Featured Speaker: Sherasa Thomas, Education Director, Anti-Defamation League Texas/Oklahoma. ADL's A World of Difference® Institute recognizes that attitudes and beliefs ultimately affect actions. With each individual action, we change the course of the future. As we work to make our world a better place for all, we must first begin with ourselves, our home and...
Talk with Yvonne Williams about adolescent stress, peer pressure, mental health, and other issues facing youth today. Learning objectives: Promote mental wellness and strong coping skills, recognize signs of stress and depression, promote adolescent brain health, know the warning signs of suicidal behavior, learn to recognize and respond to a young person in crisis, and...
Join us for the first Women Who Weave event. Documents and objects illuminate previously untold strands of the narrative of how the Dallas Hebrew Benevolent Society became Temple Emanu-El and women’s leadership roles.
Discuss the Passover story with Rabbi Lewis and discuss if it truly happened. Snacks and drinks will be provided.
Join us for the second Women Who Weave event. The fabric doors of Olan Sanctuary and Stern Chapel, and the Psalm 150 tapestry in Linz Hall express how women’s creativity and generosity inspire our spirituality.
Hear from Shine the Light chairs Fran Toubin and Amy Roseman, who will share how they drew upon Temple resources to support their families as they worked through mental health crises with their older teens. Rabbi Debra Robbins will join them in the conversation. You'll also learn how to create a mental health emergency plan...
Join us for the third Women Who Weave event. Rabbi Robbins (1991-present) will join with Rabbi Ellen Lewis, (Temple Emanu-El’s first female rabbi, 1980-1985) for a conversation about how women clergy have shaped congregational life over the past 50 years. Join through Zoom here Password: Women
The 2023 Rabbi Levi A. Olan Lecture is the second of three keynote lectures for TE150. Rabbi Marmur will address the landscape of contemporary Judaism, particularly through the lens of modern Israel. A scholar in modern Jewish thought, Rabbi Marmur describes anxiety as a significant engine for Jewish spirituality and theology. He also explores the...
Culminate the seven weeks of counting of the Omer at Temple’s special Shavuot celebration. We’ll start with a deep dive into this framing passage from Pirkei Avot, followed by reflecting on Temple's 150-year history and learning about the magnificent art collection we are surrounded by each and every day. We'll sing and pray together, and finish...
We invite you to immerse in the Kabbalat Shabbat Psalms with music, silence and poetry as we sing, pray and celebrate together. We will welcome Shabbat with joy, reflect on the possibilities of rest, pray for healing and remember our loved ones in the embrace of community. Service led by Cantor Leslie Niren, Rabbi Michael...
