Temple Emanuel

Talmud Class with Our Clergy
2025-10-11 08:30 - 09:20, 2025-10-18 08:30 - 09:20, 2025-10-25 08:30 - 09:20, 2025-11-01 08:30 - 09:20, 2025-11-29 08:30 - 09:20, 2025-12-06 08:30 - 09:20, 2025-12-13 08:30 - 09:20 (America/New_York) | 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

Ruach Shabbat Services: Grades K-6
2025-10-11 10:45 - 12:00, 2025-10-18 10:45 - 12:00, 2025-10-25 10:45 - 12:00, 2025-11-01 10:45 - 12:00, 2025-11-08 10:45 - 12:00, 2025-11-15 10:45 - 12:00, 2025-11-22 10:45 - 12:00, 2025-11-29 10:45 - 12:00 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!

Rocking Tot Shabbat with Wayne Potash
2025-10-11 11:00 - 11:45, 2025-10-25 11:00 - 11:45, 2025-11-08 11:00 - 11:45, 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!

Erev Simchat Torah Celebration
2025-10-14 18:30 - 20:00 | Leventhal-Sidman Community Court, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join us for a community celebration in the Leventhal-Sidman Community Court, featuring Hakafot led by the TE Children’s Choir and Tizmoret Teen Band!

Tot Shabbat with Rebecca and David
2025-10-18 11:00 - 11:45, 2025-11-15 11:00 - 11:45, 2025-12-06 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!

Tot Shabbat
2025-10-25 11:00 - 11:45 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States

Tot Shabbat with Rebecca
2025-11-01 11:00 - 11:45 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States

Hartman Shabbat Scholar-in-Residence Micah Goodman in the Main Service
2025-11-15 09:30 - 13:30 | Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
We will kick off our shul year of Hartman learning at Temple Emanuel on November 15, 2025 when we will welcome our friend and teacher, Dr. Micah Goodman.
Micah will join us in person on Shabbat morning, teaching us in the Talmud Class at 8:30am, delivering the sermon during Shabbat morning services beginning at 9:30am, and teaching us again post-Kiddush.
Talmud Class before services – The Artificial Intelligence Revolution vs. The Vision of Theodor Herzl
Sermon – What Was the Message of Abraham Our Father?
Post-Kiddush Talk – The Crisis of the West – Is Israel the Problem or the Solution?
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!
Monday December 8, 2025 @ 8:00 pm – Hartman learning in person – Pathways to Hope: Ronit Heyd in Conversation with Hartman Hazon Participants from Israel
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.

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?
