Emily Howard Meyer

Creating With Joy – Rabbi, Composer, Teacher, Artist

Writings:

MA Thesis – THREADS OF THE PAST: Historical, Cultural, and Technical Insights into the Creation of the Mishkan
D’var Torah for Parashat Terumah in the Washington Jewish Week
D’var Torah for Parashat Sh’mot – “Chazak: Holding Fast to Our Values”

Instructions:

Creating and Weaving on a Cardboard Loom
Building The Mishkan: A Weaving Project

In The News:

Rockville Seniors Celebrate First B’nai Mitzvah
Montgomery County Seniors Celebrate a B’nai Mitzvah

After Long Path to Judaism, Rockville’s Rabbi Emily Howard Meyer Spreads Jewish Wisdom

Workshops and Scholar-In-Residence:

Visiting Rabbi/Lecturer | Goucher College Hillel, Towson, MD | February – May 2026
• Tallit history and making (five-session workshop) for B Mitzvah students.
• Jewish Home Ritual Objects: The What, Where, and Whys of Jewish Ritual Objects
Lecturer | The Charles E. Smith Life Communities – Wasserman Building | April 2026
• Yom HaShoah Presentation: “Jewish Art Ought to Be Saved…So Jewish Life Can Be Recreated: Women Artists Lost in the Shoah”
Artist-in-Residence| Beit Kohenet Sacred Gathering, Falls Village, CT | March 2026
• Textiles in the Tanach: The (Almost) Unseen Women Weavers and Spinners and Their Craft
• Hands-on weaving techniques
Presenter | New CAJE, Goucher College, Towson, MD | June 2025
• Crafting the Mishkan: Reimagining Terumah and Vayakhel
Presenter | Women Cantors’ Network Online Workshops | January – April 2024
• Tickling the Bones: An Introduction to Music Theory
• Swimming in the Deep End: For Those Who Always Wanted to Know More
Artist-in-Residence| Beth Samuel Jewish Center, Ambridge, PA | February 2023
• Textiles in the Torah: Techniques and Supplies and the Women Who Used Them
Presenter | Women Cantors’ Network Conference, Oklahoma City, OK | June 2022
• Textiles in the Torah: Techniques and Supplies and the Women Who Used Them
Artist-in-Residence| Guild of Temple Musicians | May 2022
• High Holiday Music: New Songs for Old, Old Songs for New