קהילת עמנו אל
K’hilat Imanu El – Our Emanu-El Congregation
תורה
Torah
Study
עבודה
Avodah
Celebration
תקון אולם
Tikkun Olam
Mending the World
Shalom and thanks for visiting our Temple Emanu-El website
We are a Reform Jewish Congregation in Rochester, New York. Our members are Jews by birth, Jews by choice, and those drawn to Judaism, including multiracial, LGBTQ+, and interfaith households. We see ourselves as a family, where everyone’s participation is sought and appreciated. We invite you to attend our services and events, and share in our warm, informal approach to Reform Judaism.
Coming Up at Temple Emanu-El
Shabbat Service
Fri, Nov 22, 7pm at the JCC
Chevre Torah Study Groups Online
Sat, Nov 23, 10am and 11:05am via Zoom
Sit ‘n Stitch
Sun, Nov 26, 10:30am at the JCC
See Our Full Calendar of Services and Events
Rabbi Drorah Setel’s Nov 19 Message
One of the things that most mystifies me about our current political climate is the apparent absence of empathetic imagination on the part of so many. Two thousand years ago, Hillel instructed, “What is hateful to you, do not do to another. That is the whole Torah; the rest is the explanation; go and learn (Babylonian Talmud, Shabbat 31a).” For the large Christian majority in this country, the New Testament writer Matthew quotes Jesus as saying, “In everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets (Matthew 7:12).”
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Read Rabbi Setel’s High Holiday Sermons
Our Covid Policy
We are following the Covid risk for Monroe County as reported by the U.S. Covid Tracker on the CovidActNow website:
—When the risk of Covid is low, masking at Temple Emanu-El is optional.
—When the risk of Covid is medium, masking at Temple Emanu-El is required. We urge attendees to use N95 or KN95 masks. Masks will be available for those who need one.
—When the risk of Covid is high, we will meet via Zoom only.
TigerChat – Aiding Communication
TigerChat is a phone app that’s been developed by the Center on Access Technology at RIT. The app allows you to converse with or listen to another person or group using automatic speech recognition (ASR) technology that converts spoken words into typed text. You can read our services as they happen! The app was designed to work on the RIT campus, and RIT has extended it so that it now also works in the JCC.
