Rabbi Fred Guttman

Rabbi Fred Guttman served for 26 years as the senior rabbi for Temple Emanuel of Greensboro NC and is now the Rabbi Emeritus of the congregation.

an image of a woman holding a Torah during the High holiday service while people touch the Torah with their prayer book

Rosh HaShanah

High Holy Day Tickets – Money and Information

Rabbi Fred Guttman

June 9, 2023

As congregational leaders, we do our best to make our High Holy Day services some of the most memorable (and beautiful) of the year. Of course, Bloomingdale’s displays are meant to entice customers inside so that they purchase something. However, we offer something of much greater value that should not come with a price tag: community.

Doctor vaccinating a young woman in the arm while both wear masks

Strengthening Congregations

Vaccinating the Most Vulnerable Requires Proactive Congregational Effort

Rabbi Fred Guttman

Robert Wineburg

February 18, 2021

Judaism’s foremost physician made clear that providing healthcare to the community is fundamentally connected to the spiritual and moral health of society. Nine centuries later, with COVID-19 raging all around us, the urgent relevance of the Rambam’s words could not be clearer.

Silver Star of David against a blurred greyish background

COVID-19

Congregational Leadership in a Time of a Shifting Paradigm

Rabbi Fred Guttman

October 7, 2020

Jewish tradition teaches that if we return to God halfway, God will meet us in the middle – and I believe this is how we are currently being summoned as congregational leaders.