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Jonathan Aaron

Jonathan Aaron serves as Rabbi and Director of Education of Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills and Head of School for Temple Emanuel Academy Day School. With Cantor Yonah Kliger, he created Temple Emanuel’s Shabbat Unplugged. He has written liturgical music and the full-length musical "Hyrcanus.” After receiving his BFA in Theater from Emerson College, he ran a theater company in Connecticut and taught high school theater. Rabbi Aaron then attended Hebrew Union College, receiving Masters in Jewish Education and Hebrew Letters, and was ordained as a Rabbi in 1996.

Friday Night Services: Shabbat B'Yachad

Jonathan Aaron, Yonah Kliger, Roy Zu-Arets

Ritual and Prayer

A "spiritual rock service" led by Yonah Kliger with original music by Roy Zu-Arets, Shabbat B'Yachad is a worship experience you’ll never forget. Instead of using prayer books, the Hebrew prayers will be projected onto a large screen. Without a book in your hands, you're free to move your body and really get into the music and prayers. Jonathan Aaron will tell a story which will be accompanied in real time by Roy on the piano. This service will have mixed gender seating and amplified music.

Gossip Is Called "Evil Tongue" for a Reason

Identity and Responsibility, Text and Thought

Learn the ins and outs of the rules concerning gossip (lashon hara). Study the ideas of the 19th century thinker the Chofetz Chayim and curb your lashon hara. Jewish tradition says that it's as bad as murder itself -- come find out why.

Saturday Morning Services: Liberal Egalitarian

Jonathan Aaron, Naomi Less, Avram Mandell, Rachel Timoner

Ritual and Prayer

Rabbi Jonathan Aaron of Temple Emanuel, Rabbi Rachel Timoner of Leo Baeck Temple and musicians Naomi Less and Avram Mandell will collaborate on an eclectic music-accompanied Shabbat morning service.

Living Complaint Free

Health and Healing, Identity and Responsibility

Learn one of the secrets to a better life: be complaint free. Explore how one can get rid of a bad habit once and for all. Imagine your life if you didn't spend your time complaining. Imagine how much better you'd feel if you didn't have negative thoughts.

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