Chanukah 2024/5785

Chanukah 2024/5785

“Reflect, Celebrate, and Connect: A Hybrid Chanukah Experience for Everyone” Chanukah is for everyone—and this year, it feels especially resonant. As we reflect on a year filled with liberation struggles, spiritual seeking, and challenges to justice and...
Torah study | Vayeshev December 21st, 2024

Torah study | Vayeshev December 21st, 2024

Shabbat Services and & Torah Study: Vayeshev Saturday, December 21st Emeryville, CA & Online 9:30am Shabbat service // 10:30am Torah study  Register Here A peek into Torah study with us and the parsha this week  We continue this week with the saga of Jacob and...
Shabbat

Shabbat

Shabbat (the Sabbath) is not simply about going to synagogue. It is a 25-hour spiritual, meditative, psychological, and intellectual process which involves a withdrawal from the normal consciousness of domination and control over time and space. On Shabbat, we enter...
10 Commitments (Speech Acts/Divine Utterances)

10 Commitments (Speech Acts/Divine Utterances)

Many of us find the notion of “commandments” oppressive and hierarchical. Yet we know that a community cannot be built on the principle of only doing what feels right at the moment––it requires a sense of responsibility to each other.  Rabbi Michael Lerner and...