Congregation Emanu-El

Rabbi Stephen Pearce speaks on the many ways that Jews self-define and practice (or do not practice) Judaism in modern times.

Listen to Congregation Emanu-El's 2021/5782 Erev Rosh HaShanah sermon from Rabbi Jonathan Singer.

"Let us have empathy and understanding, let us be gracious to those seeking refuge."

Rabbi Ryan Bauer delivers a sermon at Congregation Emanu-El's One Shabbat Service - August 20, 2021.

Rabbi Beth Singer delivers a sermon at Congregation Emanu-El's One Shabbat Service - August 13, 2021.

Rabbi Sydney Mintz delivers a sermon at Congregation Emanu-El's One Shabbat Service - August 6, 2021.

"Let us keep the lights of goodness, hope, faith, truth, ethics, burning through the days and nights to come. We must not fall into the trap of reacting from fear."

"If you think that the denigration of another human is an okay thing to sacrifice because you're waving a flag to protect land, you're no longer in the Jewish story."

Rabbi Rodich reflects on the words of Levinas, "To encounter the face of another human being is, in a way, to get a glimpse of the divine and to be commanded to care for and respond to that face — especially the face of another that suffers."

What counting days really means in our time is that it is up to us to make our days count.