Temple Emanuel

Ruach Shabbat Services: Grades K-6
2026-01-10 10:45 - 12:00, 2026-01-17 10:45 - 12:00, 2026-01-24 10:45 - 12:00, 2026-01-31 10:45 - 12:00, 2026-02-07 10:45 - 12:00, 2026-02-14 10:45 - 12:00, 2026-02-21 10:45 - 12:00, 2026-02-28 10:45 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | 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!

Talmud Class with Our Clergy
2026-01-17 08:30 - 09:20, 2026-01-24 08:30 - 09:20, 2026-01-31 08:30 - 09:20, 2026-02-07 08:30 - 09:20, 2026-02-14 08:30 - 09:20, 2026-02-21 08:30 - 09:20, 2026-02-28 08:30 - 09:20, 2026-03-07 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

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!

Shabbat Morning Service with Guest Speaker Robert Leikind
2026-01-24 09:30 - 12:00 | Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join us for a special Shabbat Service with guest speaker Robert Leikind, Regional Director of AJC New England.
Sermon Topic: Clarity, Courage, and Commitment: Confronting Antisemitism Now
The surge of antisemitism has left many of us unsettled, confused, and struggling to understand what type of Jewish future is possible in the Diaspora. In fact, we can have a large hand in shaping our future, but to do this we first need to better understand the challenge before us.
About Robert Leikind
Rob Leikind has been director of AJC New England since 2008. A child of parents who survived Hitler’s Europe, he grew up with a deeply rooted regard for the opportunity that American democracy affords Jews and other vulnerable minorities. Throughout his career, Rob has been a passionate defender of civil rights, an ardent advocate in the fight against antisemitism and other forms of bigotry, and a vocal proponent of a just and secure future for Israel and its neighbors.
Rob began his career working with Holocaust survivors in Brooklyn, New York. A lawyer by training, he served as an Assistant District Attorney before going on to be Director of the ADL’s Connecticut and Boston offices and Senior Vice President of Hebrew College.
Rob has been a contributor to various media on topics ranging from Israel and anti-Semitism to intergroup relations and civil rights. He received his bachelor’s degree from Vassar College, an M.S. from Columbia University and his J.D. from the Boston College Law School.

Chai 385 Morning Service
2026-01-24 10:45 - 12:00 | Gann Chapel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join us in prayer at 10:45am in the Gann Chapel for a special service led by our 6th graders in Chai385 with Cantor Elias Rosemberg!

Shabbat Shira
2026-01-31 09:30 - 12:00 | Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join us this Shabbat morning for an extraordinary musical celebration of Shabbat Shira, the Shabbat of Song. This special Shabbat, which features the reading of Shirat HaYam, the Song of the Sea, and Shirat Devorah, Devorah the Prophet’s poetic praise, is always a highlight! This year we’ll be celebrating the amazing musical compostions of our fabulous artist-in-residence, Jeremiah Klarman. Come lift your voices together with our clergy and our wonderful Temple Emanuel choirs: Kol Emanuel, Zamira, and the Children’s Chorus. Come for service, stay for a delightfully delicious kiddush!

Tot Shabbat with David
2026-01-31 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!

Shabbat Morning Service with Guest Speaker Adrian Gonzalez: 30 Years to “I am Jewish”
2026-02-07 09:30 - 12:00 | Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Over the last 30 years, Adrian Gonzalez met and married his beloved, Leslie, joined Temple Emanuel, raised four wonderful children, and celebrated their bnei mitzvah right here on the Rabbi Samuel Chiel bimah. For all of this time, Adrian has been on his own spiritual journey. This year, he made the decision to officially join the Jewish people. Join us this Shabbat in the Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary or virtually via livestream as Adrian shares about his journey and about the love that brought him into the covenant.

Tot Shabbat with Rebecca and David
2026-02-07 11:00 - 11:45 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States

World Wide Wrap Morning Service
2026-02-08 08:00 - 09:00 | Gann Chapel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
On January 28th 2001, the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs launched the World Wide Wrap, a global event uniting World Jewry by engaging in the Mitzvah of Tefilin. Held annually on Super Bowl Sunday, World Wide Wrap Day reminds us that Tefilin connect our heads, hands and hearts.
On Sunday February 8th, celebrate this iconic day by either joining us in the Gann Chapel for Minyan at 8:00 am, or with our Religious School at 9:30 am. Sets of Tefilin are available at both services.
To learn how Tefilin are worn, please click here.

World Wide Wrap Learner's Minyan & Brunch
2026-02-08 09:30 - 12:00 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
For grades 5-8 and open to all!
Get ready to wrap and roll!
Celebrate World Wide Wrap Day by participating in the mitzvah of wrapping tefillin with our community.
5th-7th graders and their parents are invited to a special learner’s morning minyan service followed by a bagel and lox brunch and learn. Students in 8th-12th grade as well as “curious-about-tefillin” adults are encouraged to join us as well.
9:30-10:00 The wrapping begins
10:00-11:00 Learner’s Service in Gann Chapel
11:00-11:45 Brunch and Learn
5th and 6th graders will use the tefillin they hand-make at Religious School prior to the program.
7th graders should bring their tefillin they received their bar/bat mitzvah year as well as the tallit they made in 6th grade.
8th graders and up should bring any tefillin or tallit they may have. Some pairs will be available to borrow.
For food ordering purposes, RSVP is appreciated if you or your child are not part of the grades 5-7 Religious School community. Please email Risa to RSVP.
This program is generously made possible by the Temple Emanuel Brotherhood.

Shabbat Morning Service: DIY Instructions for the Tabernacle? What Did Moses Receive at Sinai? with Rabbi Peretz Rodman
2026-02-21 09:30 - 12:00 | Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
The Torah offers more than one account of what was revealed to Moses on Mt. Sinai. This week’s reading, Terumah, suggests that the Ten Commandments were not the focus of revelation. What are the implications for us of the different portrayals of Moses’ experience?
Join us as Rabbi Peretz Rodman speaks during this special Shabbat morning service.
About Rabbi Peretz Rodman
Rabbi Rodman is a Jerusalem-based writer, translator, and editor. A native Bostonian, he has studied and taught at Brandeis University, Hebrew College, and the Rothberg International School of the Hebrew University.

Tot Shabbat with Rebecca
2026-02-21 11:00 - 11:45 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States

Brotherhood Shabbat
2026-02-28 09:30 - 12:00 | Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Please join us as Brotherhood leads a special Shabbat morning service that honors many of the men who help keep our community vibrant and strong. Be there as we celebrate passing our traditions from generation to generation (l’dor v’dor) with a diverse lineup of participants.
It is also Shabbat Zachor, which brings attention to the antisemitism we have faced in the past and today. Our speakers will explore the meaning of this special Shabbat.
Special aliyot will honor our past presidents, current leadership, and members who have made major contributions to our success. Services will be led by Steve Ebstein and Danny Mandeau. Torah readers include Jonathan Delatizky, Ben Mintz, Ralph Isberg, Howard Breslau, Mitch Breslau, Max Breslau, Michael Goldman and Robert Finkel. Our Haftorah reader is David Rozenson.
Celebrate with us at our festive kiddush following the service.
Join us, along with members of Minyan Ma’or and the Walnut Street Minyan, in the sanctuary at 12:45 for a post-kiddush talk from our guest speaker, Rabbi Elan Babchuck.
About the Speakers
Rabbi Elan Babchuck
Our guest speaker, Rabbi Elan Babchuck serves as the Executive Vice President at Clal (National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership) and the Founding Executive Director of Glean Network, which partners with Columbia Business School. He has published in The Atlantic, The Guardian, Washington Post, and Religion News Service, writes a column for The Wisdom Daily, contributed to Meaning Making – 8 Values That Drive America’s Newest Generations (2020, St. Mary’s Press) and is the co-author of Picking Up the Pieces: Leadership After Empire (2023, Fortress Press). His newest book about Shabbat, Sacred Time, is coming out in 2027.
He also serves as a Founding Partner of Starts With Us, a movement to counteract toxic polarization in America, and is a founding Research Advisory Board Member of Springtide Research Institute.
Arnie Zar-Kessler
The d’var torah will be presented by Arnie Zar-Kessler. Arnie has served as Head of School at Jewish Day Schools in Boston (Schechter) and Las Vegas (Adelson), reflecting close to thirty years in Jewish education. In addition, he has helped train school leaders in underserved communities as Executive Director of Inspiring Educators, working with Public and Charter Schools nationally, including rising leaders at Teach For America.
Currently, he serves on the Board of the Christa McAuliffe Charter School and is part of the team at Hummingbird Books in Chestnut Hill.

Family Megillah Reading
2026-03-02 18:15 - 19:15 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Get ready to seal the Golden Honmoon this Purim! You are invited to our annual Family Megillah Reading, featuring Teen Megillah readers and performances by our Teen Band, all set to this year’s Purim theme: K-Pop Haman Hunters. Show us your best HUNTR/X or Saja Boys costume while singing along to Purim-themed versions of “Golden,” “Soda Pop,” and more from the hit animated film, K-Pop Demon Hunters.
All teens are invited to join us in the Solomon Youth Lounge directly following the Family Megillah reading for an ice cream social!
No fee or registration required.
Not able to join in-person? View the livestream HERE.
During the Family Megillah Reading, we’ll have noise-canceling headphones available, as well as a Quiet Room in Room 22 for any children who may need a little break from the noise and excitement. The room will offer calming activities to help everyone relax and recharge. We kindly ask that parents stay with their children for the entire time they are using the Quiet Room. We hope everyone has a wonderful time!

Full Megillah Reading
2026-03-02 19:00 - 21:00 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Please join us for Mincha, Ma’ariv, and a full Megillah reading, organized by Minyan Ma’or. All are welcome!
Mincha at 5:50 PM in the Gann Chapel, followed by Ma’ariv and Megillah reading in Adelson Community Hall at 7:00pm.
Click HERE to watch on Livestream.
