Temple Emanuel

Drop-In Play
2025-08-13 15:30 - 17:30, 2025-08-20 15:30 - 17:30, 2025-08-27 15:30 - 17:30, 2025-09-03 15:30 - 17:30, 2025-09-10 15:30 - 17:30, 2025-09-17 15:30 - 17:30, 2025-10-22 15:30 - 17:30 (America/New_York) | Housman Activity Center, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join us for Drop-In Play to help your little one burn off excess energy in our Housman Activity Center!
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This program is generously sponsored by the Cindy Levinson Fund for Parenting Education

Tot Shabbat
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

Music and Movement with Little Beats
2025-08-24 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-10-19 11:00 - 12:00 | TE Preschool, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join us for an epic dance class perfect for little ones ages 0-5! It’s a good work out for parents too and a sweet opportunity to get out and play with your child(ren) and friends!
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Generously Sponsored by the Cindy Levinson Fund for Parenting Education

Tot Shabbat with Rebecca and David
2025-09-06 11:00 - 11:45, 2025-09-20 11:00 - 11:45, 2025-10-04 11:00 - 11:45, 2025-10-18 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!

Baby Brunch
2025-09-07 09:30 - 10:30 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join us for a brunch in the Rabbi Marshall R. Lifson Library Foyer hosted by Yaffa Tilles, Co-Founder of Boston Birth Village! This is a great opportunity to meet other parents with infants, share stories, and enjoy a delicious FREE breakfast together.
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Generously Sponsored by the Cindy Levinson Fund for Parenting Education

Holiday Magic
2025-09-07 11:00 - 12:00 | Benjamin Vestry, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
We’re excited to introduce a new program which is designed to provide parents and children ages 0-5 with age-appropriate activities, songs, stories, and teachings that will infuse each upcoming holiday with meaning!
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Generously Sponsored by the Cindy Levinson Fund for Parenting Education

Touch a Truck at the Community BBQ
2025-09-07 16:00 - 18:00 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join us at our Annual Community BBQ for a special Touch a Truck event with the Newton Fire and Police Departments for our little ones! This is the perfect chance to see fire engines and police trucks up close and to meet some local heroes.
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TE Community BBQ
2025-09-07 16:00 - 18:30 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join the Temple Emanuel Community for our annual BBQ, as we celebrate the beginning of the year with a great afternoon of food, friends and fun for all ages! Activities will include an obstacle course, Touch-A-Truck with the Newton Fire Department, cotton candy, and kids arts and crafts.
Rain or shine!
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We are looking for volunteers! Interested? Sign up here!
Blanket and Towel Drive Sponsored by Sisterhood and Brotherhood
Join us by donating clean, new or like-new blankets and towels with no rips or stains. Drop off items at the Welcome Home bins located at the Ashford and Ward Street Entrances anytime between September 2nd – 21st. Don’t have items to donate? Shop for Welcome Home online!

A Taste of Shabbat Alive
2025-09-12 17:45 - 18:15, 2025-10-10 17:45 - 18:15 | Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join us in the Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary for a musical Kabbalat Shabbat service filled with singing, dancing, and stories, geared specifically for families with young children from birth to age 5. After services, we’ll share a festive Shabbat dinner in Adelson Community Hall – a perfect place to meet other young families!
Registration required.
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Generously supported by the Dr. Trudy Karger Family Education Fund

Rocking Tot Shabbat with Wayne Potash
2025-09-13 11:00 - 11:45, 2025-09-27 11:00 - 11:45, 2025-10-11 11:00 - 11:45, 2025-10-25 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!

Baby Brunch
2025-10-05 09:30 - 10:30 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join us for a brunch in Feldberg, around the corner from the Housman Activity Room, hosted by Yaffa Tilles, Co-Founder of Boston Birth Village! This is a great opportunity to meet other parents with infants, share stories, and enjoy a delicious FREE breakfast together.
Register Today!
Generously Sponsored by the Cindy Levinson Fund for Parenting Education

Holiday Magic: Sukkot
2025-10-05 11:00 - 12:00 | Reisman Hall, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Celebrate Sukkot with your TE Tots friends! Join Lena and special guest Stacey Shulman, Preschool Director, as we craft our own lulavs and etrogs, decorate the sukkah, and sing songs to welcome guests!
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Generously Sponsored by the Cindy Levinson Fund for Parenting Education

Community Shabbat Dinner
2025-10-24 18:30 - 21:00 | Adelson Community Hall, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join us for a joyous Fall Community Shabbat Dinner on Friday, October 24th as we come together to celebrate Shabbat with great food and community spirit. Enjoy a delicious meal and connections with others from our Temple Emanuel Family.
The program will begin with Shabbat Alive services at 6:30 pm. We will then all join together for dinner in Adelson Community Hall. Special reserved tables will be available for all new 2025-26 TE members. We look forward to seeing you.
Pricing:
Adults: $36 each
Children: $18 each
Registration is now closed. Please reach out to LauraSue HERE to join the waitlist.

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