Yisod Tu Bishvat Paint-A-Pot
2025-02-11 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Reisman Hall, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Get crafty with Yisod! Celebrate TuBishvat by planting an herb or flower inside your very own personalized pot. No green thumb required!
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Drop-In Play
2025-02-12 15:30 - 17:30, 2025-02-19 15:30 - 17:30, 2025-02-26 15:30 - 17:30, 2025-03-05 15:30 - 17:30 | 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

Tu Bishvat Seder
2025-02-12 18:00 - 19:30 | Reisman Hall, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Please join us for a community Tu Bishvat Seder! Enjoy wonderful a light meal, fruits, wine or grape juice, and comradery, while experiencing the meaning of this ancient pre-spring festival.
View the booklet here!
Registration is now closed, and the waitlist is full. We look forward to seeing you at one of our upcoming programs!

Seated Zumba Gold
2025-02-13 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-02-27 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-03-06 09:00 - 10:00 | Virtual
With Ketty Rosenfeld
Thursday mornings| 9:00 – 10:00am
Session Dates: Sept 11, 25; Oct 23, 30; Nov 6, 13, 20; Dec 4; Jan 8, 22, 29; Feb 5, 12, 19; March 5, 12; April 16, 23, 30; May 21, 28
Join us Online via Zoom
Meeting ID: 871 2457 6849
We are grateful for the Temple Emanuel Senior Fund for supporting Zumba Gold this season. No RSVP needed – No Charge – All are welcome. Questions? Please contact Tracy Schneider.

A Taste of Shabbat Alive
2025-02-14 17:45 - 18:15 | Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join us for our last young family dinner of the season! We’ll meet outdoors 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 free festive Shabbat dinner in Adelson Community Hall – a perfect place to meet other young families!
Registration appreciated.
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Generously supported by the Dr. Trudy Karger Family Education Fund

Contemporary Shabbat
2025-02-15 10:00 - 12:00 | Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
For over fifty years, the Contemporary service on the second day of Rosh HaShanah has been a beloved Temple Emanuel experience. Every year we hear some version of, “That was great! Can we do that more often?” This year, the answer is an enthusiastic, “Yes!”
Join us on Shabbat mornings February 15, March 15 and April 12 in the Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary as we extend the joyful energy of the Contemporary Service to Shabbat. What to expect? We’ll start at 10am with Torah service and then build to an hour of sacred song that will speak straight to your soul, followed by an inspirational sermon and uplifting concluding prayers. As always, when services conclude, you are warmly invited to stay for community connection at kiddush.
Access the Siddur Lev Shalem HERE→
Make sure to check out the Contemporary Shabbat Playlist to listen to the various melodies of this service!

Ruach Shabbat Services: Grades K-6
2025-02-15 10:45 - 12:00, 2025-02-22 10:45 - 12:00, 2025-03-01 10:45 - 12:00 | 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!

Micah Goodman: The Real Reason Behind Israel's Success in Dismantling Iran's Proxies
2025-02-16 10:00 - 11:00 | Virtual
Our Temple Emanuel Hartman Learning Initiative continues with an online program Sunday morning, February 16 with Dr. Micah Goodman, who will join us via zoom from Israel.
Over the past year, Iran’s network of terror proxies – their ‘Axis of Resistance’ – has collapsed. Scholar, public intellectual, best-selling author and our good friend Dr. Micah Goodman has a creative new perspective on Iran’s defeats. Join our Temple Emanuel community on Zoom to hear Micah present his theory and answer the question: What does this war against Iran’s proxies reveal about the hidden power of Israeli society?
Watch a Recording Here→
Upcoming Hartman Learning Programs:
Tuesday February 25 – Elena Stein Hain
Monday March 10 – Tal Becker
June 25 – July 2, 2025 – TE-Hartman 2025 Trip to Israel. Let us know here you’d like to learn more!
Look for recordings of all our online sessions and selected lectures of Hartman scholars at Temple Emanuel here.
Watch for updated details on this program and all Hartman learning opportunities in our weekly Friday midday Hartman @ Home email.

Yisod Speakeasy Shabbat Dinner
2025-02-21 18:30 - 22:30 | Reisman Hall, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Transport yourself to the Roaring Twenties at our Speakeasy Shabbat Dinner! Join us for an evening of elegance and intrigue, featuring delicious cocktails, vintage 1920s decorations, and a cozy, moody atmosphere.
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Temple Emanuel Teen Brotherhood
2025-02-23 15:00 - 17:00 | Solomon Youth Lounge, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Temple Emanuel Teen Brotherhood is a three-part event series for high school-aged young men to build community and learn about masculinity. In each session we will learn what the Jewish tradition has to say about masculinity and other topics important for high school-aged young men, and there will be an opportunity to be active through playing sports.
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For more information, please reach out to Teen Rabbinic Intern Aaron Berc

Hartman Learning with Elana Stein HainAn American in Jerusalem: Israeli Power and Vulnerability Up Close
2025-02-25 20:00 - 21:15 | Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Since 1948, we are in a rare moment in Jewish history, one in which we possess actual power but retain real vulnerability. Join Dr. Elana Stein Hain, who is spending this year in Israel, as she explores how power and vulnerability intersect both in American and Israeli Jewish life with an eye toward what we can learn from each other in shaping our shared future.
Watch a Recording Here→
Upcoming Hartman Learning Programs:
Monday March 10 – Tal Becker
June 25 – July 2, 2025 – TE-Hartman 2025 Trip to Israel. Let us know here you’d like to learn more!
Look for recordings of all our online sessions and selected lectures of Hartman scholars at Temple Emanuel here.
Watch for updated details on this program and all Hartman learning opportunities in our weekly Friday midday Hartman @ Home email.

Teen Lounge Night (Grades 9-12)
2025-02-26 19:00 - 20:30 | Solomon Youth Lounge, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Grades 9-12
It’s game night! Compete in board games and check out our new Youth Lounge games like a pop-a-shot, ping pong, and more while we broadcast the Celtics vs Pistons game!
Pizza and snacks will be served.
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Kitot Daled-Vav (Grades 4-6) Shabbat Dinner
2025-02-28 17:45 - 19:45 | Adelson Community Hall, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Calling all Kitot Daled, Hay, and Vav students and families!
Join us for a Shabbat dinner on Friday, February 28th from 5:45-7:45!
Registration is required, and the dinner is $36 per family.
We look forward to seeing you!
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Brotherhood Shabbat
2025-03-01 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 Shekalim, which highlights the importance of contributing to the upkeep of the Jewish community. Our speakers will explore the meaning of this special Shabbat, which also marks the start of the month of Adar.
Our guest speaker, Robert Housman, established Yad Chessed so he could help his neighbors struggling in Boston’s Jewish community. In the early years, he ran it by himself, with help from his wife Sue, as he worked full-time as a computer programmer. He directed Yad Chessed until the summer of 2012 when he became a member of its Board of Directors.
The d’var torah will be presented by Rabbi Dan Judson. Rabbi Judson serves as the Provost of Hebrew College where is also a lecturer in Jewish history. He received his doctorate in Jewish history at Brandeis University and his book, Pennies for Heaven: The History of American Synagogues and Money was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award.

Special aliyot will honor our Keeper of the Flame, past presidents, current leadership, and leaders of our wide variety of activities. Brotherhood members will be leading the service, reading the Torah and Haftorah as well as receiving honors.
Celebrate with us at our festive kiddush following the service

Baby Brunch
2025-03-02 09:00 - 10:00 | 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! This is a great opportunity to meet other parents with infants, share stories, and enjoy a delicious FREE breakfast together.
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Sponsored by TE Sisterhood and the Cindy Levinson Fund for Parenting Education

K'tonton Pre-K Dropoff Program
2025-03-02 10:00 - 12:00 | TE Preschool, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Our much loved “K’tonton” program for Pre-K students, ages 3-5 is returning twice a month! This program will meet two Sundays a month from 10:00-12:00 and is the perfect “taste of Religious School” for our littlest friends.
Discover the joy of Jewish learning with your pre-k friends!
Please note: K’tonton is now at capacity. Contact us HERE to join the waitlist!

Music and Movement with Little Beats
2025-03-02 11:00 - 12:00 | Benjamin Vestry, 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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This program is generously sponsored by the Cindy Levinson Fund for Parenting Education

Second Nurture Foster Family Support Group
2025-03-02 13:30 - 15:30 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Help support a gathering of local foster families who meet monthly for discussions (and snacks!), with supervised kids’ activities in an nearby room. Martha Hausman, The 2N Family Support Specialist (FSS) facilitates these informal meetings with each parent taking a turn to share what’s happening in their lives, and everyone offering their wisdom. The Cohort soon becomes its own little community.
Volunteers will:

Sign people in
Help kids get snacks
Show adults and kids the rooms we will meet in
Supervise/play with kids while their adults meet

Sign-up to volunteer HERE→
Contact Martha with any questions!

Chamber Music Concerts
2025-03-02 15:00 - 16:30 | Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
This concert features the return of the amazing Arabella (String) Quartet.
Join us in-person or on livestream!
About The Arabella String Quartet
The members of the Arabella quartet hail from around the globe and first met at Yale University, where Causa and Kwok were serving on the faculty. A veritable United Nations of chamber music, they represent Denmark, Australia, Italy and France and carry on the pedigree of great European traditions and masters—the Paris Conservatoire, the University for Music and the Performing Arts Vienna, and the Menuhin Academy—as well as the influence of celebrated American ensembles, such as the Guarneri, Tokyo, and Juilliard quartets. This mélange of musical training and backgrounds imbues their performances with distinctive freshness, inventiveness and musical depth. In recent seasons the quartet has performed for Charleston Music Fest, SC; the Chelsea Music Festival, NYC; the Hammond Performing Arts Series Temple Emanuel Chamber Series, Bynum Recital Series, Mistral Music in MA; Cosmos Club and Kenwood Chamber Society Series, Washington DC. The quartet remained committed to their audiences through the global pandemic with high-quality pre-recorded concerts and live-streams. The Arabella Quartet’s debut CD, titled In the Moment was released by Naxos Records in May 2017. An innovative program that explores time, place and mood through a series of short pieces, the disc was named Album of the Week by Classic FM who declared it, “an album well worth dipping into, exceptionally well played.” The world’s leading string periodical, The Strad Magazine, described In the Moment “as a fine disc, the Arabella digging deep to produce performances of great intensity and poise.”
In May 2022, the Arabella quartet’s recording of the Six Concertante Quartets by Joseph Bologne, Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges was released for Naxos Records. The result of a close collaboration with Artaria editions, the recording was praised by BBC Music Magazine: “There’s certainly no lack of prowess in these delightful performances … This is wonderful advocacy of enchanting music”. Classical Music Daily enthused that “The Arabella Quartet dispatches these graceful cameos with aplomb, and the playing is immensely cohesive and consistently alive.”
In addition to performing as the Arabella Quartet, its members enjoy varied individual careers and bring to their quartet life a mature musicality and sense of equality. Julie Eskar is first concertmaster of the Danish National Chamber Orchestra, as well as a founding member of the acclaimed Eskar Trio. Sarita Kwok holds the Adams Endowed Chair in Music and serves as Chair of the Department of Music at Gordon College in Wenham, MA. Eskar and Kwok rotate in their roles as first and second violinists in the quartet. Ettore Causa is Professor of Viola at Yale’s School of Music. Alexandre Lecarme has been a member of the Boston Symphony orchestra since 2008 and holds the Mischa Nieland chair, endowed in perpetuity.
The Chamber Series is sponsored by Saul B. and Naomi R. Cohen Foundation

THE SAUL B. AND NAOMI R. COHEN FOUNDATION
Founded in 1997, the Foundation supports and promotes the fine and performing arts. It awards grants to promising young artists and especially gifted performing musicians to enable them to further their artistic pursuits. The Foundation also assists in the development of the musical careers of classical artists with assistance in arranging performance engagements, counseling in career strategy, guidance in the selection of live and recorded performances and help in day-to-day living matters.
To receive email communications about the Chamber Concert series, please contact sbc87home@gmail.com.

You, Too, Can Cantillate: High Holy Day Edition
2025-03-03 18:00 - 19:15 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
There is a rich history to Torah Cantillation melody spanning the globe. One of the variations is the way in which we chant on the High Holy Days. This class is for those that already have a working knowledge of trope. To join the class, register here (link here) We look forward to finding a reading for you on Rosh HaShana or Yom Kippur in 5786!
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Jewish Con Salsa
2025-03-04 19:00 - 21:00 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Come join us for a fabulous Jewish Latin American dinner where New York Times bestselling author Ilan Stavans and Cantor Elias Rosemberg will take us on a tour of Jewish Culture in Latin America. Between courses, Stavans will talk about his own experiences and how the mingling of Jewish and Spanish influences has created a unique culture and cuisine. Cantor Rosemberg will perform songs and talk about the distinct musical culture created by Jews in Latin America. This promises to be an evening not to be missed! Appetizers, drinks, dinner and dessert will be served!
Copies of Ilan Stavans’ cookbook Sabor Judio: The Jewish Mexican Cookbook will be available for purchase at the event, or pre-order on the registration page. Sabor Judio celebrates the fusion of two culinary traditions, offering 100 recipes for everyday and holiday cooking, as well as providing a history of Jewish immigration to Mexico from 1492 to the present.
Tickets: $40
Registration is now closed. For questions and any last minute cancellations or additions, please contact Joanne Levy.
This program is supported in part by grants from the Sisterhood Temple Emanuel Fund and the Newton Cultural Council

Artful Events
2025-03-05 12:30 - 14:00 | Reisman Hall, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
“Artful Events” is an interactive art appreciation and art making program for ACTIVE OLDER ADULTS, with a new theme each time! No charge, all are welcome! Please RSVP to Tracy Schneider at Tracys120@yahoo.com.
March 5 – Artist Appreciation: Anni AlbersJoin Michele Marram as she explores the creations of Anni Albers, a weaver and printmaker. Ms. Albers, who coined the term “pictorial weaving”, is one of the most well-known textile designers of the twentieth century. She studied at the Bauhaus in Germany and then came to the United States to join the faculty at Black Mountain College in western North Carolina. In her later years she turned to printmaking. Following the presentation we will make some of our own Albers-like creations.
Michele Marram (M.A., M.L.S.) is a research librarian and art educator who leads interactive Artist Workshops for multiple ages. Through her presentations and hands-on workshops attendees explore both the historical context and style of the subject’s life and creative works.
April 9 – Artist Appreciation: Betty WoodmanBetty Woodman (American, 1930-2018) had a nearly 70-year career as a clay artist. Her colorful clay sculptures are the evolution of her studying at the School for American Craftsmen in Alfred, NY, and in Italy. She exhibited internationally and has artwork in museums across the world. She had the first solo exhibition by a living woman artist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2006. Join us to view a variety of her sculptures across her long career. Following, be inspired to sculpt your own work of art in clay! Instruction, materials and tools provided.
Carolyn Melbye has a BFA with a concentration in ceramics. After college she worked in the art collections field. A few years later, she became aware of the power of art to heal, and pursued her MA in expressive arts therapies. She counsels primarily adults and older adults, creates artwork for self-expression, and presents on art history. Carolyn is passionate about sharing her interests in looking at art, and exploring how it can more deeply connect us to our past, to others, and ourselves.

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Sponsored by the Agress Family in Memory of Al & Trudy Agress

Meet Today’s Technion Students...Tomorrow’s Israeli Innovators and Entrepreneurs
2025-03-05 19:30 - 21:00 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Who will create the scientific and technological breakthroughs that will shape Israel and our world in the years to come? Who else but Technion students? Meet Yaniv Slor Futterman, an undergraduate student of electrical and computer engineering who is working to leverage computational systems to improve the treatment of cancer. He will be joined by fellow undergraduate Nikol Seleznev, whose studies combine her passion for engineering with a desire to improve lives through innovative healthcare solutions. You’ll be inspired by their soaring aspirations and personal journeys. Join Temple Emanuel’s Israel Action Committee, in partnership with Boston’s Technion Speaker Series, for a conversation with these talented Technion students, the Berger Visiting Fellows. There will be light kosher refreshments served.
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