Show up with your little ones (birth to 2 years) and spend time with other parents. Join us to celebrate Havdalah on Mondays and as we prepare to welcome Shabbat on Fridays. Enjoy music, stories, puppets, and more with Early Childhood Educator Mimi Greisman. Take advantage of a wonderful opportunity to connect with other parents and create lasting friendships. To participate, click here.

Where Pride Dwells – A Virtual Fireside Chat

To celebrate Pride month, Congregation Emanu-El welcomes international Jewish leader and social justice activist, Rabbi Denise L. Eger in conversation with Rabbi Jason Rodich during One Shabbat with Cantor Marsha Attie. Click here to participate via Facebook Live, our preferred platform – you don't have to join Facebook to participate. For alternative access via livestream, click here. To follow along with prayers, click here for a free on-line Mishkan T'filah prayer book.

In lieu of a traditional sermon, Rabbi Rodich will engage in a “fireside chat” during the service, including discussion of Rabbi Eger’s newest book, Mishkan Ga’avah: Where Pride Dwells. This groundbreaking collection of LGBTQ prayers, poems, liturgy, and rituals is both a spiritual resource and a celebratory affirmation of Jewish diversity.

Rabbi Eger is the founding Rabbi of Congregation Kol Ami, in West Hollywood, CA. She is past president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the international organization of more than 2,300 Reform Rabbis. She served as the first openly gay or lesbian person in that position. She also was the first woman ever elected as President of the Southern California Board of Rabbis, which includes Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist, and Orthodox Rabbis.

Torah Study with Rabbi Jonathan Singer, followed by Mourner's Kaddish and Healing Prayer. To participate, click here.

Havdalah with Rabbis Beth and Jonathan Singer on Facebook Live. Click here.

For over two years, every Sunday night Emanu-El congregants have provided dinner for the youth living at G-House (a transitional home for youth experiencing homelessness run by Larkin Street Youth Services), by bringing food and then breaking bread together. While these dinners at G-House have been cancelled due to social distancing, we still need your help supporting the youth living there.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Emanu-El volunteers are continuing to do this mitzvah by ordering a Sunday night meals (a lot of pizza!) from local restaurants and having it them delivered to G-House. These dinners are very meaningful, as each dinner we give lets the youth know that our Emanu-El community continues to care for them despite the current challenges.

We look forward to resuming these in person dinners at G-House when it is safe for all.
Please sign up here to sponsor a Sunday evening dinner and for more details!   

Show up with your little ones (birth to 2 years) and spend time with other parents. Join us to celebrate Havdalah on Mondays and as we prepare to welcome Shabbat on Fridays. Enjoy music, stories, puppets, and more with Early Childhood Educator Mimi Greisman. Take advantage of a wonderful opportunity to connect with other parents and create lasting friendships. To participate, click here.

Show up with your little ones (birth to 2 years) and spend time with other parents. Join us to celebrate Havdalah on Mondays and as we prepare to welcome Shabbat on Fridays. Enjoy music, stories, puppets, and more with Early Childhood Educator Mimi Greisman. Take advantage of a wonderful opportunity to connect with other parents and create lasting friendships. To participate, click here.

Exploring Rabbi Arthur Green’s “Judaism’s Ten Best Ideas.”

This book by renowned Rabbi and Jewish thinker, Arthur Green, posits the question, “In an age of fluid identity, many people are honestly asking the question “Why be Jewish?” What in this religious and ethnic legacy is worth preserving? Does Judaism have something unique to offer a contemporary seeker free to choose a way of life and a system of values?

Join Rabbi Jonathan Singer on Zoom for a lunch and learn as we explore Green’s very accessible thought about Jewish meaning today and see how this structure can support us in this time of fluidity. Link will be sent the week of the first class.

You can purchase the book at Amazon: Judaism's Ten Best Ideas: A Brief Guide for Seekers

This program is Free for Members and $36 for non-members.

Part 1 July 1 – 29: Wednesdays from 12:00 – 1:00pm

Simcha – Joy- July 1

Tzelem Elohim – Creation in God’s Image July 8

Halacha – Walking the Path July 15

Tikun Olam – Reparing the World. July 22

Shabbat – Getting off the Treadmill. July 29

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Soothe Your Soul: A Moment of Music, with Cantor Marsha Attie. Facebook Live.

Join Cantor Marsha Attie to discuss prayer, Hebrew, and music. Registration is required.

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