Congregation Shaare Emeth

Happy Pride Month! And what a wonderful Pride Shabbat we have planned! 🌈 We're delighted to welcome back to Shaare Emeth one of our own, Cantor Kalix Jacobson (they/them), for Pride Shabbat Worship on Friday, June 26, and a special Pride Torah Study & Program on Saturday, June 27. See all the details & RSVP at https://sestl.co/pride26
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Cantor Kalix Jacobson is a longtime musician and singer with a background in diverse musical styles. Cantor Jacobson has been working in Cantorial spaces since 2014 and has been writing music since the early 2000s. This past fall, their Sh’ma Koleinu premiered at Park Avenue Synagogue—they were the first transgender or nonbinary composer commissioned to write for the congregation. They were ordained from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 2023, having also received a Masters of Nonprofit Management from the college, having been a Weitzman Fellow for JDC-Entwine, and also having been the recipient of the Rabbi Sarah Messinger Prize, the Josef Frudenthal Memorial Prize for Excellence in Composition, the Palm Beach Liturgical Cultural Foundation Prize, and the Lee Gura Memorial Prize for Aptitude in Synagogue Choral Music. They just finished their tenure at Temple Emanuel of South Hills in Pittsburgh, PA, and are looking forward to beginning their journey as Kol Bo at Temple David of Monroeville, PA on July 1st.

This Thursday: Help Save Lives! 🩸
Shaare Emeth Community Blood Drive

Thursday, May 28, 2026 | 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.

In Jewish tradition, pikuach nefesh — the sacred act of saving a life — stands above almost everything else. A single blood donation can make a life-saving difference for someone in need.

Register today and be part of this meaningful mitzvah. 👆