Congregation Adas Emuno

This Week at Adas Emuno

September 11, 2025 8:54 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

Sept. 11, 2025

Dear Friends,
I send this weekly message mindful that today is the 24th anniversary of 9-11.
We shall never forget the nearly 3000 souls who lost their lives on that tragic day, nor the many first responders who suffered greatly in its aftermath.

Now, less than two weeks before the Holidays, is the time of Selichot, prayers of forgiveness.
We will look at some of the readings from our machzor on this crucial theme at our Shabbat Evening Service (7:30 PM).

Our Shabbat Morning Torah Study (10:00 AM) is off and running, as we devote the year to the history of modern Israel. It's never too late to join!

Our religious school is also off and running, and this Sunday includes our monthly Tot Program (9:30 AM) and Confirmation Class (11:00 AM).

What would the Holidays be without food? Join Virginia, Doris and friends this Sunday in a special Holiday Cooking Class (4:00 PM), via zoom, with two of our esteemed chefs- Gibson Borrelli and Kim Merlino. See the special email sent out this past Monday or email vegitter@aol.com.

Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Schwartz

This Week at Adas Emuno—Back to Religious School

September 04, 2025 9:56 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

Sept. 4, 2025

Dear Friends,
Just like that summer ends and we jump into our busy season.
Religious School resumes, Torah Study resumes, and the Holidays approach.

We'll continue a discussion we began last week about what many are calling a constitutional crisis facing our county at our Shabbat Evening Service (7:30 PM).

We'll begin what I hope will be a fascinating year exploring the history of modern Israel at our Shabbat Morning Torah Study (10:00 AM).

We'll commence another year of creative learning at our Sunday Morning Religious School (9:00 AM), that includes a parent orientation (10:00 AM) and an open house for prospective families (11:00AM).

The great Israeli novelist Amos Oz is the subject of our Adas Emuno Book Club (7:30 PM) on Monday, specifically the acclaimed novel "A Tale of Love and Darkness", which is also now a movie starring Natalie Portman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMjh5Yv55Vg. See zoom link below.

Please watch your mail soon for the Ritual Committee's High Holy Day letter, including details on all services and the Book of Remembrance form.

Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Schwartz

This Week at Adas Emuno

August 28, 2025 8:47 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

Sept. 28, 2025

Dear Friends,
This week's Torah portion issues the clarion call, "Justice, justice shall you pursue".
One of the great, but now little remembered, heroes of social justice in our country was Charles Sumner.
He is the subject of a new biography, and I'd like to tell his story at our Shabbat Evening Service (7:30 PM).
And Peter Hayes will join the cantor on guitar to enhance our always uplifting music.

Get ready: Torah Study and Religious School start next week!

As the summer unofficially ends, wishing you a restful Labor Day weekend.

Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Schwartz

This Week at Adas Emuno

August 21, 2025 9:06 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

Aug. 21, 2025

Dear Friends,
Our monthly reading of the Torah will take place at our Shabbat Evening Service (7:30 PM).
The passage from Deuteronomy is among the most important of our tradition, because it points out that we always have a choice before us- the path of blessing or the path of curse.
This message of moral empowerment is timely and timeless.

Would you like to be part of our Torah Study or Book/Film Club Google groups, where you can find out more information about what we are studying/reading/viewing, and communicate with other members in those groups? Just forward us your email address.
Would you like to read/chant a Hebrew or English part in our Holiday services? Let me know today, as I'm about to send out a master list of honors.

Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Schwartz

This Week at Adas Emuno

August 14, 2025 8:06 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

Aug. 14, 2025

Dear Friends,
The remarkable prophet Isaiah is read more than any other prophet in the synagogue, including the present seven week stretch.
We'll continue our discussion of his life and works, including two great archeological discoveries that shed light on his times, at our Shabbat Evening Service (7:30 PM).

Keep reading and watching! Our book and film clubs are growing. Below is information on our next selections. If you would like more detailed descriptions and regular reminders, sign up for our Adas Emuno Google Group. Just send us your preferred email address. All meetings take place via Zoom at 7:30 PM, and all books and films are available from the public library.

The opening of religious school is three weeks away, and the holidays just over five weeks away!
This is a first reminder to return your school and membership dues forms.

Shabbat shalom,
Rabbi Schwartz

Monday, Sept. 8, A Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos Oz (book)
Monday, Oct. 20, Three Identical Strangers (movie)
Monday, Nov. 10, An Officer and a Spy by Richard Harris (book)
Monday, Dec. 8, Gentlemen's Agreement (movie)

This Week at Adas Emuno

August 07, 2025 8:40 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

August 7, 2025

Dear Friends,
From now until the end of the Jewish year, that is, the next seven weeks, every Haftarah (supplementary reading from the Prophets) is drawn from Isaiah.
This is by design- so what are the sages trying to tell us during this lead up to the new Year?
We'll think about it at our Shabbat Evening Service (7:30 PM), once again with Rabbi Max serving as cantor.

Our bi-monthly Adas Emuno Film Club meets via zoom on Monday (7:30 PM), to discuss the recent film "Unbroken", which chronicles the remarkable survival of a set of siblings during the Holocaust.

Shabbat shalom,
Rabbi Schwartz

This Week at Adas Emuno—Patio Service at 6pm

July 31, 2025 8:06 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

July 31, 2025

Dear Friends,
Our third and final summer outdoor patio Shabbat Evening Service (6:00 PM) takes place tomorrow.
That means it is already August!
Last month featured great weather and music, and let's hope for the same.
Feel free to bring your own supper, and we'll supply the drinks and dessert.

As this is the Sabbath before Tisha B'av, I'll add a few words about the origins of this mournful fast day.
While this day is not designated in the Torah, and is largely unobserved by Reform Jews, it is both historically significant to the Jewish people and followed by the traditional community.

Shabbat shalom,
Rabbi Schwartz

This Week at Adas Emuno

July 24, 2025 8:34 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

July 24, 2025

Dear Friends,
The name of this week's Torah portion is "Journeys".
This last section from the Book of Numbers lists each and every stop our Israelite ancestors made during their forty years in the desert.
At our monthly reading from the Torah at our Shabbat Evening Service (7:30 PM) I'll read from just the beginning of that long list (it’s pages long).
Lurking behind the text is the question of why every stop is mentioned, and why the original Torah (the last book, Deuteronomy, is a later addition) chooses to end this way.
And we're very happy to have Rabbi Max Chaiken subbing for the cantor this week. Did you know that Max was a head camp song leader, with the guitar skills to prove it!

Shabbat shalom,
Rabbi Schwartz

This Week at Adas Emuno

July 17, 2025 9:17 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

July 17, 2025

Dear Friends,
A group of five daughters, for the sake of honoring the memory of their father, created quite a stir among Moses and the Israelites.
And Dan Pasky will honor his father, who recently passed away, with a brief but loving tribute.
Both tales will be told at our Shabbat Evening Service (7:30 PM).

Shabbat shalom,
Rabbi Schwartz

This Week at Adas Emuno

July 10, 2025 8:55 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

July 10, 2025

Dear Friends,
"Rising Lion" was the name of Israel's dramatic operation against Iran.
It’s from this week's Torah portion, and there is quite a story behind it.
We'll tell the tale at our Shabbat Evening Service (7:30 PM).

At our Adas Emuno Book Club this Monday (7:30 PM): a discussion of Michael Chabon's Pulitzer prize winning novel, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, described as “an epic historical novel that charts 16 years in the lives of Sammy Clay and Joe Kavalier, two Jewish cousins who create a wildly popular series of comic books in the early 1940s, the years leading up to the entry of the U.S. into World War II.”

Shabbat shalom,
Rabbi Schwartz