Before I write about our upcoming Shabbat services, I just want to say how much Ruti and I were so sad to hear about the death of our dear friend, Dr. Ruth Westheimer. Thank you to those who wrote to us over the past few days offering their kind condolences.
For three decades, Dr. Ruth was part of our lives, annually at The Renaissance Think Tank Institute Conference, and also when we visited her in...Read more...
The “Final Four” usually represents the last four teams in a playoff, but for us – you and me – the next four services in July will be my “Final Four” as your Senior Rabbi. On August 1, I will become, for the next 10 years, the Rabbi Emeritus of University Synagogue, and Rabbi Micah Becker-Klein will become...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.
