This Friday night will be the last Shabbat of 2023! The year has passed so quickly. There were wonderful moments of joy for so many of us and sadness, anger, and worry for all of us after the tragedy in Israel on October 7.
The end of the year (Jewish or secular) always gives us a time to...Read more...
I hope that your Hanukkah celebrations were joyous. It, obviously, was difficult for all of us to celebrate fully because of the tragedy of the Israel-Hamas war and our worry about the fate of the remaining hostages, but we always need to find in life a balance between celebration and loss.
We had a wonderful Pre-Hanukkah celebration for children and adults last Friday evening with songs, stories, latkes, dreidels, chocolate gelt and so much more! Everyone rejoiced in the Hanukkah spirit, and we all realized how deeply we needed some moments of joy after almost two months of tragedy in the Middle...Read more...
Rabbi Arnold Rachlis has been the spiritual leader of University Synagogue since 1991, guiding us since 1987 from a small havurah looking for a more modern approach to Judaism to a 600+ families center for dynamic and innovative Judaism. He leads with a focus on a humanistic philosophy that sees God not as a supreme being, but as inspiration, creativity, conscience, consciousness and motivating us toward human growth and social justice. Rabbi Rachlis has created a joyous environment which affirms individuality and is inclusive – men and women, gay and straight, Jewishly learned and not, Jewish and not Jewish – welcoming all to learn, explore and connect at University Synagogue.
