Join Temple Emanu-El’s Civic Engagement Committee as they help get out the vote in partnership with the RAC and the Center for Common Ground’s Reclaim our Vote Campaign. We will be writing and mailing postcards to 250 Texas residents to remind them to vote this November. We will have light snacks and drinks to enjoy....
Clergy League for Emergency Action and Response invites you to a voting protection training at Temple. Through respectful dialogue and trusted election education, participants will leave better informed about the voting process, equipped with reliable nonpartisan resources, and encouraged to engage in civic life in ways that reflect the values of dignity, justice and the...
Join us at Temple for lunch and a watch party of this special online conversation exploring Israel’s 2026 elections and their implications for the Israeli Reform Movement, religious pluralism and...
In 1967, Temple member Beverly Bonnheim was 17 when the Ku Klux Klan bombed her synagogue, Beth Israel of Jackson, Mississippi. The same synagogue, which also houses the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life, was recently damaged by arson. Beverly and Rabbi Kimberly Herzog Cohen will lead this class in which participants will explore the...
We welcome Rabbi Sarah Bassin as the featured speaker for the 2026 Henry D. Schlinger Ethics Symposium, October 16-17. Throughout the weekend, she will guide us in exploring immigration through the lens of Jewish values and the enduring responsibility to welcome the stranger. Rabbi Bassin will give the Shabbat evening sermon "Reclaiming a National Narrative...
We welcome Rabbi Sarah Bassin as the featured speaker for the 2026 Henry D. Schlinger Ethics Symposium, October 16-17. Throughout the weekend, she will guide us in exploring immigration through the lens of Jewish values and the enduring responsibility to welcome the stranger. Reading Ezra in an Age of Deportations This text study explores strains...
We welcome Rabbi Sarah Bassin as the featured speaker for the 2026 Henry D. Schlinger Ethics Symposium, October 16-17. Throughout the weekend, she will guide us in exploring immigration through the lens of Jewish values and the enduring responsibility to welcome the stranger. Striving to be Human: Stories from the Front Lines of the Immigration...
Join us for a family project supporting Vecinos Unidos, an all-volunteer organization that supports immigrant individuals and families. Through its Vecinos at Court program, volunteers offer a welcoming presence to people attending immigration court hearings, including many children. Together, we’ll learn about this important work and assemble activity bags for children waiting at the courthouse....
