Temple Emanuel

Ruach Shabbat Services: Grades K-6
2025-11-15 10:45 - 12:00, 2025-11-22 10:45 - 12:00, 2025-11-29 10:45 - 12:00, 2025-12-06 10:45 - 12:00, 2025-12-13 10:45 - 12:00, 2025-12-20 10:45 - 12:00, 2025-12-27 10:45 - 12:00, 2026-01-03 10:45 - 12:00 (America/New_York) and 2 more dates | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
For Grades K-6. Join Jon Tatelman on Shabbat morning in Room 22 at Temple Emanuel for a fun children’s service!

Tot Shabbat with Rebecca and David
2025-11-15 11:00 - 11:45, 2025-12-06 11:00 - 11:45, 2025-12-20 11:00 - 11:45 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join us for a fabulous Tot Shabbat service geared towards children from birth to age 5! We will sing our favorite songs, create beautiful crafts, and have challah and grape juice. After the service, we’ll all go up onto the bimah for a special treat!

Rabbi Samuel Chiel Kallah: Talmud Study
2025-11-22 08:30 - 09:20 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Is Anybody Listening?
What are the chances our prayers are answered? Should you pray if you don’t believe? What is prayer really about? Join Rabbi Dr. Pamela Barmash in conversation with the Temple Emanuel Clergy on a journey through Jewish legal and spiritual perspectives on the power of your personal prayer.

Rabbi Samuel Chiel Kallah: Shabbat Morning Service
2025-11-22 09:30 - 12:00 | Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Sermon Topic: Campus Chaos – A View from Inside Academia Today
Antisemitism, Activism, AI, Administrative Upheaval, Anticipations undermined…Rabbi Dr. Pamela Barmash has been a professor for two decades at Washington University in St. Louis. In the past two years, so much has changed. Yet her department, Jewish Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, has managed to be an oasis of respectful conversation. Could this be a model for life beyond the University? What can we learn from her experience on campus?

Rocking Tot Shabbat with Wayne Potash
2025-11-22 11:00 - 11:45 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join us for a special Rock n’ Roll Tot Shabbat with rockstar Wayne Potash! In this fabulous service, we have prayerful songs and games perfect for children from birth to age 5 and their parents. Join us for the service and then stay for a delicious lunch with friends!

Talmud Class with Our Clergy
2025-11-29 08:30 - 09:20, 2025-12-06 08:30 - 09:20, 2025-12-13 08:30 - 09:20, 2025-12-20 08:30 - 09:20, 2026-01-10 08:30 - 09:20, 2026-01-17 08:30 - 09:20, 2026-01-24 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

Evening Minyan
2025-12-24 19:00 - 19:30 | Live Stream Gann Chapel

Friday Night Service
2025-12-26 18:30 - 19:30 | Hybrid (In Person and Virtual Options), 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
On Friday evening, December 26th, we are excited to offer a traditional Kabbalat Shabbat service at 6:30pm in the Gann Chapel in lieu of Shabbat Alive. Come join us in spirited davening, followed by an oneg Shabbat!
At 4:00pm, the Minyan Ma’or-led service will also meet in the Gann Chapel in lively prayer.

Tot Shabbat with AJ
2025-12-27 11:00 - 11:45 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States

Shabbat Morning Service: From Vision to Reality - the New Holocaust Museum in Boston
2026-01-03 09:30 - 12:00 | Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Why does Boston need a new Holocaust museum now? Jody Kipnis, Co-Founder and President & CEO of the Holocaust Legacy Foundation, will share the ways the museum (opening in late 2026 across from Boston’s historic Freedom Trail) urgently confronts the rise in antisemitism today, and how its exhibits teach about democracy, choice, and moral courage.
Join us on Shabbat morning, January 3rd, to gain a behind-the-scenes look at the transformational vision behind this landmark project.

Tot Shabbat with Rebecca
2026-01-03 11:00 - 11:45 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join Rebecca Gonzalez for a fabulous Tot Shabbat service geared towards children from birth to age 5! We will sing our favorite songs, create beautiful crafts, and have challah and grape juice. After the service, we’ll all go up onto the bimah for a special treat!

Youth Shabbat Morning Service
2026-01-10 09:30 - 12:00 | Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join us for an incredible Shabbat morning as our teens dazzle us with gorgeous davenning, beautiful Torah reading, and insightful divrei Torah. Led start to finish by Temple Emanuel teens, this service will fill your heart with joy and hope for the future.

Tot Shabbat with Maya
2026-01-17 11:00 - 11:45 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join Maya Robinson for a fabulous Tot Shabbat service geared towards children from birth to age 5! We will sing our favorite songs, create beautiful crafts, and have challah and grape juice. After the service, we’ll all go up onto the bimah for a special treat!
