Passover (Pesach) celebrates our ancestors' freedom from slavery. How can we celebrate being free while 130+ Jews are held hostage in Gaza? I've received this question in various forms over the last few days. This year is different from all other years because, this year, we commemorate Pesach with the knowledge that we are not all free. Just as Pharaoh sought the annihilation of our people, so too do evil rulers seek our demise today. However, like our ancestors, we will prevail over our enemies. We will celebrate together again in full joy. This year, we marked Chanukah, Tu b'Shvat, and Purim with mixed emotions. We celebrated the significance of these days and held the pain of the hostages and their families in our hearts and minds. We will do the same for Pesach. The irony is not lost on any of us that we will mark the day our ancestors gained their freedom while 130+ Jews are not free. The Pesach seder is the right time to talk about this conflicted day. When you eat the Hillel … [Read more...]
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Headlines from Israel
With so much going on in the United States, Georgia, and Atlanta, the pandemic, Passover just around the corner, and all the other things going on in our lives... we may have missed some of the headlines coming out of Israel in recent weeks - and they're a really big deal!. Like the fact that Israel is holding its fourth election in just two years on March 23rd! Or the fact that the Supreme Court just issued a HUGE ruling in favor of recognizing conversions performed by the Reform and Conservative Movements in Israel, resulting in folks who are Jews-by-choice to receive Israeli citizenship (which they previously were unable to do)! OR the fact that Keren Kayemet L'Yisrael (KKL, the Israeli Jewish National Fund, which has no connection to the JNF based out of New York), is planning to purchase land in Area C of the West Bank! I could write three books diving into all three of these topics, but today, I want to call our attention to the issue of the KKL (with articles at the bottom … [Read more...]
Open the Gates!
We are now in the midst of the yamin noraim/ the Days of Awe, those ten days that begin with Rosh HaShanah and end with Yom Kippur. Our Sages describe Yom Kippur as a 'doorway', an existential threshold from which we can pause, look back, gaze forward, and fortify ourselves for what is to come. Judaism has always held doorways as places of vulnerability because they are liminal, the space between here and there. This is why Jews in ancient Babylonia buried bowls of water underneath their doorways, and Jews of ancient Egypt put lamb's blood above their gates, to keep their spiritual thresholds strong, and misfortune from entering their homes. It is why we Jews today put a mezuzah on our doorposts, with prayers inside that contain the letters for the Divine name of Shaddai, an acronym for Shomeir delatot Yisrael- Guardian of the doorways of Israel.[i] Doorways are symbolic markers between boundaries. Yom Kippur is the gate that separates who we were last year from who we can be in the … [Read more...]
Free Speech Denied in the Torah
In the Torah portion for this week, King Balak of the Amonites hires Balaam, a mercenary sorcerer, to curse the Israelites. For reasons we don't learn from the Torah text, Balaam is able to summon God's power, so if left unchecked, Balaam could do some real damage to the Israelites. Reluctently, Balaam agrees to King Balak's request to curse the Israelites, but whenever Balaam summons the power of the curse, God changes the words from a curse to a blessing. In fact, this is the spot in the Torah where we read blessing, "mah tovu ohalecha ya'akov, mishk'notecha yisrael," How lovely are your tents O' Jacob, your dwelling places O' Israel. God won't allow Balaam to use any curse words, and in fact turns Balaam's curses into blessings. God is regulating free speech! The study of Torah can be simply for personal spiritual fulfillment, but I believe a more powerful approach is to study Torah and use it as a lens through which we evaluate our actions and our beliefs. Whenever we have the … [Read more...]
College Outreach
College Outreach Committee Temple Emanu-El's College Outreach Committee looks to engage each of our college students, provide a sense of community and a reminder of their connection to home and Judaism while away at school. By completing the College Outreach Form (below) our temple committee will be sure to reach out to your child and provide them with a small gift during the holidays as well as updates on temple life as well as events and opportunities intended for college students. College Outreach Form College Resources JELF: Jewish Educational Loan Fund (770) 677-9305 JELF grants interest-free, "last dollar" loans to Jewish students who are pursuing a post-secondary education, including college, graduate school, and degree-granting vocational programs. Learn more about scholarships and financial assistance. Website Taglit Birthright information@birthrightisrael.com Your Free Trip to … [Read more...]
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