Seated Zumba Gold
2025-04-10 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-04-17 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-05-01 09:00 - 10:00 (America/New_York) | 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
2025-04-11 17:45 - 18:15, 2025-05-09 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.
Register Today→
Generously supported by the Dr. Trudy Karger Family Education Fund

Contemporary Shabbat
2025-04-12 09:30 - 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
2025-04-12 10:45 - 12:00, 2025-04-19 10:45 - 12:00, 2025-04-26 10:45 - 12:00, 2025-05-03 10:45 - 12:00, 2025-05-10 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!

Let My People Sing: A Community Passover Seder
2025-04-13 18:30 - 21:00 | Adelson Community Hall, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Come together for a Community Passover Seder on the Second Night of Passover with Rabbi Michelle Robinson and Cantor Elias Rosemberg together with a group of wonderful musicians and singers.
Cost: Adults – $80 (TE members) or $100 (non-TE members)
Children under 13 – $36
Children under 3 – Free
Seats and tables this year will be unassigned and dinner will be served buffet style.
Tables are reserved for groups of 6 or more.
Registration is now closed. Contact Saffron to join the waitlist!

Drop-In Play
2025-04-16 15:30 - 17:30, 2025-04-23 15:30 - 17:30, 2025-04-30 15:30 - 17:30, 2025-05-07 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!
Register Today!
This program is generously sponsored by the Cindy Levinson Fund for Parenting Education

Yisod Prince of Egypt Shabbat Dinner
2025-04-18 18:30 - 22:00 | Reisman Hall, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join us for a special Shabbat dinner during Passover as we journey back to ancient Egypt with a “Prince of Egypt” themed evening at Temple Emanuel. Immerse yourself in the timeless story of the Exodus and celebrate our heritage with great friends and food!
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Yom HaShoah Annual Commemoration
2025-04-24 19:00 - 20:00 | Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Please join us for our annual Yom HaShoah Commemoration. In addition to our yearly rituals, we are privileged to welcome Sabine von Mering for a special talk titled “Pastors, Spies, Assassins: Is this a “Bonhoeffer Moment”?. In this talk, Professor von Mering will tell the story of her grandfather, who in 1934 became a member of the “Confessing Church”, an organization of Protestant pastors co-founded by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. In that context she will discuss the controversy around the recent film “Bonhoeffer. Pastor, Spy, Assassin” (2024), produced and heavily promoted by Christian Nationalists, and consider the lessons to be drawn for the present moment.
We will also be blessed with a special video from our beloved Rabbi Michelle and Hazzan Elias direct from Poland as they are leading our members on a March of the Living journey. We are with them in spirit on this most solemn and inspirational day and wish them safe travels.
About The Speaker
Sabine von Mering is Professor of German and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Director of the Center for German and European Studies at Brandeis University. She holds a Ph.D. in German Studies from the University of California, Davis. Together with Monika Hübscher, she co-edited Antisemitism on Social Media (Routledge, 2022). The updated German translation, Antisemitismus in den Sozialen Medien was published with Verlag Barbara Budrich in May 2024). Previous co-edited volumes include Right-Wing Radicalism Today: Perspectives from Europe and the US (2013) and Russian-Jewish Emigrants After the Cold War: Perspectives from Germany, Israel, Canada, and the United States (2006). She also co-edited The Routledge Handbook of Grassroots Climate Activism (2025) and is currently working on the connection between climate denial and right-wing extremism. Since the beginning of the pandemic she has been hosting the popular CGES Online Webinar series.

Pirke Avot Study
2025-04-26 12:45 - 13:45, 2025-05-03 12:45 - 13:45 | Slater Conference Room, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Since the 10th century, CE Jews have studied the 6 chapters of Mishna Pirke Avot (Ethics of the Fathers) between Pesach and Shavout on Shabbat afternoons. We at Temple Emanuel search the wisdom together with lively discussion for, as Ben Zoma taught: “Who is wise? Those who learn from everyone”. (4:1)
Facilitator Schedule:
4/26 – Sid Kadish
5/3 – Howard Zilber
5/10 – Marty Paley
5/17 – Hy Kempler
5/24 – David Rozenson
5/31 – Molly Peddar and Roberta Gross-Torres
We’ll meet in the Slater Conference Room (or on Zoom) from 12:45 to 1:45 each Shabbat.
As Rabbi Tarfon taught “The day is short and the work is great….It is not incumbent upon you to finish the task, but neither are you free to desist from it.” (2:20-21). A nice version, including translation and commentary, appears in Siddur Lev Shalem p. 235 – 262

Chamber Music Concerts
2025-04-27 15:00 - 16:30 | Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Featuring winners of the 2025 Metropolitan Opera Laffont New England Regional Competition!
Performances By:
Josie Larsen, Soprano
Ricky Lee Owens, Jr., Countertenor
Joel Clemens, Baritone
Douglas Sumi, Piano
Join us in-person or on livestream!
About the Performers
Baritone, Joel Clemens, is from Ashburn, Virginia. He is a 2020 BM graduate of James Madison University and as the Miles A. Fish Scholar, he received his MM in 2022 from Boston Conservatory at Berklee. In 2023, he made his debut at Symphony Hall as the baritone soloist in the Holiday Pops, conducted by Keith Lockhart. He has also sung roles with Boston Lyric Opera, Boston Youth Symphony, Boston Opera Collaborative, Boston Conservatory singing in Marriage of Figaro, Cosi fan Tutte, Faust, La Clemenza di Tito, A Midsummer Night’s Dream Dead Man Walking,As One. Recently he was featured as Manfred in Jake Heggie’s For a Look or a Touch with West End Lyric . After completing a year with Chautauqua Opera Company’s Opera in the Schools program, in September 2024, he returned to Boston to premiere Is this America written by Mary Watkins for White Snake Projects. In January 2025, he was selected as Second Place Winner in the New England MetLaffont Competition. This summer he will be a Studio Artist at Chautauqua Opera Company.
Soprano Josie Larson, is from Sammanish, Washington. A 2021 BA graduate from Brigham Young University, she is a recipient of the Presidential Scholarship from New England Conservatory 2023-2025, earning a 2023 MM and Artist Diploma in May 2025. A student of Bradley Wiliams at NEC, she sang Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus, Mimi in La Boheme, Fiordiligi in Cosi Fan Tutte. In summer of 2024, she was at Aspen Music Festival singing in Cosi Fan Tutte (Fiordiligi) Die Zauberflote (First Lady)Don Giovanni (Donna Elvira). This spring she will be singing Brahms German Requiem with NEC Philharmonia and Symphonic choir with maestro Hugo Wolff and singing “From Jewish Folk Poetry” as part of BSO’s Decoding Shostakovich series. In January, she was the 2025 New England, MetLaffont Competition Third Place award winner. This Summer 2025, she will be Lehrer Fellow at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California.
Counter tenor Ricky Lee Owens, jr. is from Dallas, Texas. A 2022 BM graduate of Prairie View University, a 2024 MM graduate from Carnegie Mellon University, he is currently enrolled at New England Conservatory, studying with Bradley Williams, pursuing a GD in vocal performance, May 2026. Since 2019, he has sung roles in Baroque, classical, modern operas as well as art songs by Vivaldi, Handel, Mozart, Britten. In Pittsburgh, he curated and performed a concert in collaboration with Pittsburgh Festival Opera. In January 2025, he was a Finalist in the NewEngland MetLaffont competition.
Host and pianist Douglas Sumi is a frequent collaborator with many of today’s artists and opera theaters. Having been engaged by LA Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Wolf Trap Opera, among many other theaters, he has collaborated with renowned artists such as Renee Fleming, Placido Domingo, Itzhak Perlman. Currently, he is on the faculty at Boston University School of Music, teaching courses in song literature, lyric diction and opera for pianists. www.douglassumi.com
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.

Temple Emanuel Teen Brotherhood
2025-04-27 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.
Register→
For more information, please reach out to Teen Rabbinic Intern Aaron Berc

Erev Ivrit: What's in a Symbol?
2025-04-30 17:30 - 19:00 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join the Kesher community for an Israeli-style dinner! This is a fantastic opportunity to explore Israeli and Jewish symbols with your children.
Meals are $18 per person and must be ordered in advance to ensure we have enough food.
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7th Grade Trip to Newport, Rhode Island
2025-05-04 08:45 - 15:00 | In Person – Other, MA, United States
All Temple Emanuel 7th graders are invited to join us on a trip to Newport, Rhode Island! We will visit the famous Touro Synagogue, once visited by George Washington himself, and take a walking tour of colonial Jewish Newport. We will enjoy seaside views and lunch together before returning to the Temple.
Bus will depart at 8:45 AM and return at approximately 3:00 PM.
Please email acutter@templeemanuel.com if you would like to be a parent chaperone.
This trip is included for Chai385 students, and the cost is $10 for all other 7th graders attending. Please email acutter@templeemanuel.com if your child is not a Chai385 student and would like to attend!

Sisterhood Donor 2025
2025-05-04 09:30 - 13:00 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
SAVE THE DATE! Sisterhood’s 89th Annual Donor Event on Sunday, May 4th!
Come celebrate “With Our Light” Donor 2025 on the morning of Sunday May 4th! Sisterhood illuminates our world with Donor 2025! “With Our Light” will brighten your day while you listen to speakers who are role models of light in our community and performers who shine from our Temple musical groups.
Enjoy delightful food, a wine tasting from Gordon’s Fine Wine, view our silent auction highlights, and shop our dazzling boutiques, raffles, and delicious treats by Andrew. Proceeds from this event go towards Sisterhood and TE community building and educational programs, camp scholarships, and donations to organizations that combat food insecurity including the Newton Community Freedge, Mass Ave First Baptist Church Project Manna and Turkey Drive, and Leket for Israel. Many of your favorite boutiques are returning from last year, and we have some exciting new ones! It’s a brilliant time to buy unique gifts and accessories for upcoming holidays, graduation, and special events.
Register Here→
Donate & Buy Raffle Tickets→
Become a Sponsor→
Thinking of getting more involved in Sisterhood? Volunteers are welcome to help with registration and setup on the day of the event, gathering raffle items, or soliciting sponsorships from your favorite businesses. Please contact Julia Gilbert or Marlene Yudelman for more information.
Thank you to our Sponsors!
Platinum Level Sponsors
Levine Chapels
The Village Bank
Diamond Level Sponsors
Catering by Andrew
Gold Level Sponsors
Boston Premier Flooring, LLC
Joseph Gann Jewelers
Silver Level Sponsors
2Life Communities
Betsy Jenney
Brezniak Funeral Directors
Brookline Bank
Brookline Booksmith
Cohen Camps: Pembroke, Tel Noar, and Tevya
Coldwell Banker Realty
Fenway Group
Marquis Jewelers
Miltons – The Store for Men
Stanetsky Memorial Chapel
The Rashi School
West Newton Hearing Center
Zayde’s Market
Bronze Level Sponsors
Active Travels
All That Jazz Dance Studio
Child Therapy Boston
Gold Landscaping
Hynes Auto Repair
Jane Lenson Realtor, Coldwell Banker Realty
Laredo, Smith, & Kane LLP
Newton Memorial Art
Posture4performance
Roberta Laredo, RDN, CDE, Nutrition Consulting
The Barn
Union Pharmacy

K'tonton Pre-K Dropoff Program
2025-05-04 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
2025-05-04 11:00 - 12:00 | TE Preschool Activity Area
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!
Register Today!
This program is generously sponsored by the Cindy Levinson Fund for Parenting Education

Kitot Gimel-Hey/Grades 3-5 Lunch
2025-05-04 12:00 - 13:00 | Solomon Youth Lounge, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
For Grades 3-5
Enjoy a delicious pizza lunch with friends in the Youth Lounge!
Cost: $15
Save the date(s) for future lunches:
October 20
November 17
December 15
January 12
February 9
March 16
April 6
May 4
Register Here→

Second Nurture Foster Family Support Group
2025-05-04 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!

Micah Goodman: Global Chaos - The Forces Undermining the World Order
2025-05-05 20:00 - 21:00 | Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Our Temple Emanuel Hartman Learning Initiative continues with Dr. Micah Goodman, who will join us in person from Israel.
We all get, every day, that we are living in no ordinary time. That we are living in historically tumultuous times. In America. The world. The financial markets. Universities. Alliances that are upturned. America’s role in the international order since World War II upturned. In Israel. Its government under a cloud of investigations and mistrust. The moral and reputational challenges to its war with Hamas that will not end, with Hamas damaged but not gone, and with our hostages still held captive.
But why?
Why is there this world-wide international tumult? What are its origins? What, if anything, can we do to ameliorate it? Most of us work on creating a counterworld of decency and dignity in our own dalet amot, the four cubits of our local existence. But can any of us make the problem of this global chaos better at its roots? Or not?
On Monday night, May 5, from 8:00 to 9:00 pm, in the Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary, we will wrap up our year of in person Hartman learning at Temple Emanuel with a visit from our friend and teacher, thought leader and public intellectual Micah Goodman who will be here from Israel to speak about the chaos now afflicting the lands we love and the world in which we live.
Watch a Recording Here→
Upcoming Hartman Learning Programs:
June 25 – July 2, 2025 – TE-Hartman 2025 Trip to Israel. Let us know here you’d like to learn more!
June 24 – July 1, 2026 – TE-Hartman 2026 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.
