Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Rabbi and standup comic Bob Alper will be entertaining at Temple Kol Emeth April 20 in a benefit performance.
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Tuesday, March 26
An announcement from Temple Kol Emeth: One of the funniest rabbis in the business is coming to Cobb County to help Temple Kol Emeth celebrate three of its favorite members. Rabbi Bob Alper, who touts himself as the only practicing clergyman intentionally doing stand-up comedy, will return to the Atlanta area to perform at the East Cobb synagogue Saturday night, April 20, in a show whose proceeds will benefit Habitat for Humanity. Rabbi Alper has done stand-up comedy for more than a quarter-century and has appeared on Showtime, CNN, the BBC and “Good Morning America” and at the Montreal Comedy Festival. His local stops have included Temple Beth Tikvah, Congregation Beth Shalom and Congregation Shearith Israel. His website has a sample of …
Monday, November 19, 2012
A letter to the editor from Temple Kol Emeth Rabbi Erin Boxt about the situation in Gaza.
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Monday, November 19, 2012
The following is a letter to the editor submitted by Rabbi Erin Boxt of East Cobb's Temple Kol Emeth on the current conflict between Israel and Hamas: On November 14th - in response to an escalation of rocket attacks from Gaza - the Israeli Defense Forces initiated Operation Pillar of Defense. Since the launch, and the killing of Hamas Commander and Chief-of-Staff Ahmed Jabari, Hamas has launched both a military and public relations campaign to destabilize and delegitimize the State of Israel. Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, one of many organizations, has worked tirelessly over 100 years to ensure the delivery of quality health and education services to the people of Israel. In doing so they have created a bridge to …
Monday, November 12, 2012
Thursday's event includes Tranfiguration Catholic Church and Unity North Atlanta Church.
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Monday, November 12, 2012
The eighth annual Thanksgiving Ecumenical Celebration at Temple Kol Emeth will focus its community spotlight on MUST Ministries. The service takes place on Thursday, Nov. 15, starting at 7 p.m. The synagogue is located at 1415 Old Canton Road, at the intersection of Sewell Mill Road. Started by TKE Rabbi Steven Lebow in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2011 attacks, the service aims to bring together people from Jewish, Christian, Muslim and other traditions with scripture readings, song and in giving thanks. The following faith communities will be participating in this year's service: Guests are asked to bring canned goods for MUST Ministries, and donations will be accepted for Give-A-Gobble. A dessert reception will follow the service. For …
Sunday, October 14, 2012
This year's event at Temple Kol Emeth includes more than a dozen faith communities from Cobb, Marietta and the metro Atlanta area.
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Sunday, October 14, 2012
The eighth annual Thanksgiving Ecumenical Celebration at Temple Kol Emeth will focus its community spotlight on MUST Ministries. The service takes place on Thursday, Nov. 15, starting at 7 p.m. The synagogue is located at 1415 Old Canton Road, at the intersection of Sewell Mill Road. Started by TKE Rabbi Steven Lebow in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2011 attacks, the service aims to bring together people from Jewish, Christian, Muslim and other traditions with scripture readings, song and in giving thanks. The following faith communities will be participating in this year's service: Guests are asked to bring canned goods for MUST Ministries, and donations will be accepted for Give-A-Gobble. A dessert reception will follow the service. For …
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Temple Kol Emeth, Congregation Etz Chaim and Chabad of Cobb all will have services starting today.
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year in Jewish religion and culture. It is also referred to as the “Day of Atonement,” and the tradition is to solemnly fast for repentance and atonement of sins. Yom Kippur marks the end of the annual High Holy Day period (Sept. 16 to Oct. 8 in 2012), which begins with Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. According to the Jewish calendar, a holiday begins at sunset on the previous night. Today, observing Jews will celebrate Yom Kippur at sunset. All three synagogues in the Northeast Cobb area will be holding Yom Kippur services: Temple Kol Emeth, Congregation Etz Chaim and Chabad of Cobb. Yom Kippur falls annually on the 10th day of Tishrei, a Jewish month, which is nine days after the first day of …
Friday, June 1, 2012
The Whole Kids Foundation and Keep Cobb Beautiful made the awards to the preschool at Temple Kol Emeth.
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Friday, June 1, 2012
The Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta’s award-winning East Cobb preschool, The Sunshine School, recently received grants for its Organic Learning Gardens. The gardens were created to help preschoolers identify, understand, and demonstrate the life cycles of plants and animals. The grants are for $2,000 from the Whole Kids Foundation (a Whole Foods Market foundation), and for $1,000 from Keep Cobb Beautiful, and will enhance the activities that teach children how to take care of the environment, while recognizing that people create food from natural resources. The Sunshine School is located at East Cobb's Temple Kol Emeth. Stephanie Joseph, Sunshine School Curriculum Coordinator explains, “The best way to ensure that our bodies get …
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Tuesday is the start of eight days of menorah lightings, food and other events.
The eight days of Hanukkah, or the Festival of Lights, begins Tuesday, and there are plenty of events catering to the Cobb Jewish community. Menorah lightings are the central activities, and Temple Kol Emeth will have a lighting ceremony every evening except Thursday and continuing through next Tuesday, Dec. 27. The lightings will take place from 7 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. in the synagogue's parking lot. Temple Kol Emeth is located at 1415 Old Canton Road, at the intersection of Sewell Mill Road. On Wednesday, "Light Up the Night," a community Menorah lighting celebration, takes place starting at 6:30 p.m. at the Fountains of Olde Towne Shopping Center, 736 Johnson Ferry Road. The festivities include "A Taste of Chanukah," featuring live …
Sunday, November 13, 2011
You're invited to celebrate Cobb's religious diversity Thursday at Temple Kol Emeth's 7th annual Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service. Monsignor Pat Bishop from Northeast Cobb's Transfiguration Catholic Church is among the featured speakers.
Thanksgiving is in the air and the offing. Fall color is peaking in Marietta as our thoughts turn to homecomings and feasts and a nationwide moment to pause and be thankful for elemental things—health, family, peace, football. I have the perfect appetizer for the run-up to your Thanksgiving. A priest, a rabbi, and an imam walk into a bar, and the bartender says “is this a joke?” All Patch’s readers and neighbors and their families are welcome at the 7th Annual Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service at Temple Kol Emeth, 1415 Old Canton Road, this Thursday at 7 p.m. We’ll have those three clergymen and more, if not the bar. Have you ever sung “America The Beautiful” alongside a Hindu, or listened to a Presbyterian bell choir with a Jew and a …
