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Fox 8 News- Greensboro’s ‘Run for Their Lives’ march supports release of Israeli hostages
On June 8, 2025, Rabbi Andy Koren along with other members of the Greensboro Jewish community participated in 'Run for Their Lives', to...
TEMPLE EMANUEL
Jun 91 min read
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Excerpt from Andrew Brod's, Congregation President, Annual Meeting Remarks
Temple Emanuel’s leadership-development program, called Atid, is nearing an end for this year. “Atid” is the Hebrew word for “future,”...
Congregation President
Jun 12 min read
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Excerpt from Rabbi Amy’s Annual Meeting Remarks
There is so much at Temple Emanuel to be proud of, especially in our educational programs. I want to especially lean into and help paint...

Rabbi Amy Hertz
Jun 13 min read
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Excerpt from Rabbi Andy’s Annual Meeting Remarks
There are 58 flags around our fountain, one for each of the remaining hostages who have been held in Gaza by Hamas terrorists for 592...

Rabbi Andy Koren
Jun 16 min read
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March of the Living 2025: Shabbat Messages (April 25 and May 2)
Friday, May 2, 2025 Rabbi Andy Koren and Kelly Marks, from our Board of Directors, send their shabbat message from Israel as they wrap up...

Rabbi Andy Koren
May 21 min read
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Counting Toward Revelation: The Spiritual Journey of the Omer
There is a midrash, a rabbinic story, that tells us about the extraordinary moment our people received Torah at Mount Sinai. In the...

Rabbi Amy Hertz
May 13 min read
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March of the Living 2025 Reflection
This year, I led a March of the Living group from our area for the second time. The March of the Living is a two week program that begins...

Rabbi Andy Koren
May 12 min read
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March of the Living 2025: Day 4
Day 4 of the March of the Living in Poland - We returned to Auschwitz I. Even though it was drizzling and grey, the weather was nowhere...

Rabbi Andy Koren
Apr 252 min read
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March of the Living 2025: Day 3
Day 3 of the March of the Living in Poland [Thursday] - Marching! Yom HaShoah v'HaGevurah [Holocaust Remembrance Day] is when the actual...

Rabbi Andy Koren
Apr 242 min read
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March of the Living 2025: Day 2
Day 2 of the March of the Living in Poland [Wednesday] - Please click on a photo below to see the full picture. Our day started on an...

Rabbi Andy Koren
Apr 232 min read
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March of the Living 2025: Day 1
Day 1 of the 2025 March of the Living in Poland: This was our only day in Warsaw and we spent time in four places: the Cemetery, the...

Rabbi Andy Koren
Apr 222 min read
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March of the Living 2025: Send Off
The Greensboro group of the 2025 March of the Living - on our way to Poland where we will be for this week, including Yom HaShoah...

Rabbi Andy Koren
Apr 211 min read
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A March To Remember
I don’t know about you, but I really needed last month’s Jewish Festival. It was so uplifting to spend the day at Temple celebrating...

Rabbi Andy Koren
Apr 13 min read
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The Meaning in the Matzah
Matzah, a central symbol of our upcoming season of liberation, harkens back to the biblical story of the Israelites and their hurried...

Rabbi Amy Hertz
Apr 12 min read
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Eilu v’Eilu
Just over two thousand years ago, there were two great schools of Rabbinic thought. One, the more liberal and lenient, was led by Rabbi...

Rabbi Andy Koren
Mar 13 min read
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The Mitzvot of Purim: Bringing Joy and Connection
Purim is one of the most joyous holidays on the Jewish calendar, a time of celebration, community, and gratitude. Beyond the costumes and...

Rabbi Amy Hertz
Mar 12 min read
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Let Them Stay and Let Them Go
In Reform Judaism’s 150-plus year history, we have been solid voices for a serious, albeit broader, interpretation of our tradition. When...

Rabbi Andy Koren
Feb 13 min read
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Frank McCain: Martin Luther King Jr. Shabbat
It is hard to believe that February 1, 1960, the day that the lunch counter sit-ins began at the Woolworth’s in downtown Greensboro, was...

Rabbi Andy Koren
Jan 12 min read
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A Fresh Start: Jewish Lessons for the Secular New Year
I recently heard someone joke about the upcoming secular New Year: What’s the difference between the secular New Year and the Jewish New...

Rabbi Amy Hertz
Jan 13 min read
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Shoshana Dweck
The first Shabbat of this month is Shabbat Starts Here. We will be at Temple’s Historic Campus on Greene Street. Our services that night...

Rabbi Andy Koren
Dec 1, 20243 min read
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