Summer Shul
2025-07-12 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-07-19 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-07-26 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-08-02 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-08-09 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-08-16 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-08-23 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-08-30 08:30 - 09:30 (America/New_York) | Slater Conference Room, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
‘Summer Shul’, now in our 14th year, is a lay-led Torah Study prior to Shabbat morning services .We meet weekly, beginning June 21 through August 30, from 8:30-9:30am in the Slater Conference Room and via Zoom. All are welcome to join and add your voice to these thought-provoking discussions – or simply come and listen to your fellow congregants as we journey through the parasha together.
Can’t attend in person? Join us on Zoom by clicking HERE→
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For further details please contact Martin Paley.
Darshan Schedule Below:

June 21: Shlach – Frank Aronson
June 28: Korach – Velda Shaby
July 5: Chukat – David Diamond
July 12: Balak – Marty Paley
July 19: Pinchas – Steve Bookbinder
July 26: Matot-Masei – Avi Seidmann
August 2: Devarim – David Rozenson
August 9: Vaetchanan – Cliff Corenblith
August 16: Ekev – Sharlene Finkel
August 23: Reeh – Howard Zilber
August 30: Shoftim – Joel Sherman

Main Shabbat Morning ServiceWith Guest Speaker Rabbi Rachel Silverman
2025-08-16 09:30 - 12:00 | Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Rabbi Rachel Silverman will share an incredible experience they had at the Ramah day camp where a phone-free experiment resulted in some unexpected results with profound implications for our own lives. Come join us to explore together the ways powering off our devices can power on greater joy, connection, and well-being.
Sermon Topic: The Power of Off
About Rabbi Rachel Silverman
Rabbi Rachel Silverman (she/her) first joined the Camp Ramah New England staff as a Rosh Edah (unit head) at the overnight camp from 2005-2010. Many years later, she’s thrilled to be back as the Director of Ramah Boston, our newest day camp. Rabbi Silverman previously served as a congregational rabbi in both Brookline and Sharon, MA, after receiving her ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary in 2010. When she is not at camp, she is a ceramic artist and enjoys biking, cooking, and gardening. She lives in Sharon, MA, with her husband Josh, their three kids (Anna, Danny, and Benjamin), dog (Abby).

Main Shabbat Morning ServiceWith Guest Speaker Rabbi Jamie Kotler
2025-08-23 09:30 - 12:00 | Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join us for a special Shabbat morning service with guest speaker, Rabbi Jamie Kotler.
Sermon Topic: Inheritance – A Personal Journey of Discovery and Choice.
We have no control over what we are bequeathed. Or do we?

About Rabbi Jamie Kotler
Rabbi Jamie Kotler teaches Torah and Jewish texts at synagogue communities in the Boston area and beyond. She has served as chaplain at Fireman House (Hebrew Senior Life), and has served on the Boards of The Rashi School, and Mayyim Hayyim, and on the building committee for Newbridge on the Charles at Hebrew Senior Life.
Rabbi Kotler grew up in Brazil and Mexico, the daughter of Holocaust survivors, with little religious practice or knowledge. She began studying Torah as a young mother of three. Her desire to steep herself in the texts and traditions she had missed as a child led her to enter rabbinical school at the age of 54 and was ordained by the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College in June 2016. Before entering the rabbinate, she was a computer programmer (EDS, TX and Hewlett-Packard, CA), a financial analyst (Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, CA), and a consultant to small businesses.
Rabbi Kotler holds a BA in Biology from Brown University and an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business. She is married to Harold Kotler, and together they have five grown children and four grandchildren.

Talmud Class with Our Clergy
2025-09-06 08:30 - 09:20, 2025-09-13 08:30 - 09:20, 2025-09-20 08:30 - 09:20, 2025-09-27 08:30 - 09:20 | Hybrid (In Person and Virtual Options), 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Start Shabbat each week with a special hour of learning and discussion on a variety of Jewish issues with Wes, Michelle, Elias, Aliza and Dan as our clergy team connects the lessons of our sacred texts with the realities of our lives. The clergy team will close with a song that leads into Shabbat morning services at 9:30.
Join us on livestream in the Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary

Selichot Service
2025-09-13 20:00 - 21:00 | Reisman Hall, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join us for our beautiful Selichot services Saturday night, September 13, from 8:00 to 9:00, preceded by a lovely collation generously sponsored by our Sisterhood.Selichot is about getting ready for our High Holiday season by hearing the beautiful songs, reciting the familiar prayers, feeling the sacred and serious mood—and sharing it all with our beloved community.In addition, we are going to have a conversation around this question: When is a light touch the right response to a heavy world? We all know about the Coldplay moment this summer. That brief moment, caught on camera, destroyed careers, reputations, marriages, families. Literally the opposite of light, humorous, or funny.Yet when Astronomer responded to this deeply painful moment, it did so with a brief appearance by Gwyneth Paltrow, who herself had been married to Coldplay’s lead singer, Chris Martin, with whom she had two children. Her words were light, funny, dry, wry—and were very well received. The overwhelming reaction was that Gwyneth Paltrow’s piece landed and effectively enabled the company to move on.We will watch the clip of the Coldplay moment and Gwyneth Paltrow’s words and ask: why did it land so well, did you have any reservations about it, and what can it teach us about how to engage our world today? When things are heavy, when and how do we go light?
Join us in Reisman Hall or via livestream here.
View the songsheet here.
View our service booklet here.
View the Coldplay moment & Gwenyth Platrow’s words here.

Final Sounding of the Shofar at Morning Minyan
2025-09-21 08:00 - 09:00 | Gann Chapel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
With the exception of the morning prior to Rosh Hashanah, each weekday morning in Elul the Shofar is sounded to announce the coming of the New Year. This year, the final blasts of Shofar in 5785 will be Sunday morning, September 21st. I like to call this “The Big Blow Out!” Any and everyone, with a Shofar or not, is encouraged to sound the Shofar or to hear it’s call!
Please join us in the Gann Chapel for morning Minyan at 8:00am. At the conclusion of the service, we will adjourn to the Leventhal-Sidman Community Court to be enveloped by the vibrations of many Shofarot. Looking forward to seeing you all there!

Rosh HaShanah Day I Early Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary Service
2025-09-23 08:00 - 11:00 | Hybrid (In Person and Virtual Options), 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States

Rosh HaShanah I Reisman Traditional Lay-Led Service
2025-09-23 08:30 - 13:00 | Hybrid (In Person and Virtual Options), 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join us in Reisman Hall or Livestream!

Rosh HaShanah Day I Late Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary Service
2025-09-23 11:30 - 14:00 | Live Stream Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary
Join us in-person in the Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary or Livestream!

Rosh HaShanah Day I Adelson Community Hall Service
2025-09-23 11:30 - 14:00 | Hybrid (In Person and Virtual Options), 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join us in Adelson Community Hall or Virtually.

Rosh HaShanah Day II Early Sanctuary Service
2025-09-24 08:00 - 10:30 | Hybrid (In Person and Virtual Options), 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join in person in the Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary or Livestream!

Rosh HaShanah Day II Reisman Traditional Lay-Led Service
2025-09-24 08:30 - 13:00 | Hybrid (In Person and Virtual Options), 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States

Rosh HaShanah Day II Adelson Contemporary Service
2025-09-24 10:00 - 12:30 | Hybrid (In Person and Virtual Options), 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join us in Adelson Community Hall or Livestream

Rosh HaShanah Day II Mincha/Ma'Ariv
2025-09-24 18:00 - 19:00 | Hybrid (In Person and Virtual Options), 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join us in person in the Gann Chapel or Livestream!

Main Shabbat Morning Service with Guest Speaker Ofir Amir, Co-Founder of the Tribe of Nova Foundation
2025-09-27 09:30 - 12:00 | Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
On Sunday, September 28, two buses are leaving from Temple Emanuel at noon to go to the Nova Exhibit. Limited seating is still available. If you are interested in joining us, please register here.
On Shabbat, September 27, we are having a special guest speaker, Ofir Amir, who survived Nova, and who co-founded the Tribe of Nova Foundation. His story of resilience, renewal, and affirmation of life and hope are the inspiring message we all need to hear between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
Please join us for his sermon on Shabbat morning, and please join us at the Nova Exhibit.
About Ofir Amir
Ofir Amir is co-founder and CFO of the Tribe of Nova Foundation, established after the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on the Nova Music Festival. Wounded while escaping, Ofir survived and later helped transform tragedy into a movement of healing and resilience.
Before the attack, he was deeply involved in building the Nova community of music, unity, and love. Today, he co-produces the Nova Music Festival Exhibition, an international initiative honoring victims, supporting survivors, and raising funds for mental health care and Beit Nova—a permanent center for remembrance and recovery in Israel.
Through his leadership and testimony, Ofir amplifies the voices of survivors and ensures their stories of courage live on.

Kol Nidre Mincha Service
2025-10-01 17:45 - 18:00 | Hybrid (In Person and Virtual Options), 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join us in the Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary or on Livestream

Kol Nidre Early Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary Service
2025-10-01 18:00 - 19:45 | Hybrid (In Person and Virtual Options), 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join us in-person or Livestream

Kol Nidre Reisman Traditional Lay-Led Service including Mincha/Ma'Ariv
2025-10-01 18:00 - 20:10 | Hybrid (In Person and Virtual Options), 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join us in Reisman Hall or on Livestream

Kol Nidre Adelson Community Hall Service
2025-10-01 20:15 - 22:00 | Hybrid (In Person and Virtual Options), 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States

Kol Nidre Late Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary Service
2025-10-01 20:15 - 22:00 | Hybrid (In Person and Virtual Options), 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
