Emanu-El Downtown: Celebrating Sukkot
By Dina Mann | Director, Emanu-El Downtown “Cast your bread on the water, and one day it will come back to you.” This dose of biblical study came courtesy of my kids’ new PJ Library book, Nuri and the Whale. The original text is from the book of Kohelet/Ecclesiastes. Kohelet is traditionally read on the …
Celebrating Rosh Hashanah Downtown
By Dina Mann, Director, Emanu-El Downtown September 22, 2022 – Summer might be over, but the good energy is spilling over into fall at Emanu-El Downtown. On Sunday, September 18, we welcomed over 150 babies, kids, and grown-ups to our New Year Festival, an afternoon of arts and crafts, music, apples, honey and so much …
JTA: In an effort to reach young families, Temple Emanu-El opens an outpost in Chelsea
September 16, 2022 – Emanu-El Downtown was featured in Jewish Telegraphic Agency/New York Jewish Week, with quotes from Rabbi Joshua Davidson, Emanu-El Downtown Director Dina Mann, and members of our growing community. Want to learn more? We hope you’ll join us at the New Year Festival on our new Downtown satellite this Sunday, September 18, …
Emanu-El Downtown: Play. Explore. Learn.
By Dina Mann | Director, Emanu-El Downtown This Friday, Jews around the world will add the shofar to their morning prayer service signaling the new Hebrew month of Elul, which precedes Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. The shofar is a wake-up call. A jarring reminder to get to work on yourself, your family, and …
amNY: Temple Emanu-El to open new campus in Chelsea
August 18, 2022 amNY features Emanu-El Downtown, interviewing Rabbi Joshua Davidson and Emanu-El Downtown Director Dina Mann about upcoming programs, and its pivotal role within the Jewish community. This recent expansion answers the call of Jewish New Yorkers who are seeking more connection to the local Jewish community as well as those who experienced a …
Find the Afikomen at Temple Emanu-El! Answer Key
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Young Families: All About Passover
Parents, What happens at home is the best way for children to learn. Involve them in the experience. Have them help prepare for Passover according to their abilities. They can clean up their toys. Help set the table. Color a placemat. Roll some matzah balls. Taste the Charoset. Learn some songs – and they can …
Young Families: All About Purim
Thursday Night, February 25 — Friday, February 26, 2021 Thursday Night, February 25 — Friday, February 26, 2021 Make your Purim celebration special with these customs and activities: Dress Up in Costumes Why? Because Esther couldn’t reveal her true identity, at first. Once she summoned her courage and revealed her faith, it was she who …
Young Families: Celebrate Tu B’Shevat at Home
Celebrate NATURE and the beginning of Spring this week with the arrival of Tu B’Shevat! Enjoy the great holiday guide below! About Tu B’Shevat Tu B’Shevat marks the end of Winter and the beginning of Spring (in Israel), which is why it is hard for us, in the Northern Hemisphere to feel the change. Image …
The Story of Honi and the Carob Tree
based on a midrash in the Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Ta’anit 23a Retold by Saul Kaiserman, Director of Lifelong Learning Tu b’Shevat is a day we call the Birthday of the Trees. Even though trees don’t get cake and presents, they still appreciate it when you take care of them – water them and clear off …
