Name: TE Reads with Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Start: 2025-11-17T20:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-11-17T21:00:00-05:00
Location: Gann Chapel

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Event Category: Community

November 2025
November 9 @ 11:00 am - 12:15 pm

Soulful Grandparenting: How Your Jewish Life Stories Can Impact Your Grandchildren’s Jewish Identity

Slater Conference Room 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, United States

With Dasee Berkowitz Grandparents have a hidden treasure they unearth every time they share a personal or family Jewish life story: the active transmission of values. Dasee Berkowitz, sought-after educator and facilitator and author of Becoming a Soulful Parent: A path to the wisdom within, will show grandparents how sharing family stories — where they […]
November 9 @ 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm Brotherhood Family Event – Historical Toy Train Collection Open House

Brotherhood Family Event – Historical Toy Train Collection Open House

In Person - Other MA, United States

As a kid did you enjoy watching model trains going around complicated track routes? Do you still like model trains? Do your children enjoy them? On November 9, Brotherhood member, Lew Schneider, is opening up his basement for a historical toy train collection open house. On display is a large 20 X 10 foot O […]
November 10 @ 6:15 pm - 7:30 pm You Too Can Cantillate!

You, Too, Can Cantillate: Learn to Read Torah

Slater Conference Room 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, United States

There is a rich history to Torah Cantillation. During these sessions you will learn not only methodology, but the history behind the creation of the cantillation system. At the conclusion. anyone who so wishes will have the opportunity to chant Torah on a Shabbat morning, Shabbat Mincha, or weekday morning service. A reading knowledge of […]
November 10 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Founding Editor of The Times of Israel, David Horovitz, in Dialogue with Seth Klarman

Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, United States

From his perch as founding editor of the online newspaper “Times of Israel,” David Horovitz reports daily and editorializes regularly on events in Israel. His conversation with CEO & Portfolio Manager of The Baupost Group, Seth Klarman, will be wide-ranging; from the carnage of October 7, 2023, to the release of the last living hostage […]
November 12 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm History of the Jews in the Americas

History of the Jews in the Americas

In Person - Temple Emanuel 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, United States

History of Jews in the Americas, 1492-present will be the subject of a course this fall with BU Professor Deeana Klapper. We will examine the history of Jews and Jewish communities in North America, South America and the Caribbean over 500 years. Taking a thematic and chronological approach, we will consider the diversity of American […]
November 13 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Close Reading: Sons and Daughters by Chaim Grade – A Jewish Novel Taught by Dr. Susanne Klingenstein

Close Reading: Sons and Daughters by Chaim Grade – A Jewish Novel Taught by Dr. Susanne Klingenstein

Virtual

The sharp Yiddish novelist, Chaim Grade, described the falling apart of the orthodox world in Eastern Europe in the 1930s. Sons and daughters of rabbis get out of the shtetl, but the fathers claw them back through guilt. Grade’s characters are incredibly alive; they are goofy, mad, heroic and wise. The novel is long, learned […]
November 13 @ 6:45 pm - 9:30 pm

Game Night: Mah Jongg, Canasta, and Rummikub

Adelson Community Hall 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, United States

Come and enjoy an evening of playing mah jongg, canasta and/or rummikub. Meet up with old friends and make new friends. All playing levels are welcome. Open to the community. Please spread the word! Participants must be able to play independently. If playing rummikub, please bring your own set. Mah jongg sets and canasta cards […]
November 14 @ 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Share-a-Shabbat

In Person - Other MA, United States

Share a Shabbat dinner at home with Temple Emanuel members! Join us for our fourth Share-a-Shabbat as members of TE will gather in each others’ homes to light candles, say Kiddush, share challah and enjoy Shabbat dinner together. Hosts and their TE guests will choose one of the following Shabbat experiences: Spend Shabbat dinner with […]
November 15 @ 8:30 am - 9:20 am Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Micah Goodman

Talmud Class with Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Micah Goodman

In Person - Temple Emanuel 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, United States

Join us in person at our Talmud class with Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Micah Goodman as we kick off our year of Hartman learning at Temple Emanuel as part of our Hartman Learning Initiative. Please note: Micah will also be delivering the sermon during Shabbat morning services beginning at 9:30 am, and teaching us again post-Kiddush. Details […]
November 16 @ 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm Brotherhood Family Event – Historical Toy Train Collection Open House

Brotherhood Family Event – Historical Toy Train Collection Open House

In Person - Other MA, United States

As a kid did you enjoy watching model trains going around complicated track routes? Do you still like model trains? Do your children enjoy them? On November 9, Brotherhood member, Lew Schneider, is opening up his basement for a historical toy train collection open house. On display is a large 20 X 10 foot O […]
November 17 @ 6:15 pm - 7:30 pm You Too Can Cantillate!

You, Too, Can Cantillate: Learn to Read Torah

Slater Conference Room 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, United States

There is a rich history to Torah Cantillation. During these sessions you will learn not only methodology, but the history behind the creation of the cantillation system. At the conclusion. anyone who so wishes will have the opportunity to chant Torah on a Shabbat morning, Shabbat Mincha, or weekday morning service. A reading knowledge of […]
November 17 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm

TE Reads with Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz

Gann Chapel 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, United States

Our first TE Reads for the year is The Correspondent by Virginia Evans. It is beyond compelling. It asks all the questions that go into building a life of meaning, joy and resilience: What do we do with our mistakes? What do we do with the mistakes that hurt people that cannot be fixed? What […]

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Soulful Grandparenting: How Your Jewish Life Stories Can Impact Your Grandchildren’s Jewish Identity

Brotherhood Family Event – Historical Toy Train Collection Open House

You, Too, Can Cantillate: Learn to Read Torah

Founding Editor of The Times of Israel, David Horovitz, in Dialogue with Seth Klarman

History of the Jews in the Americas

Close Reading: Sons and Daughters by Chaim Grade – A Jewish Novel Taught by Dr. Susanne Klingenstein

Game Night: Mah Jongg, Canasta, and Rummikub

Share-a-Shabbat

Talmud Class with Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Micah Goodman

Brotherhood Family Event – Historical Toy Train Collection Open House

You, Too, Can Cantillate: Learn to Read Torah

TE Reads with Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz

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