January 2, 2026: Shabbat Evening Service
Temple Emanu-El Stern Chapelwith Cantor Leslie Niren and Rabbi Michael Lewis | Sermon by Rabbi Kimberly Herzog Cohen
with Cantor Leslie Niren and Rabbi Michael Lewis | Sermon by Rabbi Kimberly Herzog Cohen
with Rabbi David Stern and Randy Pearlman, Cantorial Soloist
We are honored to welcome our community sh’lichah, Aya Margalit, as our 2026 Rabbi David Lefkowitz scholar-in-residence for a weekend of learning, honesty and connection. During the Shabbat evening service, Aya will lead conversations that reflect both the challenges and the resilient hopes shaping Israel today. Aya opens the weekend with a personal keynote exploring...
with Rabbi Debra Robbins and Cantor Hallie Weiner | D'var Torah by Rabbi Nir Barkin, of Kehillat YOZMA Modi'in
with Cantor Leslie Niren and Rabbi Michael Lewis | Sermon by Rabbi David Stern
With Cantor Leslie Niren and Rabbi Michael Lewis
with Cantor Vicky Glikin and Rabbi Michael Lewis | Sermon by Rabbi Debra Robbins
A SHABBAT SHIRAH PRAYER CONCERT WITH TEMPLE EMANU-EL CHOIR & TURTLE CREEK CHORALE Sea Crossings celebrates the moment when our ancestors left Egypt and discovered the promise of freedom, healing and hope. Join the Temple Emanu-El Choir and Turtle Creek Chorale, an acclaimed Dallas-based predominantly gay men’s chorus, for an evening of prayer and song....
with Cantor Vicky Glikin and Rabbi Kimberly Herzog Cohen
Temple will welcome Rabbi Dalia Marx of Jerusalem as the scholar-in-residence for a beit midrash, an exciting house of study. Rabbi Marx will teach at three different times over Shabbat, offering insights into her specialties of liturgy, gender, ritual and the Jewish calendar. “It Goes Both Ways: Responsibility and Reciprocity between Jewish Israelis and American...