Rosh Hashanah | Rabbi Benjy Forester | September 24, 2025
Rosh Hashanah 5786/2025 Rabbi Benjy Forester The writer James Williams, not to be confused with the psychologist William James, points out the following fact: Axes existed for 1.2 million years before anyone thought to put a handle on them. Eventually, it dawned on someone to do so, making axes both safer and more efficient. The Continue Reading »
Rosh Hashanah | Rabbi Michael Siegel | September 23, 2025
Finding Our Confidence After the Aftershocks of October 7th Rosh Hashanah: 2025/5786 Rabbi Michael Siegel Rebo’no Shel Olam, Creator of Heaven and Earth, You who created each of us in the Tselem Elohim in Your Sacred Image. On this day of Rosh Hashanah, we celebrate Your Creation. On this day of Rosh Hashanah, the difficulties Continue Reading »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
