Emanuel Jacob Congregation

09/07/2026

This holiday salad contains the three most eaten fruits in Uganda: bananas, mango, and jackfruit. They are common in recipes from the Abayudaya ("People of Judah") Jewish community in Uganda.

This salad uses the three most eaten fruits in Uganda: bananas, mango, and jackfruit.

09/07/2026

It's never too early to make the holidays meaningful and fun for young children.

Make the High Holidays meaningful for your child to help nurture their Jewish identity.

09/07/2026

Join hundreds of others for a day of individual skill building and leadership training tailored to congregational leaders, board members, committee chairs, emerging leaders, and more!

Register: https://bit.ly/October_Leadership

09/07/2026

If you can't make it to Emanuel Jacob's evening Rosh Hashanah service, or even if you will be attending, maybe you would want to catch this 60 minute service at 5:30pm.

Join My Jewish Learning and Chana Rothman to welcome Rosh Hashanah at our virtual Rosh Hashanah evening service.

08/24/2026

Since 1999, nearly a million young Jewish adults from the Diaspora have boarded a plane for ten days that many describe as reshaping their entire sense of Jewish identity. That program, Birthright Israel, sits right at the crossroads of Modern Jewish identity and the relationship between Israel and the Diaspora.

The trip is free, funded by private donors and the Israeli government, and deliberately built around bringing secular and religious young Jews together on the same buses, hikes, and late night conversations. For many participants raised with a thin connection to Jewish practice, it becomes the first time Jewish history and Israeli life feel personal rather than distant. Critics and supporters alike agree on one thing: almost nobody comes home unchanged.

What changes in ten days rarely stays contained to those ten days. If you or someone close to you went on a trip like this, what's the one moment that stuck?

08/24/2026

15 Rosh Hashanah Recipes You Can Make and Freeze In Advance
Get all the recipes here: Chabad.org/6041366

08/23/2026

A Cleveland area congregation is moving, and its iconic building will face the wrecking ball.

The Fairmount Temple in Beachwood, Ohio was designed by Percival Goodman to address social crises not much different than today’s.

Read more here: https://www.jta.org/2026/05/27/ideas/cleveland-area-jews-are-about-to-lose-an-iconic-mid-century-synagogue-building

08/23/2026

Nearly four in 10 Jewish young adults say events affecting Jews in recent years have led them to pull back from Jewish spaces or become more selective about where they participate, with disagreements over how Israel and the Palestinians are discussed as a leading reason, according to a new survey.

The survey, which was conducted by Sense Worldwide and commissioned by the Jim Joseph Foundation, found that 39% of respondents have engaged less, engaged more selectively or disengaged entirely from Jewish spaces due to “events affecting Jewish people in the last few years.”

Among those nearly 40% of respondents, 42% of them said that it was because their “views don’t align with how Israel/Palestine is discussed, and I don’t feel there’s room for nuance,” and 40% said they engaged less because they did not want to “experience biased, one-sided messaging.” Forty-eight percent said it was because “conversations often feel hostile, toxic, or unproductive.”

Full story here: https://www.jta.org/2026/08/14/united-states/some-young-jews-are-pulling-back-from-jewish-life-over-israel-discourse-study-finds?utm_source=JTA_Iterable&utm_campaign=JTA_DB&utm_medium=email

08/23/2026

As we all enter prep-mode for the High Holidays, here is a great resource for helpful tips and tools that you can share with your community: https://reformjudaism.org/jewish-holidays/rosh-hashanah

08/07/2026

The Fairmount Temple in Beachwood, Ohio was designed by Percival Goodman to address social crises not much different than today’s.

Read more here: https://www.jta.org/2026/05/27/ideas/cleveland-area-jews-are-about-to-lose-an-iconic-mid-century-synagogue-building