Sermons: Rosh Hashanah

What It Means to Be Anshe Emet, People of Truth: Anshe Emet at 150

Rosh Hashanah | Rabbi Michael Siegel | September 26, 2023

Rabbi Michael S. Siegel | High Holy Days 2023 Rosh Hashanah Day I | Sanctuary The word Emet is chanted 4 times. Emet means truth. On Rosh Hashanah of 1873, 20 Jews gathered in the living room of Louis Sax on the North Side of Chicago. Those joined together to welcome the New Year had Continue Reading »

Out of the Drive-Thru and Into the Coffee Shop: Inviting Authentic Relationships

Rosh Hashanah | Rabbi D'ror Chankin-Gould | September 26, 2023

Out of the Drive-Thru and Into the Coffee Shop: Inviting Authentic Relationships Rabbi D’ror Chankin-Gould | Anshe Emet Synagogue | Rosh Hashanah Day I 5784/2023 | Blum Shanah Tovah. In my house, I’m usually the first person up and about. I have always been an early morning riser. With one caveat: I need caffeine. Recently, Continue Reading »

Unlocking the Box Buried Within: How Psychology and Judaism Give Us the Keys to the Hope We Thought We Lost 

Rosh Hashanah | Rabbi D'ror Chankin-Gould | September 26, 2023

Unlocking the Box Buried Within: How Psychology and Judaism Give Us the Keys to the Hope We Thought We Lost Rabbi D’ror Chankin-Gould | Anshe Emet Synagogue | Rosh Hashanah Day I 5784/2023 | Blum  “There is always a way out.” In July of 2018, the world watched as twelve Thai boys on a soccer team Continue Reading »

“Leave Your Raft Behind” • Rosh Hashanah 5784 / 2023

Rosh Hashanah | Rabbi Benjy Forester | September 26, 2023

Rabbi Benjy Forester Anshe Emet Synagogue Rosh Hashanah 5784 / 2023 Sanctuary Service “Leave Your Raft Behind” I’m told that when the great scholar and activist Abraham Joshua Heschel would interview candidates for the Jewish Theological Seminary Rabbinical School, he liked to ask them what 3 things they would take with them to a desert Continue Reading »