philanthropic Fund has provided a grant to HIAS to support the hire of an AVODAH fellow to process applications for asylum seekers and the expansion of its volunteer program for migrants in New York City. “As one of the largest synagogues in the world, and as New York’s oldest Reform Jewish congregation, […]
Who Shall I Say is Calling?
Rabbi Joshua Davidson’s 5784 Yom Kippur Sermon “Who Shall I Say is Calling?” [PDF] “Who by fire? Who by water? Who in the sunshine? Who in the nighttime? Who by high ordeal? Who by common trial?…And who shall I say is calling?”1 Leonard Cohen composed those verses after singing for Israeli soldiers in the Sinai […]
Temple Emanu-El Philanthropic Fund Donates to Morocco Earthquake Relief
The Philanthropic Fund is donating to support critical rescue and relief efforts after the devastating earthquake in Morocco. Funds have been allocated to IsraAID and NATAN Worldwide Disaster Relief; both Israeli organizations have remarkable track records in emergency response and humanitarian assistance worldwide. Our donation helps to support search and rescue operations, provide medical care […]
Children’s Village Thanks Emanu-El Tikkun Olam
Temple Emanu-El’s Tikkun Olam Committee received a wonderful thank you email from Children’s Village Inwood House Director Valerie Worthy for the temple’s Project Prom donations. THANK YOU!! Words cannot explain the “GRATITUDE” we are sending from the Inwood House Residential and School Base Programs. The in-kind “Project Prom” donations we received from the entire Development […]
A Big Thank You to Our 2023 Project Prom Team and Partners
by Susan Kaufman Chair, Tikkun Olam Committee A huge thanks to the more than 80 volunteers who helped assist over 360 young women to prepare for their senior proms! We could not hold this event without your continued support and guidance. The room was filled with laughter, smiles and lots of giggles! The event was […]
The 2023 Elsie Adler Yom HaShoah Program
by Caryn Roman Acting Director of Lifelong Learning “Not to transmit an experience is to betray it.” – Elie Wiesel, z”l, Holocaust survivor, political activist, Nobel laureate and teacher The obligation to remember the Holocaust and its victims is so much a part of modern Jewish life that the philosopher Rabbi Dr. Emile […]
Rallying for Democracy in Israel
by Rabbi Sara Sapadin We received word early Shabbat afternoon: head to Kaplan Street near Azrieli between 7 and 7:30. After fourteen consecutive weeks, Israelis would rally for democracy once again— throughout the streets of Tel Aviv and in several cities beyond. Even in the face of Friday’s terror attack, which occurred on the promenade […]
A Lesson from the Seder: Teaching Children as Individuals
Rabbi Joshua Davidson’s sermon from Shabbat morning services April 8, 2023, on the lesson for parents and educators from the Passover Seder’s story of the four children to teach each child as an individual according to their interests, abilities and understanding. Download the source sheet (PDF). https://youtu.be/TV0uSGhRFfA
Finding Our Place at Temple Emanu-El
Adapted from Lauren Bernstein’s speech at the Gather Shabbat Evening Service March 24, 2023 My husband Jon and I moved into the area in January of 2020 while I was pregnant with our son. Jon went to Hebrew school at Temple Emanu-El and was Bar Mitzvah’d here, so moving back uptown was a bit of […]
