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Our lectures feature outstanding speakers who engage in intriguing and thought-provoking conversations about contemporary topics vital to our community and to our lives.

May 12, 2020
Rabbi Sydney Mintz in discussion with Dr. Larry Brilliant, Chairman of the Board of Ending Pandemics.

April 27, 2020
Senior Rabbi Beth Singer in discussion with San Francisco Mayor London Breed.

April 20, 2020
Rabbi Jason Rodich on sheltering in our own sacred spaces.

March 25, 2020
Senior Rabbi Jonathan Singer shares his insight on finding comfort, protection and joy in Jewish tradition as we await the “going out” from our contemporary Mizrayim. 

Senior Rabbi Beth Singer delivers the Martin Luther King Jr. Sermon at Third Baptist Church on January 19, 2020.

Senior Rabbi Jonathan Singer delivers the Martin Luther King Jr. Sermon at Third Baptist Church on January 20, 2019.

Senior Rabbi Jonathan Singer delivers the Martin Luther King Jr. Sermon at Third Baptist Church on January 15, 2017.

Malcolm Hoenlein has been the executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations since June 1986. He is the founding executive director of the Greater New York Conference on Soviet Jewry and the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York. Mr. Hoenlein delivered this lecture on January 23, 2019.

Nobel Laureate Shimon Peres z”l

On March 6, 2012, Congregation Emanu-El welcomed the President of the State of Israel on the occasion of his historic Bay Area visit. His Excellency Shimon Peres spoke on Israel and the Jewish People: The Vision for Tomorrow

This historic evening was hosted for our community by Congregation Emanu-El and was co-sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council, Jewish Community Federations of San Francisco, the East Bay and Silicon Valley and the Board of Rabbis of Northern California in cooperation with the Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest.

President of the State of Israel Shimon Peres March 6, 2012 (San Francisco, CA) from Congregation Emanu-El on Vimeo.