Temple Emanuel

Yisod Israeli Cooking Series
2025-10-29 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Yisod’s Israeli Cooking Series returns by popular demand! Led by culinary expert, Chef Andy from The Chubby Chickpea, join Yisod for the first of three sessions as we craft shakshuka and then enjoy it together. You are sure to leave with top-notch cooking skills mastered, your taste buds satisfied, and a recipe card to share the meal with friends and family.
Session Schedule:

October 29th @ 6:00 pm – Shakshuka
November 12th @ 6:00 pm – Chicken Shawarma, hummus, and Israeli salad
December 3rd @ 6:00 pm – Schnitzel and couscous

Registration for the October 29th session is now closed.
Sponsored by CJP

ONOT Kayitz Israeli Dance Troupe
2025-11-02 12:00 - 12:45, 2025-11-09 12:00 - 12:45, 2025-11-16 12:00 - 12:45, 2025-11-23 12:00 - 12:45, 2025-12-07 12:00 - 12:45, 2025-12-14 12:00 - 12:45, 2025-12-21 12:00 - 12:45, 2026-01-11 12:00 - 12:45 and 2 more dates | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
ONOT Kayitz is Temple Emanuel’s premiere Israeli Dance Troupe for teens in grades 6-12!
(ONOT means “seasons” and Kayitz means “Summer”)
Students will learn Harkeda (popular, just-for-fun) dances as well as a choreographed routine that will be performed at the Israel Folkdance Festival of Boston and at the Zimkudiyah! They might even pick up some Hebrew along the way.
ONOT Alumni, Eliana Blankstein and Daniella Bunch will be instructing the class with the help of Temple Emanuel dance teacher, Avi Wald.
$180 includes instruction, costume rental and t-shirt and snacks!
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Close Reading: Sons and Daughters by Chaim Grade - A Jewish Novel Taught by Dr. Susanne Klingenstein
2025-11-06 18:30 - 19:30, 2025-11-13 18:30 - 19:30, 2025-11-20 18:30 - 19:30, 2025-12-04 18:30 - 19:30, 2025-12-11 18:30 - 19:30, 2025-12-17 18:30 - 19:30, 2025-12-30 18:30 - 19:30, 2026-01-08 18:30 - 19:30 and 2 more dates | Virtual
The sharp Yiddish novelist, Chaim Grade, described the falling apart of the orthodox world in Eastern Europe in the 1930s. Sons and daughters of rabbis get out of the shtetl, but the fathers claw them back through guilt. Grade’s characters are incredibly alive; they are goofy, mad, heroic and wise. The novel is long, learned and confusing, so we will read it together at the clip of 50 pages each week, accompanied by one of discussion each week to help understand the religious world of the Lithuanian rabbis.
Class dates: Nov 6, 13, 20, Dec 4, 11, 17, 30, Jan 8, 15, 26, 29, Feb 5
All classes will meet on Zoom.
Cost: (Scholarships available)

$180 for Temple Emanuel Members
$250 for Non-Members
This class is now at capacity.
About Dr. Susanne Klingenstein
Dr. Susanne Klingenstein is an Associate at the Center for Jewish Studies at Harvard University. She served as professor of Writing and Humanistic Studies at MIT, as Lecturer in the Humanities at Harvard Medical School, and as Director of the Communication Curriculum in the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. She the author of six books, her new book on Chaim Grade will be published in the spring of 2026. She has offered courses at TE since 2006 and is a popular, sought-after teacher.

Founding Editor of The Times of Israel, David Horovitz, in Dialogue with Seth Klarman
2025-11-10 20:00 - 21:30 | Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
From his perch as founding editor of the online newspaper “Times of Israel,” David Horovitz reports daily and editorializes regularly on events in Israel. His conversation with CEO & Portfolio Manager of The Baupost Group, Seth Klarman, will be wide-ranging; from the carnage of October 7, 2023, to the release of the last living hostage last month, to the ramifications of this period for Israeli society now and far into the future. With David’s keen reporter’s eye, crisp and clear communication style, deep knowledge of history, and unique lens on Israeli society and political life, this conversation will bring all of us closer to the trauma Israelis have been experiencing for the past two years – the horrific massacre, multifront wars, terror and rocket attacks, everyday life disrupted, politics and protests on hold. And the unanswerable questions of what will be for Israel going forward, and what will be for all of us.
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About the speakers
David Horovitz
Founding Editor of The Times of Israel

David Horovitz is the founding editor of The Times of Israel. Launched in 2012 and based in Jerusalem, The Times of Israel is the world’s most-read English-language news website covering Israel and the Jewish world. Independent and non-partisan, it also publishes in Hebrew, French, Arabic and Farsi. Horovitz was previously editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post (from 2004-2011). Before that, he was editor and publisher of the award-winning newsmagazine The Jerusalem Report. In 2014, he was awarded Bnai Brith’s lifetime achievement journalism award. Horovitz has written from Israel for newspapers around the world, and is a frequent interviewee on CNN, the BBC, Sky, and other TV and radio stations.
He has conducted landmark interviews with a succession of Israeli and international figures, including all of Israel’s recent prime ministers, Presidents Barack Obama (when he visited Israel as a candidate) and George Bush, as well as Tony Blair, Vladimir Putin and, to the particular delight of his children, Paul McCartney. In 2020, he interviewed Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv.
Horovitz is the author of 2004’s “Still Life with Bombers: Israel in the Age of Terrorism,” and 2000’s “A Little Too Close to God: The Thrills and Panic of a Life in Israel,” both published in the US by Knopf.
Seth A. Klarman
CEO & Portfolio Manager
The Baupost Group
Seth Klarman is the CEO and Portfolio Manager of Baupost, having overseen the firm’s investments since its inception. He is the author of “Margin of Safety” and editor of the Graham and Dodd classic “Security Analysis, Seventh Edition.” He graduated magna cum laude from Cornell University with a B.A. in Economics and was a Baker Scholar at Harvard Business School (HBS). Seth currently serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Broad Institute. He is also Vice Chair of Beth Israel Hospital’s Board of Managers and a member of their Board of Trustees. Seth is a member of HBS’s Board of Dean’s Advisors and co-chairman of The Klarman Family Foundation. In 2020, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Yisod Israeli Cooking Series
2025-11-12 18:00 - 20:00 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Yisod’s Israeli Cooking Series returns by popular demand! Led by culinary expert, Chef Andy from The Chubby Chickpea, join Yisod for the second session as we craft chicken shawarma, hummus, and Israeli salad and then enjoy it together. You are sure to leave with top-notch cooking skills mastered, your taste buds satisfied, and a recipe card to share the meal with friends and family.
Session Schedule:

October 29th @ 6:00 pm – Shakshuka
November 12th @ 6:00 pm – Chicken Shawarma, hummus, and Israeli salad
December 3rd @ 6:00 pm – Schnitzel and couscous

We have a limited number of spots for this one-of-a-kind culinary experience, so register now!
Registration for November 12th is now closed.
Sponsored by CJP

Hartman Trip 2026 Information Session
2025-11-16 10:00 - 11:00 | Gann Chapel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
For Temple Emanuel Members
If you are a member of Temple Emanuel, please register below to join us at our Trip Information Session Sunday, November 16th at 10:00 am in the Gann Chapel and learn more about our annual summer trip to Hartman’s Community Leadership Program at its beautiful campus in Jerusalem.
If you are not a member of Temple Emanuel please click here to visit Hartman’s website for general information.
Register Here→

Introduction to the Dead Sea Scrolls with Dr. Sidney Kadish
2025-11-22 12:45 - 13:45, 2025-11-29 12:45 - 13:45, 2025-12-06 12:45 - 13:45, 2025-12-13 12:45 - 13:45 | Slater Conference Room, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in 1947. Since then, they have been intensely studied. We will inquire about how they were found and studied, what they tell us about Jewish life 2000 years ago, and what they mean to us today. Join us in the Slater Conference Room after Shabbat morning services for this incredible program.
Session Dates: 10/18, 11/22, 11/29, 12/6, 12/13
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About Dr. Sidney Kadish
Dr. Sidney Kadish was born in Butler, NJ. His Hebrew education began with home schooling, and later he attended Camp Massad, a Hebrew speaking camp in the Poconos. After grade school, he attended Yeshiva University HS. He obtained a BA from Columbia (1963) and an MD from U of Chicago (1967). After internship, he came to Boston for a residency in Radiology at Mass General Hospital. After Army service, he returned to New England and served as a radiation oncologist, principally in Worcester. He retired in 2013 and has been a member of the Harvard Institute for Learning in Retirement (HILR) where he gave a course on the Dead Sea Scrolls. He has been married to Helen for 43 years and has 2 grown children, Michael and Emily. Sidney has been a member of Temple Emanuel since 1976.

Yisod Israeli Cooking Series
2025-12-03 18:00 - 20:00 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
YisYisod’s Israeli Cooking Series returns for one final session! Don’t miss your chance to learn from expert in Middle Eastern cuisine, Chef Andy from the Chubby Chickpea, as we craft schnitzel and couscous and then enjoy it together. You are sure to leave with top-notch cooking skills mastered, your taste buds satisfied, and a recipe card to share the meal with friends and family.
Session Schedule:

October 29th @ 6:00 pm – Shakshuka
November 12th @ 6:00 pm – Chicken Shawarma, hummus, and Israeli salad
December 3rd @ 6:00 pm – Schnitzel and couscous

We have a limited number of spots for this one-of-a-kind culinary experience, so register now!
Register→
Sponsored by CJP

Pathways to Hope: A Conversation with Young Israeli Changemakers
2025-12-08 20:00 - 21:30 | Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join Hartman’s Ronit Heyd, Vice President and Director of the Center for Israeli & Jewish Identity, in conversation with participants from the Shalom Hartman Institute’s Hazon program visiting from Israel Israel — Noi Schwartz, Ayala Dahlan and Yonathan Machlis.
Since October 7, it has been hard to imagine a secure and peaceful future for Israel. Conversations across the Jewish world have often been marked by despair: ongoing war, political deadlock, internal divisions, and a growing sense that the vision of a democratic, united Israel feels more distant than ever.
Yet there is another story—one grounded in hope. Hope is more than a feeling; it is the engine of social change and the foundation of a better future. As Israel’s anthem, Hatikvah, reminds us, hope is central to Jewish identity and to those shaping Israel’s tomorrow: young changemakers building community, students defending democratic values, spiritual leaders offering guidance, and bold thinkers imagining new paths for shared society. They remind us that even in difficult times, aspiring and working towards a better vision for tomorrow can bring about real change.
Temple Emanuel and the Shalom Hartman Institute invite you to join us at Pathways to Hope (Netivim Shel Tikva) where you’ll hear from the leaders who are meeting today’s realities with vision and courage. Together, with purpose and optimism, we can help shape a better future for Israel. Register here.
Hazon (Hebrew for vision) is a cutting-edge leadership training initiative for Israeli university students eager to become agents of change. Grounded in a bold vision for a Jewish and democratic Israel, Hazon equips participants with the tools and inspiration to shape the future of Israeli society. Learn more about Hazon here.
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About the Shalom Hartman Institute’s Hazon Program Participants
Noi Schwartz is the Student Communities Manager at Tene Yerushalmi and a psychodrama student at Seminar Hakibbutzim, where she interns with people experiencing homelessness. An actress and writer in independent theater ensembles, she has also taken part in a wide range of leadership and community programs in Israel and abroad. As part of the Hazon fellowship, she founded an interfaith women’s theater group—bringing together Jewish, Muslim, and Christian participants for dialogue, study, and performance.
Ayala Dahan is the Alumni Program Director of Hazon at the Shalom Hartman Institute. She has been active in the political field, serving as former Chair of Yesh Atid at the Hebrew University, Deputy Head of the party’s field operations, and a participant in both national and municipal campaigns. She was also among the founders of the student protest against the judicial overhaul and previously served as CEO of the social justice organization Ma’aglei Tzedek. She holds a B.A. in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and is currently pursuing an M.A. in Gender Studies at Tel Aviv University.
Yonathan Machlis is the Director of the Center for Social Justice in Haifa. He leads the student chapter of Brothers and Sisters in Arms and serves as a teaching assistant in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at the School of Political Science at the University of Haifa. His work combines civic activism, community leadership, and academic engagement, reflecting a strong commitment to advancing social responsibility and democratic values in Israel.
Upcoming Hartman Learning Programs:
Shabbat, November 15 – Micah Goodman Shabbat Scholar in Residence
Sunday, November 16, 2025 @ 10:00 am– TE-Hartman Trip 2026 Information Session. Register here!
Wednesday February 25, 2026 @ 8:00 pm – Hartman learning in person with Elana Stein Hain – details to be announced.
June 24 – June 30, 2026 – TE-Hartman 2026 Trip to Israel. Let us know here you’d like to learn more!
Look for recordings of all our online sessions and selected lectures of Hartman scholars at Temple Emanuel here.
Watch for updated details on this program and all Hartman learning opportunities in our weekly Friday midday Hartman @ Home email.
