Temple Emanuel

Ruach Shabbat Services: Grades K-6
2025-05-03 10:45 - 12:00, 2025-05-10 10:45 - 12:00, 2025-05-24 10:45 - 12:00, 2025-05-31 10:45 - 12:00, 2025-06-07 10:45 - 12:00, 2025-06-14 10:45 - 12:00, 2025-06-21 10:45 - 12:00, 2025-06-28 10:45 - 12:00 (America/New_York) and 4 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!

Ruach Shabbat Services: Grades K-6
2025-05-17 10:45 - 12:00 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
For Grades K-6. Join Arielle Waite on Shabbat morning in Room 22 at Temple Emanuel for a fun children’s service!

6th Grade Shabbat Service
2025-05-31 09:30 - 12:00 | Gann Chapel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Calling all 6th grade families!
Join us for services and a special kiddush in the Gann Chapel.
Register Here→

Honor our Members Through the Decades Shabbat Morning Service: Celebrating our B'nei Mitzvah Celebrants During Covid & This Year's New Members
2025-06-07 09:30 - 12:00 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
We began the celebration of our members Through the Decades at Temple Emanuel in 2023 by honoring our members who joined our community from the 1940s through the 2020s. In 2024, we went on to celebrate Travelers with our community, B’nei Mitzvah from the 1950s to 1990 and Adult B’nei Mitzvah from the 1990s and 2000s. The celebration continues this year!
Join us June 7, 2025 as we continue to honor our members Through the Decades, celebrating our B’nei Mitzvah who celebrated their Bar and Bat Mitzvah during Covid, from March 14, 2020 through May 29, 2021. We want to honor you and your families with our entire community, together in the Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary! We will also honor and welcome all of our New Members this shul year who joined our community since July 1st!
If that includes you, plan to be with us so we can honor you!
If it does not include you, join us on this special Shabbat to celebrate our community.
Festive kiddush to follow!
Contact us with any questions at ThroughTheDecades@templeemanuel.com
Temple Emanuel is all about community and our community is all about you.
Marcie Abramson and Amy B. Klein, Membership Committee Co-Chairs
Sandy Cohn Thau, Vice President of Membership

Summer Shul
2025-06-21 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-06-28 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-07-05 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-07-12 08:30 - 09:30, 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 | 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

Pride Shabbat
2025-06-21 09:30 - 12:00 | Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join us for Temple Emanuel’s Pride Shabbat! This year, we will hear a special sermon from our Ritual Coordinator, AJ Helman.
Sermon Topic – Both/And: Being a Proud Queer Zionist Jew in a Post-October 7 World
Minyan Ma’or’s events in Reisman will include a D’var Torah by Reva Kasman. The drash theme will be: “Redefining Bravery: Personal and Parsha-Based Reflections for Pride Shabbat”
About AJ Helman
AJ Helman (they/them/theirs) is an educator and artist with a focus on Jewish and LGBTQ+ theater and education. After graduating from Emerson College with a BFA in Theater Education and Performance, AJ remained in Boston, working in the local theater and film industries as both an artist and a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion liaison. As part of their activism and educator work, they facilitated workshops on gender diversity in theater and spearheaded better inclusion practices for transgender employees in the film industry thanks to the support of Ryan Reynolds’ and Blake Lively’s Group Effort Initiative. AJ proudly marched with Keshet at San Francisco Pride directly following the Supreme Court’s overturning of the Defense of Marriage Act, effectively making LGBTQ+ marriage in the United States legal. In addition to their activism and artistry, AJ is thrilled to be a part of the Temple Emanuel staff as the Ritual Coordinator.

Tot Shabbat
2025-06-28 11:00 - 11:45, 2025-07-05 11:00 - 11:45, 2025-07-19 11:00 - 11:45, 2025-08-02 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

Ruach Shabbat Services: Grades K-6
2025-07-05 10:45 - 12:00 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
For Grades K-6. This week, join Ritual Coordinator AJ Helman on Shabbat morning in Room 22 at Temple Emanuel for a fun children’s service!

Rocking Tot Shabbat with Wayne Potash
2025-07-12 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!
