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Welcome to Adas Kodesch Shel Emeth!

Adas Kodesch Shel Emeth is a traditional congregation in Wilmington, Delaware, now located a few minutes from Exit 7 off of I-95, northwest of downtown Wilmington. You can find us at our new home,  2412 Pennsylvania Avenue, Wilmington, DE 19806, on Google Maps. Read an article about our new home here.

We are an embracing, engaging and enriching congregation and welcome you wherever you are in your spiritual journey.

       We are excited to be back together in-person for Shabbat services in our new home. We are also continuing in-person Mincha services on Tuesday afternoons at the Siegel JCC. And we now hold Thursday morning Shacharit services in our new home.

       So that we can enjoy in-person services safely, we have established COVID safety guidelines. Please review them here before visiting us for a service or other indoor gathering. The guidelines are summarized graphically as follows:

       During this time we are publishing the monthly Shofar online, as well as mailing it to our members. Our Kol Nidre supplement has additional details about activities at AKSE. We are also sending out weekly Shabbat e-mail blasts. These include a schedule of virtual and in-person events and other updates and useful information. Subscribe to our e-mail distribution list to receive them. You can read our current weekly Shabbat email by clicking AKSE Shabbat Newsletter – September 1-2, 2023.

AKSE Time Capsule Extracted

On June 3, 1962, before the completion of our new synagogue building, a time capsule was placed in the cornerstone between the large concrete tablets of the Ten Commandments facing Washington Blvd. On June 12, 2018, 56 years later, the time capsule was extracted. On the next day, June 13, the contents of the time capsule were revealed before our annual congregational meeting.

Thanks to Paula Gordon for coordinating this project and for assembling a slideshow detailing the extraction of the time capsule and the revelation of its contents. You can view the slideshow here.

Slideshow: 60 Years of Cafe Tamar Memories

Click the “full screen” symbol in the lower right of the box above and then the play button to view a slideshow celebrating 60 years of Cafe Tamar, AKSE’s signature annual musical celebration of Israel and the longtime labor of love of Faith and Lou Brown. The slideshow was presented at the 2017 celebration. It was assembled by Mark Wagman from photos taken by many individuals over the years. Talia Goren compiled the soundtrack. Enjoy!!!

If desired, you can also download the slideshow as a Powerpoint presentation by clicking here, which will allow you to view the slideshow more slowly, extract individual photos or edit the show. If you do not have Powerpoint, you can download the free Powerpoint Viewer here. You can also view the photos from the slideshow as a PDF here.

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