Photo: Posted April 27, 2019 Dear Friends, This afternoon a gunman entered the Chabad Community Center of Poway, California and shot multiple worshipers observing Shabbat and the conclusion of Passover. While at this time the number and extent of the injuries and fatalities remains unclear, our hearts reach out to the entire synagogue community. …
Return to Home Page As a community of faith, we are sickened by the coordinated attacks on the Christian community of Sri Lanka — suicide bombings in multiple Catholic churches and tourist hotels on Easter Sunday. With the hateful violence against worshipers at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh and two mosques in Christchurch, …
Bettijane Eisenpreis By Bettijane Eisenpreis “Do not defile yourselves in any of those ways, for it is by such that the nations that I am casting out before you defiled themselves.” Leviticus 18:24 Parashat Aharei Mot consists largely of a catalogue of sins that the priests and the people are not to commit. These range …
Return to Tikkun Olam SMILES, LAUGHTER, JOY, and FRIENDSHIP These are all the lasting emotions that were surrounding this Mitzvah… For the sixth year, Tikkun Olam created a two-day personal shopping “boutique ” experience for 300 underserved New York City high school seniors to help them celebrate their academic achievements by helping them shine at …
Return to High Holy Days and Festivals Return to Worship Beginning of Passover Services April 19 & 20 | 5:15 PM & 10:30 AM | Fifth Avenue Sanctuary Please note, to accommodate the plans of our members for the first-night seder, our April 19 Shabbat/Eve of Passover service will be held at 5:15 PM …
Emanu-El Staff News: Expanded Welcome to our website’s new Staff News page. This page will serve as a place where expanded staff news can be placed if it is too long to fit into the email newsletter sent out monthly. This page will be updated each month with new additions and links to our current …
Return to High Holy Days and Festivals September 30 — October 1, 2018 Sh’mini Atzeret is a solemn time for reflecting on the seven previous days of the festival of Sukkot. There is also a Yizkor service, one of the four times during the year when we mourn together and recite the memorial prayers in …
Return to High Holy Days and Festivals September 23 – October 1, 2018 Sukkot traces its roots to the many agricultural ceremonies enacted by the ancient Hebrews, becoming a festival of thanks for a bountiful fall harvest and one of three “pilgrimage festivals” during which a portion of the first fruits were brought to the …
