Emanuel Congregation | Reform Jewish Synagogue

If you’ve attended Emanuel Congregation’s Shabbat services online or in person in the past month, you’ve heard the work of Jack Mecherle, the new sound and livestream technician. His job, he says, is to “make sure everyone in person can hear the service and everyone on the livestream can see and hear the service.” Jack became interested in sound engineering as a kid when his uncle would give him his old Mac computers after buying the latest systems. “I stumbled upon music sof

During the school year, we are intentional about building Jewish Life Vocabulary at ECRS. We use Hebrew as much as possible to refer to various items and destinations around Emanuel. Many of our teachers have Hebrew labels around their classrooms so that students can refer to the clock, trashcan, chairs, pencils, etc. using their Hebrew names. And I have good news! Summer is the perfect time to continue Hebrew learning at any age! At many of our Jewish summer camps, Hebre

This week we begin reading from the book of B’midbar or Numbers. The word B’midbar means wilderness, but it is called Numbers in English because the book begins with an accounting of the tribes of Israel. This is not the first census-not by a long shot. Rashi, the great medieval commentator writes , "because they [the children of Israel]were dear to God, God counts them all the time - when they went out of Egypt, God counted them; when many of them fell for having worshipped