Trivia Night Introducing Games with James
2025-12-06 18:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Reisman Hall, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join Brotherhood and Sisterhood for a fun-filled night of trivia with Games with James. Our host will bring the entertaining, challenging and interactive trivia! We invite you and your team to compete against the other teams in the room, while enjoying good food and drink!
Teams will be comprised of 8 players each. When you register, you may request to have others on your team if you would like.
Youth are invited to attend our Games and Junior Trivia Night in the Solomon Youth Lounge during the event with our Youth Department staff and teen babysitters.
6:30pm – Light dinner
7:00pm – Games begin
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Questions? Please contact Marilynn Buchenholz or Jayne Friedberg.

Brotherhood Financial Breakfast: Investment Ideas & Financial Strategies in an Uncertain World
2025-12-14 09:00 - 11:00 | Adelson Community Hall, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Please join us for a timely and engaging discussion with best-selling author and acclaimed financial journalist Roger Lowenstein as he shares insights on the markets, the economy, and the lessons investors can draw from history and what’s going on today.
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Featured Speaker:
Roger Lowenstein – celebrated financial writer and author of Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist, When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management, and The End of Wall Street. His latest book, Ways and Means: Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War, was awarded the Lincoln Forum Book Prize. Lowenstein’s work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and The Atlantic, and his commentary has shaped how investors understand risk, value, and financial history.
Moderated by:
Larry Glazer – Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Mayflower Advisors, a nationally ranked wealth-management firm. A frequent guest on CNBC, CNN, MSNBC, and Fox Business, Larry brings more than three decades of investment experience and perspective to this discussion.
Free and open to the entire TE community.
Sponsored by the Temple Emanuel Brotherhood

TEB Annual Hanukkah Party
2025-12-16 19:00 - 22:00 | Reisman Hall, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
With Craft Beer Tasting, Chinese Food and Live Jazz
Join us for a Hanukkah celebration sponsored by Brotherhood and open to all!
Featuring craft beer tasting stations, Chinese food dinner (from Zhu Vegan in Arlington) and live music (provided again by the Nick Grondin Jazz Trio, regularly appearing on Monday nights at Bluebird Bar, and TE’s very own Elias who will lead us in a few Hanukkah songs). All are welcome!
Cost: $36 per person
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Brotherhood Meeting Night
2026-01-05 20:00 - 22:00, 2026-03-16 20:00 - 22:00, 2026-05-04 20:00 - 22:00 | Solomon Youth Lounge, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join us for Brotherhood Meeting Night in the Youth Lounge.
8:00 pm – Business Meeting
Join us to learn about upcoming Brotherhood events and initiatives. This is an opportunity to also provide feedback on future programming.
9:00 pm – Meeting After the Meeting
Time to play ping pong, foosball, shoot baskets, socialize or just watch the game on TV.
Feel free to join us for either meeting or both!
Snacks and drinks served all evening.
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Brotherhood College Hockey Night
2026-01-10 18:00 - 21:00 | Agganis Arena, 925 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA, 02215, United States
Join us in attending Brotherhood College Hockey Night on Saturday, January 10, when we watch the Boston University Terriers play the UMass Minutemen at Agganis Arena. The game starts at 6:00 pm and tickets are $23 – great price to see a great game!
After the game we will celebrate the victory with some drinks and food at a nearby establishment.
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Seudah Shlishit
2026-01-17 15:00 - 16:00 | Benjamin Vestry, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Sponsored by Brotherhood
Seudah Shlishit, the third meal of Shabbat, is a light meal featuring:
• Study with Rabbi Elie Lehmann, Director of Boston Hadar
• Singing Shabbat songs
• Socializing
All are welcome!
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About the Discussion Leader
Rabbi Elie Lehmann is Director of Hadar Boston. Elie loves learning Torah with people of all backgrounds. He served as Campus Rabbi at Boston University Hillel and was the Inaugural Director of Kulanu’s Global Teaching Fellows, with whom he taught and built curricula for Jewish communities in Kenya, Ghana, India and beyond.

Sisterhood/ Brotherhood Sponsored Community Shabbat Dinner
2026-01-30 19:30 - 21:30 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Come to Shabbat Alive at 6:30pm followed by a joyous and festive Shabbat dinner in Adelson Community Hall at 7:30pm. We will schmooze, share, and connect with each other over friendships made and continued.
There will be a special short performance by our Brotherhood’s choir Misparachim in celebration of Shabbat Shira.
The entire Temple Emanuel Community is invited to attend!
Open seating; groups of five or more may reserve a table. Tables with Sisterhood and Brotherhood hosts will also be available.
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For more information, please contact Marcie Abramson.

Brotherhood Wellness Series: Intelligent Aging
2026-02-02 18:00 - 19:30 | Benjamin Vestry, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Intelligent Aging is a philosophical approach based on the latest research in biogerontology. It focuses on educating adults who believe that aging is an opportunity for lifelong learning and what might be possible today in creating a more resilient person with each passing year.
Schedule:
6:00 pm – Light Dinner
6:30 pm – Lecture and Q&A
About the Speaker
Bryan Agurcia is an Intelligent Aging Strategist focused on educating adults on how to use the process of aging to grow, learn and thrive throughout their lifetime. He has formal training in exercise physiology and gerontology from the University of New Orleans.
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TE Brotherhood - Hearing Men's Voices
2026-02-02 20:00 - 21:00 | Benjamin Vestry, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
How do we face serious illness?
Come join a small group of men who will meet in the Benjamin Vestry to share our feelings on how we face serious illness in ourselves and the ones we love.
As we age our risk of serious illness increases. The risk of health problems of the people we love and take responsibility for also increases. How do we deal with these situations? How do we cope?
This session will be moderated by Marty Paley.
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About the Facilitator
Marty Paley has facilitated numerous Hearing Men’s Voices session nationally and internationally. He enjoys building relationships that enhance Jewish community among men.

Brotherhood College Basketball Night - BC vs Wake Forest
2026-02-24 19:00 - 21:30 | Conte Forum, 140 Commonwealth Ave, Chestnut Hill, 02467, United States
Join Temple Emanuel Brotherhood for a fun night of ACC basketball as the Boston College Men’s Eagles take on Wake Forest, a perennial NCAA Tournament team. Expect constant action on and off the court, with t-shirt tosses, contests, and great energy throughout the game. Our seats are in the lower section, making this a terrific event to connect with Brotherhood and TE members while catching some ACC basketball and enjoying a great night right down Comm Ave.
Game Details
Date: Tuesday, February 24
Tip-Off: 7:00pm
Location: Conte Forum – 140 Commonwealth Ave, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
Ticket Price: $14
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All are welcome to attend!
If there’s interest in drinks or food before or after the game, please indicate so on the registration page and we’ll arrange a get-together.
Parking:
Free parking is available on campus at the Commonwealth Avenue Garage
GPS Address: 75 Campanella Way, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

Brotherhood Shabbat
2026-02-28 09:30 - 12:00 | Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Please join us as Brotherhood leads a special Shabbat morning service that honors many of the men who help keep our community vibrant and strong. Be there as we celebrate passing our traditions from generation to generation (l’dor v’dor) with a diverse lineup of participants.
It is also Shabbat Zachor, which brings attention to the antisemitism we have faced in the past and today. Our speakers will explore the meaning of this special Shabbat.
Special aliyot will honor our Keeper of the Flame, past presidents, current leadership, and other members who have made major contributions to our success. Services will be led by Steve Ebstein and Danny Mandeau. Torah readers include Jonathan Delatizky, Ben Mintz, Micah Gann, Howard Breslau, Mitch Breslau, Max Breslau, Michael Goldman and Robert Finkel. Our Haftorah reader is David Rozenson.
Celebrate with us at our festive kiddush following the service.
Join us, along with members of Minyan Ma’or and the Walnut Street Minyan, in the sanctuary at 12:45 for a post-kiddush talk from our guest speaker, Rabbi Elan Babchuck.
About the Speakers
Rabbi Elan Babchuck
Our guest speaker, Rabbi Elan Babchuck serves as the Executive Vice President at Clal (National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership) and the Founding Executive Director of Glean Network, which partners with Columbia Business School. Elan has published in The Atlantic, The Guardian, Washington Post, and Religion News Service, has a column for The Wisdom Daily, contributed to Meaning Making – 8 Values That Drive America’s Newest Generations (2020, St. Mary’s Press) and is the co-author of Picking Up the Pieces: Leadership After Empire (2023, Fortress Press).
He also serves as a Founding Partner of Starts With Us, a movement to counteract toxic polarization in America, and is a founding Research Advisory Board Member of Springtide Research Institute.
Arnie Zar-Kessler
The d’var torah will be presented by Arnie Zar-Kessler. Arnie has served as Head of School at Jewish Day Schools in Boston (Schechter) and Las Vegas (Adelson), reflecting close to thirty years in Jewish education. In addition, he has helped train school leaders in underserved communities as Executive Director of Inspiring Educators, working with Public and Charter Schools nationally, including rising leaders at Teach For America.
Currently, he serves on the Board of the Christa McAuliffe Charter School and is part of the team at Hummingbird Books in Chestnut Hill.

Post-Kiddush Talk with Rabbi Elan Babchuck
2026-02-28 12:45 - 14:15 | Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join us after Brotherhood Shabbat, along with members of Minyan Ma’or and the Walnut Street Minyan, for a post-kiddush talk from our guest speaker, Rabbi Elan Babchuck, in the Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary.
About our Speaker
Rabbi Elan Babchuck serves as the Executive Vice President at Clal (National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership) and the Founding Executive Director of Glean Network, which partners with Columbia Business School. Elan has published in The Atlantic, The Guardian, Washington Post, and Religion News Service, has a column for The Wisdom Daily, contributed to Meaning Making – 8 Values That Drive America’s Newest Generations (2020, St. Mary’s Press) and is the co-author of Picking Up the Pieces: Leadership After Empire (2023, Fortress Press).
He also serves as a Founding Partner of Starts With Us, a movement to counteract toxic polarization in America, and is a founding Research Advisory Board Member of Springtide Research Institute.
