An Experience of a Lifetime
We are deeply connected to Israel, now and at all times. We offer regular classes and lectures about Israel, its beautiful land, its courageous people, and its dreams for peace.
We encourage all to visit Israel, whether with the Temple Emanuel community, as part of our annual Hartman Institute Summer Retreat, Passport to Israel Program, or March of the Living.
Testimonials
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
"As your Rabbi, on Rosh Hashanah, I am telling you that going to Israel is the single most urgent mitzvah you can do this year. If I can get you to do only one mitzvah this year, go to Israel."
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
"Go to Israel, to connect for ourselves and show our children the nation at the core of the Jewish soul."
Stanley Steinberg
"Our first Temple Emanuel trip was the 2013 Family Trip. It had been 21 years since our honeymoon there and Daniel was 8 years old and TE Hebrew school. There were 70 people led by Michelle plus leadership from the religious school, youth development and adult education. The 2 buses were divided by kid ages. The schedule for the children was special. In addition to visiting Masada, The Dead Sea and The Wailing Wall, special places were planned for the kids. We crawled in caves, visited a secret bullet factory and when the adults went to Yad Vashem there was an option for the children to go to a biblical zoo. The friendships made on that trip still endure today. In spring 2019 I went on The March of the Living trip to Poland and Israel. Participants were age 22-90. Erin was our leader with Elias and Michelle our clergy. The Poland part was more somber than I think we expected. We visited a few old synagogues where Elias led us in song (amazing). One of our members found the large unmarked cemetery where his grandfather was buried and another the building in Krakow where her grandparents lived. We visited JCC Krakow a place of Jewish rebirth and in Warsaw saw The Polin museum representing 1000 years of Polish Jewish history. We had just 4 days in Israel but they were the most memorable (you should do this!). My most amazing Israel moment ever was the minutes between Yom HaZikaron (memorial day) and Yom Ha’Atzmauat (independence day) when everything stops to pay respects to the fallen. "