Read the High Holy Days sermons by the clergy of Emanuel Synagogue, with reflections on faith, community, remembrance and the year ahead.
Watch the full services on emanuelplus.
Sirens, Scars and Secrets I read a poignant article by Israeli Gila Zarbiv titled: “The Sirens Only we can Hear” and I have not been able to stop thinking about it. She describes two days of her life during the last five years. The first, during the covid pandemic lockdowns. Gila, a midwife, had been […]
Yizkor – 5787 There is a unique silence that falls over the sanctuary right before Yizkor. This kind of silence is not the same as the awe we experienced when hearing the Shofar on Rosh Hashanah, nor is it the quiet that comes after a day of fasting. On the contrary, it is the deep […]
The Meal in Front of Us Some time ago, I made a Szechuan pepper stir-fry. I wish I could tell you that I followed a treasured family recipe. I did not. I wish I could tell you that I carefully measured every ingredient and recorded every step. I had not. I was improvising. A little […]
Who Will We Become? On Rosh Hashana it is written, on Yom Kippur it is sealed: how many will pass away from this world, how many be born into it, who shall live and who shall die, who shall reach the ripeness of age and who shall be taken before their time who by fire […]
Rosh HaShanah – 5787 A few weeks ago, like so many people across Australia, as I listened to the news and caught up with what was going on online, I felt a terrible, uneasy premonition settling in. The news was dominated by the Sydney Swans. On the eve of a finals campaign, a time when […]
