All are welcome to join us on Tuesdays to connect with friends and be inspired!
Contact Tracy Schneider at tracys120@yahoo.com to RSVP and for more information.
Tuesday, Oct 21 in Reisman Hall – Tribute to the Beatles with Lisa Yves and Emily Marks
Lisa Yves is a highly accomplished musician, vocalist, songwriter and mentor with a diverse range of experiences in the music industry. As a singer and songwriter, Lisa has released over 10 albums of original music across various genres.
Emily Marks is 39 years young and is married to her husband Jacob. She has two beautiful boys Oliver and Maxwell and a dog Poppy. Emily has been singing and performing for over 30 years. She started at age 9 with Lisa Yves and they’ve been singing together ever since. Emily is excited to be performing for the L’ Chaim group again!
12:15pm lunch generously sponsored by the Porter family. Happy Birthday Pearl!
Gourmet Catering By Andrew
Program at 1pm
Join us for lunch. RSVP is required to Tracys120@yahoo.com
Tuesday, Oct 28 in Reisman Hall – Clarinet and a Trio with Clifford Tetle
Clifford Irving Tetle started playing clarinet in fourth grade and his love for it never stopped. Clifford studied at Berklee College of Music and graduated in 1974 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education. Clifford then moved to New Orleans, Louisiana where he began playing five nights at a week at a club called “Funky Butts” in the French Quarter on Bourbon St.
Clifford was always interested in impacting children using his musical talents and became an elementary music teacher in the Boston Public Schools which led to the creation of the first of three Award Winning Childrens’ CDs.
In 1999, He picked up the bass clarinet and recorded one of the only solo jazz bass clarinet CDs available today. Clifford’s most recent Jazz CD recorded in 2022, “Some Of My Best Friends Are Woodwinds,” features many cuts performed on bass clarinet, as well as tenor saxophone and clarinet along with a rhythm section.
12:15pm lunch generously sponsored by The Residence at Boylston Place, Chestnut Hill, an LCB Senior Living Community.
Gourmet Catering By Andrew
Program at 1pm
Join us for lunch. RSVP is required to Tracys120@yahoo.com
Nov 3 8:00pm on Zoom – “A Rockette Out of Line” with Jennifer Jiles
Former Radio City Music Hall Rockette, Jennifer Jiles, is a multi-award-winning actress, writer and producer, an Emmy Award-winning host, and has worked with such stars at Tim Conway, Tom Poston, Carl Reiner and Samantha Eggar. She is passionate about creating relatable content that entertains while moving her audience to feel connected and validated, and in her funny and inspiring speech, “A Rockette Out of Line”, Ms. Jiles recounts her tenure on the famous kickline and proves that embracing the (Rockette) Rules unleashes the power of performance. Be brave and don’t give up!
You must RSVP for the zoom link to Tracy at Tracys120@yahoo.com
Nov 18 in Reisman Hall – Afternoon Concert of Yiddish Music
Join TE member (and Yiddish singer) Arnie Glick, pianist David Sparr, and clarinetist Glenn Dickson for a joyful, nostalgic, and educational program of beautiful songs from the Yiddish theater, folk tunes, and lullabies. Interspersed with some Jewish humor. What’s not to enjoy!
Kosher catered lunch by Gourmet Catering By Andrew. Lunch is fully sponsored from a generous donation by Sisterhood Temple Emanuel. You must RSVP for the lunch to Tracys120@yahoo.com as space is limited to 50 spots.
12:15pm Lunch
1:00pm Performance
Dec 23 in Reisman Hall – Annual L’Chaim Holiday Hannukah Party! Featuring Steve Siagel, Followed by lighting of the menorah
Come schmooze & wish your friends a Chag Sameach!
About Steve Siagel: Steve’s love for Jewish music comes from his late father Lou Siagel, who was a violinist, and the music director here at Temple Emanuel for 27 years. Lou led a professional choir of vocalists for Friday night services, and the High Holidays. Steve continues L’dor V’dor following in his father’s footsteps by sharing his love of music with others.
Steve Siagel is the owner of Siagel Productions, an entertainment and event planning company which he founded in 1976. He is regarded as a pioneer in the Disc Jockey industry in Boston. Steve is a graduate of Boston University’s School of Fine Arts where he earned a bachelor’s degree in piano and musical composition. As an accomplished pianist Steve began his entertainment business by performing Jewish music at bar mitzvah events and offering disc jockey services for kids’ parties.
12:15pm Latkes and catered lunch
1:00pm Program
Kosher catered lunch by Gourmet Catering By Andrew
Lunch is fully sponsored from generous donations by 1 Wingate Way East and West River Care in appreciation for the senior programming.
Jan 6, 13, 27 on Zoom – Talking About Senior Sex with Joan Price
Well known Senior-Sex Coach and Activist, Author of trailblazing Naked at Our Age: Talking Out Loud About Senior Sex
Tuesdays at 8pm on zoom, January 2026
This is a lecture-style event and participants should not be sharing their personal/sexual information.
You may submit questions beforehand to Tracy as well as enter questions on the chat.
Please RSVP to Tracys120@yahoo.com for program zoom link.
Jan 13 in Reisman Hall – Book Talk with guest Jill Ebstein, TE member & author
Jill Ebstein, TE Member, Marketing Consultant and Newton Author of two new books as well as the “AT MY PACE” collection of books, wherein ordinary women share important stories.
Book 1: Alfred’s Journey to Be Liked
Book 2: Hannah’s Journal to Be Happy
We will delve into the teenage characters portrayed in the books listed above and relate those characters to our real lives and how we face the world. Like the protagonist Hannah in Hannah’s Journey, we can ask ourselves if we can…
• Scrap a to-do list and relax.
• Record moments of anger and ask whether we voiced our feelings and felt heard.
How can we decode social cues…body language…eye contact…
Can you face your fears?
Do you feel the burden of perfection?
Do you wish you had do overs in your life ?
Join us for lunch and discussion. RSVP is required to Tracy at Tracys120@yahoo.com
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP DUES are $18 per person. Please consider making a small donation of appreciation to the L’CHAIM Group. Please mail checks of any donation to Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA 02459, ATTN: Eileen Rose/Controller. Please make checks payable to TEMPLE EMANUEL. In memo line please write L’CHAIM GROUP.
