Congregation Adas Emuno

Annaul Meeting Link

May 18, 2026 3:26 PM | Lance Strate (Administrator)

Access link to 2026 annual meeting is on the membership/annual meeting minutes page.

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This Week at Adas Emuno—7 PM Start for Shabbat Service

May 14, 2026 9:39 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

May 14, 2026

Dear Friends,
We end the religious school and Torah study year with a bang.
First...Confirmation...our graduating tenth graders will speak at our Shabbat Evening Service (7:00 PM- note earlier time), and the music will be especially festive thanks to the cantor, Rabbi Max, Scott and Marissa Dennis, and the entire Confirmation class.
Mazal tov to confirmands Asher Dennis, Rebecca Herzig, Sam Klein, Beckett Pasky-Levinson, Naomi Slater, and their families!.

Second...at a special combined Shabbat Morning Torah Study/Travel Club (10:00 AM- with bagels), I will be offering a presentation: "Around the Jewish World" on my visits to far-flung Jewish communities, from Norway to New Zealand, Uganda to Uzbekistan, and more!

Third....on Sunday our final session school will wrap-up with a Picnic and Open House (11:00 AM).

Why not make it a triple play this weekend at Adas Emuno!

Shabbat shalom,
Rabbi Schwartz

Addendum: With great sadness we note the passing of Dani Arnold, daughter of former member Cindy Arnold.

Also note that the shiva time at the Avidon home on Monday has been slightly changed to 4-6 PM.

For Our Livestream Services:
Go to YouTube, enter "Adas Emuno Streaming", and scroll down to the live service., or follow this link once the service has started:
https://www.youtube.com/channelUCftctPu9pRG4bBQCR6RH4Dg/live.

This Week at Adas Emuno

May 07, 2026 8:47 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

May 7, 2026,

Dear Friends,
Let's hear it for the moms.
Sunday is Mother's Day, and tomorrow is my mother's 93rd birthday.
At our Shabbat Evening Service (7:30 PM), we'll give our mothers the gift of verse, as it is our annual Poetry Shabbat, when our poetry enthusiasts will share some of their favorite selections.

We'll offer some final reflections on our year-long study of Israel at our Shabbat Morning Torah Study (10:00 AM).
Next week is a special presentation (open to all, with bagels): "Around the Jewish World", featuring my visits to far-flung Jewish communities.

School is in session on Sunday, including Confirmation class.

Our Adas Emuno Book Club meets via zoom on Monday (7:30 PM) , discussing Rich Boy, a vivid coming-of-age novel set in 1970s-1990's Philadelphia and New York, and reflective of many of our family histories- not quite rags-to-riches, but almost.

Shabbat shalom,
Rabbi Schwartz

For Our Livestream Services:
Go to YouTube, enter "Adas Emuno Streaming", and scroll down to the live service., or follow this link once the service has started:
https://www.youtube.com/channelUCftctPu9pRG4bBQCR6RH4Dg/live.

This Week at Adas Emuno—“FunRaiser” Sunday!

April 30, 2026 8:11 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

April 30, 2026

Dear Friends,
At our Shabbat Evening Service (7:30 PM) Peter Hays on guitar will join with the cantor, and we will read from the Torah.
The subject is one that we rarely talk about these days, but was a big one in ancient times- blasphemy. Just what relevance, if any, does it have for us today?

Like it or not, as we come down the home stretch of Shabbat Morning Torah Study (10:00 AM), we have to talk about the legacy of Benjamin Netanyahu, who has dominated Israeli politics for much of the past twenty five years.

This Saturday is also Leonia Day (12-4 PM) , and do stop by our table to say hello at Wood Park.

Then join us after religious school on Sunday for our spring Adas Emuno Fun Raiser (12-3 PM) on the patio (or social hall): food, drink, music and a chance to win gift cards and bid on baskets!

Shabbat shalom,
Rabbi Schwartz

For Our Livestream Services:
Go to YouTube, enter "Adas Emuno Streaming", and scroll down to the live service., or follow this link once the service has started:
https://www.youtube.com/channelUCftctPu9pRG4bBQCR6RH4Dg/live.

This Week at Adas Emuno—Celebrating Israel’s Birthday

April 23, 2026 8:30 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

April 23, 2026

Dear Friends,
How can you celebrate Israel's 78th birthday...especially given how embattled Israel is lately, to put it mildly?
One way is to attend our Shabbat- Yom Ha'Atzmaut Service (7:30 PM), which will feature uplifting music and words from and about Israel.

Rabbi Max will lead our Shabbat Morning Torah Study (10:00 AM), on the double Torah portion at the heart of Leviticus.

From time to time I'm invited to be a scholar-in-residence at other synagogues, and this is what I'll be doing on Sunday: The Blessing of Doubt: A Jewish Argument for Agnosticism with Rabbi Barry L. Schwartz | Temple Micah - Reform Temple in Washington DC.

Shabbat shalom,
Rabbi Schwartz

For Our Livestream Services:
Go to YouTube, enter "Adas Emuno Streaming", and scroll down to the live service., or follow this link once the service has started:
https://www.youtube.com/channelUCftctPu9pRG4bBQCR6RH4Dg/live.

This Week at Adas Emuno

April 16, 2026 9:27 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

April 16, 2026

Dear Friends,
There is no denying that our Shabbat-Yom HaShoah Service (7:30 PM) is on the somber side.
That is the case every year, since the music and readings are chosen in the spirit of Holocaust commemoration.

By contrast, next week's service is on the celebratory side, as we celebrate Yom Ha'Atzmaut-Israel Independence Day. This Sunday both the Tots and the School will have special Israel programs.

The close of the 20th century brought all kinds of developments in Israel, good and bad, as we will chronicle at our Shabbat Morning Torah Study (10:00 AM).

Shabbat shalom,
Rabbi Schwartz

For Our Livestream Services:
Go to YouTube, enter "Adas Emuno Streaming", and scroll down to the live service., or follow this link once the service has started:
https://www.youtube.com/channelUCftctPu9pRG4bBQCR6RH4Dg/live.

This Week at Adas Emuno

April 09, 2026 9:09 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

April 9, 2026

Dear Friends,
People generally do not like to be told what to eat.
But that is exactly what the Torah does, as we will observe at our monthly reading of the Torah, at our Shabbat Evening Service (7:30 PM).

Just what were the Oslo Accords, and why did they not live up to their considerable potential for peace with the Palestinians? We'll examine this important piece of history at our Shabbat Morning Torah Study (10:00 AM).

In commemoration of Yom HaShoah (which we will also observe at our Shabbat service next week), join us for a Zoom discussion of the new film Nuremburg, at the Adas Emuno Film Club meeting on Monday (7:30 PM). The Zoom link is in the Rabbi’s weekly message.

Shabbat shalom,
Rabbi Schwartz

For Our Livestream Services:
Go to YouTube, enter "Adas Emuno Streaming", and scroll down to the live service., or follow this link once the service has started:
https://www.youtube.com/channelUCftctPu9pRG4bBQCR6RH4Dg/live.

This Week at Adas Emuno

April 01, 2026 9:00 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

April 1, 2026

Dear Friends,
Some forty of us will gather here tomorrow evening for a Second Night Seder (5:00PM).

But whether we see you or not, we wish you all a joyful and meaningful Pesach.

Rabbi Max will lead our Shabbat/Pesach Service (7:30 PM) on Friday, as both the cantor and I have family holiday commitments.

Both Torah Study and Religious School are on break this weekend.

Shabbat shalom and Hag Pesach Sameach,
Rabbi Schwartz

For Our Livestream Services:
Go to YouTube, enter "Adas Emuno Streaming", and scroll down to the live service., or follow this link once the service has started:
https://www.youtube.com/channelUCftctPu9pRG4bBQCR6RH4Dg/live.

This Week at Adas Emuno—Shabbat Service Begins Early

March 26, 2026 8:37 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

March 26, 2026

Dear Friends,
Anticipation has been building for the K-3 Shabbat Family Service (7:00 PM- note earlier time) and it arrives on Friday, in the middle of March madness!
We can't wait for all the music, the presentations, and the class dinner beforehand.

Pesach is fast approaching. At our Shabbat Morning Torah Study (10:00 AM) we will have a special session on the origin and evolution of the most widely observed Jewish holiday, including an important sidebar on the question- Did the Exodus really happen?!

The Tot Pesach Program on Sunday (9:30 AM) and the School Pesach Program (11:00 AM) add to the runup to our festival of freedom.

Shabbat shalom,
Rabbi Schwartz

For Our Livestream Services:
Go to YouTube, enter "Adas Emuno Streaming", and scroll down to the live service., or follow this link once the service has started:
https://www.youtube.com/channelUCftctPu9pRG4bBQCR6RH4Dg/live.

This Week at Adas Emuno—Travel Club Meeting Sunday Morning!

March 19, 2026 11:59 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

March 19, 2026

Dear Friends,
As spring arrives, and Pesach nears, we always rather incongruously begin the third and most challenging and archaic book of the Torah- Leviticus.
We'll read from the opening verses, as part of our monthly Torah reading, at our Shabbat Evening Service (7:30 PM).

Shimon Peres, Yitzhak Rabin, and Ariel Sharon were legendary leaders in Israel- we explore their legacies at our Shabbat Morning Torah Study(10:00 AM).

The third meeting of our new Adas Emuno Travel Club takes place on Sunday (10:30 AM), with bagels. Dan Pasky and Matt Levinson will talk about their recent trip- Egypt: What You Expect… and What You Don’t: Camels, Chaos and 5,000 Years of History!

Our Second Night Seder (April 2) is now filled to capacity! If you would like to be put on the waitlist contact Virginia Gitter, vegitter@aol.com.

Shabbat Shalom,
Rabbi Schwartz

For Our Livestream Services:
Go to YouTube, enter "Adas Emuno Streaming", and scroll down to the live service., or follow this link once the service has started:
https://www.youtube.com/channelUCftctPu9pRG4bBQCR6RH4Dg/live.