Temple Responds: Israel | Talking to Young Children

A workshop for early childhood parents to learn to talk to young children about difficult times. With Rabbi David Stern, Rabbi Amy Rossel and a mental health professional. Moderated by Rabbi Michael Lewis.

Temple Responds: Israel | Talking to School-Aged Children

Parents of school-aged children are invited to a workshop designed to help them talk to children about difficult times. With Rabbi David Stern, Rabbi Amy Rossel and a mental health professional. Moderated by Rabbi Kimberly Herzog Cohen.

Israel at War: Follow Up Conversation for ECEC Parents

Temple Emanu-El Linz Hall

Parents of ECEC and YL+E students are invited to join Rabbi Amy Rossel and Aya Margalit, as well as Meagan Friedman and Andrew Paull, respectively, to reflect, share thoughts and...

Israel at War: Follow Up Conversation for YL+E Parents

Temple Emanu-El Ackerman Conference Room

Parents of ECEC and YL+E students are invited to join Rabbi Amy Rossel and Aya Margalit, as well as Meagan Friedman and Andrew Paull, respectively, to reflect, share thoughts and ask questions about how you and your children continue to understand and process the war in Israel. ECEC December 1 @ 9:45 (after Shabbat) -...

Songs and Spirit for Israel

Temple Emanu-El Stern Chapel

Join together for an evening of music, hope, and community with local Israeli singers and Cantors Vicky Glikin and Leslie Niren. We’ll light the Hanukkah candles and have the opportunity to support Nir Yitzhak kibbutz, Israel home of Aya Margalit, Jewish Agency community sh’licha for Temple Emanu-El.

Israel and the War in Gaza with Paul Liptz

Online on Zoom

This Lunch 'n' Learn Israel session will look at events preceding the attack on Jewish towns and kibbutzim on October 7. An analysis of Hamas in the context of Islamic fundamentalism and the failures of the Israeli army to take advantage of intelligence warnings enable us to better understand the tragic events of the last...

Zionism 101 with Muki Jankelowitz

Online on Zoom

This Israel Lunch 'n' Learn session will seek to clarify what exactly Zionism is by exploring some of the different questions that have animated Zionist thinkers: Is Zionism a continuation of Jewish history or a revolution against it? Is the establishment of the Jewish State a sufficient condition for a Jewish Renaissance, or only a...

Zionism Today with Rabbi Michael Marmur, Ph.D.

Online on Zoom

This lunch and learn session will focus on how we see ourselves as Zionist Jews in the contemporary landscape, how we move through our own struggles with Israel, Zionism and what’s happening across the world.

Unraveling Israel’s Story Through “Beauty Queen of Jerusalem”

Join Cantor Leslie Niren and Rabbi Michael Lewis in a 4-part adult learning series about bestselling novel turned hit TV show, "The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem." This period drama tells the story of three generations of a Sephardic family in Jerusalem against the backdrop of resistance to the Ottoman regime and later to the British...

Soul Singing for Israel

Temple Emanu-El Stern Chapel

Connect to the land and the people of Israel from afar through music, breath, meditation, and community. We will pray for healing, peace (shalom) and wholeness (sh’leimut), sending hope and positive energy to ourselves, to all we know who are suffering, and to our brothers and sisters in Israel. Come as you are and leave...

Unraveling Israel’s Story Through “Beauty Queen of Jerusalem”

Join Cantor Leslie Niren and Rabbi Michael Lewis in a 4-part adult learning series about bestselling novel turned hit TV show, "The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem." This period drama tells the story of three generations of a Sephardic family in Jerusalem against the backdrop of resistance to the Ottoman regime and later to the British...