ONOT Aviv Israeli Dance Troupe
2026-01-25 09:00 - 09:30, 2026-02-01 09:00 - 09:30, 2026-02-08 09:00 - 09:30, 2026-03-08 09:00 - 09:30, 2026-03-15 09:00 - 09:30, 2026-03-22 09:00 - 09:30 (America/New_York) | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
ONOT Aviv is Temple Emanuel’s premiere Israeli Dance Troupe for children in grades 2-5!
(ONOT means “seasons” and Aviv means “Spring”)
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 Alumna, Ruthie Holzer will be instructing the class with the help of Temple Emanuel dance teacher, Avi Wald.
Tuition is included with Religious School tuition, apart from a $25 t-shirt/costume fee. $180 for students outside of the Religious School. Beginners welcome!
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Temple Emanuel Children's Choir
2026-01-25 12:00 - 12:30, 2026-02-01 12:00 - 12:30, 2026-02-08 12:00 - 12:30, 2026-03-08 12:00 - 12:30, 2026-03-15 12:00 - 12:30, 2026-03-22 12:00 - 12:30 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
For any Temple Emanuel children in grades 1-5 who love to sing! Work with Morah Eugenia Gerstein on making beautiful music together.
Meets directly after Religious School (but open to all) from 12:00-12:30. Snack provided!
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ONOT Kayitz Israeli Dance Troupe
2026-01-25 12:00 - 12:45, 2026-02-01 12:00 - 12:45, 2026-02-08 12:00 - 12:45, 2026-03-08 12:00 - 12:45, 2026-03-15 12:00 - 12:45, 2026-03-22 12:00 - 12:45 | 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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A Night of Music and Shmoozing with Minyan Ma'or
2026-01-31 19:00 - 21:30 | Reisman Hall, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join Minyan Ma’or for a fun and entertaining evening filled with lively music and good times! Experience inspiring performances by our talented members, let your voice shine in spirited sing-alongs, and enjoy great conversation along with casual refreshments as you mingle with fellow community members.
The event is open to all, including families with teens and older kids.
NOTE: There will be no babysitting provided
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Temple Emanuel Teen Choir
2026-02-01 09:00 - 09:30, 2026-02-08 09:00 - 09:30, 2026-03-08 09:00 - 09:30, 2026-03-15 09:00 - 09:30, 2026-03-22 09:00 - 09:30, 2026-03-29 09:00 - 09:30 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Calling all 6th-12th graders who love to sing and make music! Perform at holiday and concert events. All levels welcome.
Meets right before Religious School, but any Temple Emanuel teen can participate. Morning snack provided!
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Temple Emanuel 90th Celebration in Florida with Cantor Elias Rosemberg and David Rosemberg
2026-02-19 12:00 - 15:30 | Temple Beth Kodesh, 501 NE 26th Avenue, Boynton Beach, FL, 33435, United States
Please join us for an entertaining concert with Cantor Elias Rosemberg and David Rosemberg in Boynton Beach, Florida as part of our year of 90th Anniversary celebrations! There will be a lunch from 12:00pm-1:30pm, followed by an afternoon of musical selections from Jewish tradition to Broadway. We hope to see you there!
Lunch: 12:00pm-1:30pm
Concert: 2:00pm-3:30pm
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Chamber Music Concerts
2026-02-22 15:00 - 16:30 | Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
The first concert in our free 2026 Chamber Music Concert series will feature performers Jan Müller-Szeraws (cello) and Randall Hodgkinson (piano).
Join us in-person or on livestream!
The Chamber Series is sponsored by Saul B. and Naomi R. Cohen Foundation
About Jan Müller-Szeraws
Cellist Jan Müller-Szeraws has a versatile career as a performer and pedagogue.
A guest at many chamber music festivals, his solo performances have included engagements with orchestras in the US, Germany, Chile and Russia with repertoire ranging from concertos from the traditional cello-repertoire such as Haydn, Dvorak, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Bloch, Shostakovich to contemporary cello-concertos by composers Chou Wen Chung, Gunther Schuller, Shirish Korde, Bernard Hoffer and John Harbison.
His recordings include “Anusvara”, a disc with music by Shirish Korde for cello, tabla and Carnatic soprano, Bernard Hoffer’s “Concerto di Camera for Cello and Ensemble” with Boston Musica Viva, Pedro Humberto Allende’s Cello Concerto with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Chile, as well as Sonatas by Brahms and Chopin with pianist Adam Golka for Hammond Performing Arts.
He has been guest professor at the Universidad Católica de Chile, a guest with the Israeli Chamber Project as well as guest principal cellist for projects with the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln and Bamberger Symphoniker in Germany and plays often as an extra player with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. A long time member of contemporary music ensemble Boston Musica Viva, he is currently a core member of Collage New Music.
As Artist-in-Residence at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester he directed the Performance Program and was founder and director of the Chamber Music Institute at Holy Cross. He currently teaches at the Phillips Academy Andover. Most recently he has been pairing the Bach Cello Suites with works by Shirish Korde in his project “Bach, Ragas & Jazz”.
About Randall Hodgkinson
“The finest performance I have ever heard of this very difficult piece. It was as if he was reading my mind…” Aaron Copland on hearing pianist Randall Hodgkinson performing his Piano Fantasy in Jordan Hall.
While a student at the New England Conservatory Hodgkinson became grand prizewinner of the International American Music Competition sponsored by Carnegie Hall and the Rockefeller Foundation. He has performed with orchestras in Atlanta, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Boston, Cleveland and abroad in Italy and Iceland, and also numerous recital programs spanning the repertoire from J.S. Bach to Donald Martino.
A frequent guest of the Boston Symphony Chamber Players, he also performs the four-hand and two-piano repertoire with his wife, Leslie Amper. Festival appearances include Ravinia, Bargemusic, Chestnut Hill Concerts in Madison Connecticut, Seattle Chamber Music Festival, and Chamber Music Northwest (Portland, OR). Solo recordings on the Ongaku, New World, and Albany labels have garnered much critical acclaim.
Mr. Hodgkinson is on the faculties of the New England Conservatory of Music and Wellesley College and is a certified Feldenkrais Practitioner™.

THE SAUL B. AND NAOMI R. COHEN FOUNDATION
Founded in 1997, the Foundation supports and promotes the fine and performing arts. It awards grants to promising young artists and especially gifted performing musicians to enable them to further their artistic pursuits. The Foundation also assists in the development of the musical careers of classical artists with assistance in arranging performance engagements, counseling in career strategy, guidance in the selection of live and recorded performances and help in day-to-day living matters.
To receive email communications about the Chamber Concert series, please contact sbc87home@gmail.com.

Tiny Tutti Purim Show
2026-03-01 11:00 - 12:00 | Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
For families with children ages 0-7
Our annual children’s Purim concert, Tiny Tutti Live, is a joyful, interactive musical adventure for toddlers, preschoolers, and their families. The performance features beloved children’s
songs and original tunes, brought to life with movement and instruments designed to nurture curiosity and kindness.
No cost!
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Bob Dylan's Jewish Roots with Instructor John Clark
2026-03-19 20:00 - 21:00 | Gann Chapel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Bob Dylan is arguably the single-most important figure in American popular music in the second half of the 20th century, a point made emphatically when he received the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature. Though scholars had approached his work as serious poetry for decades, few had considered the matter of how Dylan’s Jewish heritage and upbringing affected his creative output. With help from all the critical and analytical writing about Dylan’s Jewishness, we will explore selected works of this enigmatic singer/songwriter through the lens of midrash, of the prophetic tradition, Yiddish humor and the past 100 years of Jewish-American songwriting. This presentation will include music and video clips and Dylan’s own words to tell the story. Featured songs: “When the Ship Comes In”, “Forever Young”, “Father of Night”, “I Pity the Poor Immigrant”, “One More Cup of Coffee”, “Neighborhood Bully”, and “Hava Nagila”.
Please Note: This program is for Temple Emanuel members only
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About John Clark
Born and raised in Ohio, John taught adult education for twenty years for Emory University and Mercer University in Atlanta, creating classes on Fifties, Sixties and American Roots music and a series called Lyrics as Literature. From 2008-2014 he was also a high school history and English teacher. Since moving to Boston in 2014, he has taught adult and community education for five different programs, including Brandeis, Tufts and Cambridge. In 2025 he presented 380 American Music history lectures for senior living communities and Councils on Aging in the Boston area. John boasts a combined record and CD collection of over 8,000 recordings.

36th Annual Project Manna Concert
2026-03-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join us for our 36th Annual Project Manna Concert featuring an array of choirs and singers. Proceeds benefit the Massachusetts Avenue Baptist Church Food Pantry. Don’t miss out on this fantastic evening of music, while doing an important mitzvah!
This year, we will honor Choir Director Eugenia Gerstein‘s 30 years working at Temple Emanuel!
Participating Choirs Include:
• Boston Children’s Chorus• Boston Community Chorus• Boston Jazz Voices• ShenaniGanns – Gann Academy• Shir Shalom – Temple Shalom of Newton• Adult choir – Temple Beth Elohim• Kol Emanuel• Zamira• Emanuel Children’s chorus
Ticket Information:$25 Per Adult$20 Per Student/ Senior
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Proceeds benefit the Massachusetts Avenue Baptist Church Food Pantry
