Monthly Archives: ‍‍January 2012 - טבת / שבט תשעב

50週年快樂! (Happy 50th Anniversary!)

Chinese Dinner

Click here to reserve your seat! 50週年快樂! (Happy 50th Anniversary!) Come Celebrate our Great Fortune: Temple Emanuel’s 50th Anniversary Enter the Royal Palace Door and you will find… Great food, wonderful company and our traditional silent auction filled with unique and creative bargains galore! Let’s meet, have fun and kibbitz Sunday Feb 12, 2012, doors open 6:00pm Royal Palace 32 Orange Street New Haven, CT Adults Only Please Click here to reserve your seat! more

Dreaming of camp…

Hagbahah

Happy New year! May 2012 bring you all much joy and happiness – and a little fewer snow days than last year! Together with Lew Shaffer and Bruce Spiewak I have recently attended the Union for Reform Judaism biennial in Washington, DC. The program was absolutely terrific, as always – with multiple engaging sessions, services, music and camaraderie of some 6000 reform Jews from all over the United States, as well as Israel and the UK. For the first time in our movement’s history, President Obama addressed the gathering – and if you haven’t seen his address yourself, I strongly… more

“What’s God got to do with it?” – Adult Education Opportunity Feb 4th @ 3pm

michelangelo

So, as Ike and Tina Turner might say “What’s God got to do with it?” Come decide in this lay led, 5 week class that will meet once a month on Saturday afternoons! “Praise the God of…..Lessons of Jewish Theology and Finding Your Place in It” is a course centered on 3 ways in which we relate to God: creation, redemption, and revelation. We will look at prayers and try to unravel what God means to each of us. It is possible to live a rich Jewish life, attending synagogue, celebrating holidays, visiting and supporting Israel, studying Torah and repairing… more