Emily Simkin
Selichot in Wayne
Temple Beth Tikvah welcomed the community to a Selichot celebration with sweets, fruits, and music led by the shul’s new cantor, Emily...
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Emily Simkin
Sep 272 min read
Hear the Holy Days: A Selichot Program in Song
Opening/Malchuyot There are distinct sounds that tell us the High Holy Days are upon us. The call of the shofar and the melodies of the...
Emily Simkin
Jul 21 min read
New cantor headed to Beth Tikvah in Wayne
On July 1, Wayne’s Temple Beth Tikvah welcomed Cantor Emily Simkin as its new full-time cantor and bar/bat mitzvah teacher. Cantor Simkin...
Emily Simkin
Jul 11 min read
Temple Beth Tikvah Welcomes New Cantor, Emily Simkin
WAYNE, NJ - Cantor Emily Simkin, will officially be our new Cantor at www.templebethtikvahnj.org starting 7/1/24. She studied at Hebrew...
Emily Simkin
Jun 181 min read
Torah Smash: Episode 57 - To Everything There Is A Bluey ...With Special Guest Cantor Emily Simkin
This week’s episode of Bluey is called… Torah Smash! Sometimes special episodes come into our lives, this is one of those episodes. For...
Emily Simkin
Oct 28, 20232 min read
Universal Healthcare
Judaism values human life above all. The principle of saving a life is referred to as pikuach nefesh. It is considered to be more...
Emily Simkin
Jul 31, 20231 min read
Taylor Swift Text Study
Led by Cantor Emily Simkin at Trybal Gatherings, the leading provider of Jewish camp experiences for young adults and their friends.
Emily Simkin
Jun 21, 20234 min read
The Jewish Wisdom of ‘Bluey’
If you don’t have a young child in your life, or aren’t acquainted with toddler pop culture, you may not know much about a pint-sized pup...
Emily Simkin
Nov 22, 20224 min read
MEAICA Interfaith Thanksgiving
Good evening, everyone. To those of you I haven’t met yet, I’m Cantor Emily Simkin from Temple Emanu-El of Edison. I’m humbled by the...
Emily Simkin
Oct 21, 20224 min read
Parshat Vayera D’var
Vayera- and God appeared. The namesake of this week’s parshah announces the presence of God throughout a deeply troublesome portion. If...
Emily Simkin
Oct 21, 20222 min read
A 4th-5th Grade Music Curriculum
This curriculum has been designed for students between the ages of nine to eleven in the fourth and fifth grades. While students in this...
Emily Simkin
Oct 6, 20229 min read
Sample B'nei Mitzvah Curriculum
Brachium Ha’baim (Welcome To The Process!) Our first session together will serve as an opportunity to get to know one another better and...
Emily Simkin
Sep 25, 20224 min read
Liminal Space is Holy Ground
It is a lazy Sunday afternoon a little after 4pm. I’m sitting on my couch with my cooing, baby boy bouncing on my knee. I steady Tal with...
Emily Simkin
Feb 4, 20222 min read
Parshat Terumah
Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them. Sometimes we don’t have to dig too deep to recognize the parallels between...
Emily Simkin
Oct 1, 20213 min read
Parashat Bereshit
These first words of Torah tell our story of the world’s conception. This Torah portion is about beginnings and possibilities emerging...
Kathy Chang
Jul 7, 20203 min read
Temple Emanu-El’s new cantor brings her ‘drive and passion’ to inspire through music
EDISON – Emily Simkin knew she wanted to use music as a vehicle for spirituality and inspiration since she was 9 years old. It was during...
Jed Weisberger
Jun 19, 20203 min read
New cantor looks to lead Temple Emanu-El together in song
As a 9-year-old camper at URJ Camp Harlam in Kunkletown, Pa., Emily C. Simkin became enchanted by modern Jewish music. Even at that young...
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