Temple Emanuel

K-5 Shabbat Alive Dinner
2025-11-21 17:45 - 18:30, 2025-12-19 17:45 - 18:30, 2026-01-16 17:45 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join us for our monthly K-5 Shabbat Alive dinner! We’ll start with a Shabbat dinner in Adelson Community Hall at 5:45PM and meet other families! After dinner, we will head over to Kabbalat Shabbat services in the Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary. We are so excited to have you join us!
Registration required for each dinner.
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Ruach Shabbat Services: Grades K-6
2025-11-22 10:45 - 12:00, 2025-11-29 10:45 - 12:00, 2025-12-06 10:45 - 12:00, 2025-12-13 10:45 - 12:00, 2025-12-20 10:45 - 12:00, 2025-12-27 10:45 - 12:00, 2026-01-03 10:45 - 12:00, 2026-01-10 10:45 - 12:00 and 1 more date | 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!

8th & 9th Grade Mock Trial Workshop
2025-11-23 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-12-21 11:00 - 12:00 | Slater Conference Room, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Learn about the biggest debates in Judaism from the Talmud and beyond with Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz!
Meets monthly in Slater conference room. Snack provided.
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Hanukkah Charitable Gift Toy Drive Sponsored by Brotherhood and Sisterhood
2025-12-01 - 2025-12-31 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Monday 12/1- Wednesday 12/31
You are invited to deposit a new, unwrapped, children’s toy in the collection boxes in the TE lobby and entrances during the two weeks preceding the first night of Hanukkah.
This is a fun and and simple opportunity for families to participate in acts of kindness and tzedakah this holiday season by giving one night of unwrapped Hanukkah gifts to homeless children (supporting Birthdaywishes.org).
Please email Larry Glazer with any questions!

Teen Shabbat Dinner(Grades 9-12)
2025-12-05 18:30 - 20:30 | Benjamin Vestry, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Grades 9-12
Join your friends and celebrate Shabbat with us for our monthly Shabbat dinner. We will join together for Shabbat Alive! services and then eat dinner in two locations. Shabbat Shalom!
Cost: $18 per person
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Teen Shabbat Dinner(Grades 6-8)
2025-12-05 18:30 - 20:30 | Benjamin Vestry, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Grades 6-8
Join your friends and celebrate Shabbat with us for our monthly Shabbat dinner. We will join together for Shabbat Alive! services and then eat dinner in two locations. Shabbat Shalom!
Cost: $18 per person
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K-5 Krav Maga with StandStrong
2025-12-14 09:30 - 12:00 | Reisman Hall, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Our Kindergarten – 5th graders will join us to learn all about Israeli Krav Maga and the art of self defense. We are partnering with StandStrong, a wonderful organization, to lead this program. If there are any non-Religious School students that would like to participate in this event, please email Risa.

K-2nd Grade Lunch and Party Games
2025-12-14 12:00 - 13:15 | TE Preschool, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Calling all K-2nd graders!
Come join us on December 14th for a delicious lunch and party games! Please register so we know how many people to expect.
We can’t wait to see you there!
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Teen Hanukkah Party
2025-12-14 12:00 - 13:30 | Solomon Youth Lounge, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join your TE friends for a fun Hanukkah celebration on the eve of the first night of the holiday. We will have games, Hanukkah trivia, food and more. Don’t miss it!
Cost is $10 per teen, includes pizza and Hanukkah snacks!
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2nd-5th Grade Camp Ramah Hanukkah Program
2025-12-18 16:30 - 17:30 | Reisman Hall, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Camp Ramah New England will be joining our Religious School on Thursday, December 18th for an hour of fun! We will be making dreidels and participating in a dreidel spinoff!
Any non-religious school students that would like to join should email Risa Wagner.

K-3rd Grade Olive Press Workshop
2025-12-21 09:30 - 12:00 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Calling all Kindergarten – 3rd graders! To celebrate the holiday of Hanukkah, we will be having Rabbi Dovid Zaltzman join us for an olive press demonstration. Our workshop demonstrates, with the help of participants, the process the Maccabees used to refine olive oil for the Menorah in the Chanukah story. Participants sort and hand-press fresh olives in an old fashioned olive press made of wood and cast iron, then decant the olive juice with a modern centrifuge to quickly extract the pure olive oil – authentic “Shemen Zayit Zach”. As the olive oil is refined, the participants hand spin wicks out of cotton and then light the Chanukah Menorah with the resulting oil.
If there are any non-Religious School students that would like to participate in this program, please email Risa Wagner.

3rd-5th Grade Lunch and Mitzvah Project
2025-12-21 12:00 - 13:15 | Solomon Youth Lounge, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Calling all 3rd-5th graders! Come join us on December 21st for a delicious lunch and mitzvah project! Please register so we know how many people to expect.
We can’t wait to see you there!
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Mixed Company of Yale University: An A Cappella Concert
2026-01-07 20:00 - 21:00 | Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Sabrina Strapp (member of Temple Emanuel and co-leader of Tot Shabbat ‘22-‘24) is so excited to bring her collegiate a cappella group, Mixed Company of Yale, to the Temple Emanuel community! We are delighted to have Temple Emanuel’s own David Rosemberg opening our show with a performance, followed by a showcase of our group’s favorite a cappella tunes.
Mixed Company is Yale’s oldest all gender, all genre a cappella group! Their diverse repertoire ranges from pop and rock to jazz and show tunes. They’ve appeared on national television in China and performed in venues on five different continents, from classrooms to thousand-seat concert halls, entertaining everyone from preschool students to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon. This January, they cannot wait to share their music with Temple Emanuel and the greater Newton community! Sabrina and David hope you’ll join us for a wonderful night of music and joy amidst these dark times for the Jewish people.
We hope to see you on January 7th!

Youth Shabbat Morning Service
2026-01-10 09:30 - 12:00 | Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join us for an incredible Shabbat morning as our teens dazzle us with gorgeous davenning, beautiful Torah reading, and insightful divrei Torah. Led start to finish by Temple Emanuel teens, this service will fill your heart with joy and hope for the future.

Join the Jewish Conversation
2026-01-11 10:00 - 11:30 | Reisman Hall, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join the Jewish Conversation! This is for parents and students in 6th grade who are having a B’nei Mitzvah at Temple Emanuel in 2026-2027. we will explore our Jewish values, learn about our services, and more. Each session will begin with food and an opportunity to get to know the families in your cohort, then will transition into a meaningful, discussion-based curriculum led by clergy and staff.
Light breakfast will be served from 9:30-10:00am.
Facilitator Schedule
November 9- Rabbi Michelle Robinson
January 11 – Rav Hazzan Aliza Berger
March 8- Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
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Contact AJ Helman with any questions!

Kitah Gan (K) Bedtime Shema
2026-01-11 10:45 - 12:00 | TE Preschool, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Parents and caregivers are invited to join the Religious School Gan (Kindergarten) to decorate their own pillowcases with the Shema prayer on them. We will then have our beloved Rabbi Robinson read a story and lead us in a “practice bedtime” following an adult learning session about this special Jewish bedtime routine.
Don’t forget to wear your PJ’s and bring a stuffy! Milk and cookies will be served.
Parents should drop their children off at 9:30 as usual and meet us back in the classrooms at 10:45.
TE Kindergarteners who are not enrolled in the Religious School are invited to join us at 10:45 this special morning. Email rwagner@templeemanuel.com to RSVP.

The Bible Players: Comedy Workshop and Play with Kesher
2026-01-14 17:00 - 18:00 | Reisman Hall, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Kesher will be hosting The Bible Players, a team of “edutainers” using improv and comedy to teach Jewish values to all ages! They will be joining us for workshops during Kesher, and even have a performance at 5:00pm for the entire community!
We would like to thank the Temple Emanuel Sisterhood Fund for their support in this program.

The Bible Players: Comedy Workshop and Play with the Temple Emanuel Religious School
2026-01-15 17:00 - 18:00 | Reisman Hall, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
The Temple Emanuel Religious School will be hosting The Bible Players, a team of “edutainers” using improv and comedy to teach Jewish values to all ages! They will be joining us for workshops during Religious School, and even have a performance at 5:00pm for the entire community!
We would like to thank the Temple Emanuel Sisterhood Fund for their support in this program.

Teen Ice Skating (Grades 8-12)
2026-01-18 15:00 - 17:00 | Daly Rink, 1 Nonantum Road, Newton, MA, 02458, United States
Join your fellow teens (Grades 8-12) for a fun afternoon of ice skating at our local rink in Nonantum. NO BUS for this event, so please meet us there for skating, skate rental and snacks. We will also play some fun skating games with prizes for the winners.
Daly Rink is located at 1 Nonantum Road, Newton, MA 02458.
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