Five months ago, Berkeley Law School Dean and University Synagogue member Erwin Chemerinsky spoke at our congregation about his Los Angeles Times Op Ed, “Nothing Has Prepared Me For The Anti-Semitism I See On College Campuses Now.” The situation was bad then and it’s worse now, especially for Erwin and his wife, Berkeley Law Professor Catherine...Read more...
Whatever your gender identity, Women’s Shabbat is for you! We’re observing it during the Hebrew month of Nisan, the month of liberation, ten days before Pesach, so you’ll truly be inspired for your Sedarim.
The readings, chosen by Sherry Clark, will focus on the power...Read more...
Theologian Reinhold Niebuhr once wrote: “Religion makes good people better and bad people worse.” Theoretical physicist Steven Weinberg’s “drash” on Niebuhr was: “With or without religion, good people can behave well, and bad people can do evil; but for good people to do evil – that takes...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.
