Message From The Rabbi

Rabbi Spike Anderson

In Judaism, what do you think is a higher ‘spiritual’ activity: Worship or Study?

The answer, according to our Sages, is that they are equal.

Think...Read more...

Rabbi Spike Anderson

As you know, our Temple Emanu-El community continues to put tremendous effort into finding interfaith dialogue partners to promote understanding and create bridges.  Post October 7th, this effort has become one of our...Read more...

Rabbi Max Miller

Last week, I went to Camp Barney Medintz with Rabbi Rachael, our DFRS director, Beth Blick, and our rabbinical intern, Sydney Levy. This is always a trip we look forward to. Even though...Read more...

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Rabbi Max Miller

Today is still Shavuot—at least until sunset. While it’s one of the Torah’s major festivals, Shavuot often feels like the quietest. There’s no seder plate, no shofar, no sukkah. And we’re not the first to notice.

Two thousand years ago, after...Read more...

Rabbi Max MIller

The old saying is that Judaism has a blessing for everything: food, rainbows, mornings and evenings, and many, many more. It should come as no surprise that we also have a blessing for...Read more...

Rabbi Spike Anderson

This past Thursday morning, I attended the National Day of Prayer breakfast hosted by Dunwoody Baptist Church.  It was a lovely morning, with DBC congregants, local dignitaries, and interfaith leaders in...Read more...

Rabbi Max Miller

Every ancient culture in the world has or had sacred rites to become an adult. Some civilizations sent their young people into the wilderness on a spirit quest. Other communities taught...Read more...

Rabbi Spike Anderson

You may remember me telling you earlier in the year about the conversation I had with my son, Moses, as we drove by Cornerstone Church and saw them proudly flying the American AND Israeli flag from their front...Read more...

Rabbi Spike Anderson

As we approach Passover, I want to bring your attention to something that is really worth noting about the Jewish story, and the lessons it brings us.

We Jews were slaves in Egypt for more...Read more...

Rabbi Rachael Miller

 “What if I told you that you could do something simple that would have a significant impact on the future of the State of Israel and the Jewish people? 

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Rabbi Rachael Miller

There’s something about the red hair. 

Their age and the red hair. 

I remember the name of every kid I grew up with who had the same red hair. 

I can tell you the...Read more...

Rabbi Spike Anderson

In our weekly Torah cycle, we are fast approaching the end of the plagues that brought us out of Egyptian slavery, and into the desert wilderness where we will create the Jewish civilization.

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A lot has changed in the last week.  

The first three hostages of the thirty-three set to be released in phase...Read more...

Rabbi Spike Anderson

This Friday night, as our country enters into MLK weekend, we have a special Shabbat service at Temple Emanu-El to lift the connection between Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Civil Rights movement, and Judaism.  The...Read more...