Temple Emanuel

Summer Shul
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

Ruach Shabbat Services: Grades K-6
2025-07-19 10:45 - 12:00, 2025-07-26 10:45 - 12:00, 2025-08-02 10:45 - 12:00, 2025-08-09 10:45 - 12:00, 2025-08-16 10:45 - 12:00, 2025-08-23 10:45 - 12:00, 2025-08-30 10:45 - 12:00, 2025-09-06 10:45 - 12:00 and 1 more date | 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
2025-07-19 11:00 - 11:45, 2025-08-02 11:00 - 11:45, 2025-08-09 11:00 - 11:45, 2025-08-16 11:00 - 11:45, 2025-08-23 11:00 - 11:45, 2025-08-30 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!
August Tot Shabbat leaders:

August 2nd: Rabbi Aliza and Lena
August 9th: Maya Robinson
August 16th: Rabbi Aliza and Lena
August 23rd: Maya Robinson
August 30th: David Rosemberg

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 | 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 Rebecca and David
2025-09-06 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!

Rocking Tot Shabbat with Wayne Potash
2025-09-13 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!

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.
