K'tonton Pre-K Dropoff Program
2025-03-02 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | 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!

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.
Register Today!
Sponsored by TE Sisterhood and the Cindy Levinson Fund for Parenting Education

Ruach Shabbat Services: Grades K-6
2025-03-01 10:45 - 12:00, 2025-02-22 10:45 - 12:00, 2025-02-15 10:45 - 12:00, 2025-02-08 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!

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

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!
Register Here→

Seated Zumba Gold
2025-02-27 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-02-13 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-02-06 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.

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.
Register Here→

Drop-In Play
2025-02-26 15:30 - 17:30, 2025-02-19 15:30 - 17:30, 2025-02-12 15:30 - 17:30, 2025-02-05 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!
Register Today!
This program is generously sponsored by the Cindy Levinson Fund for Parenting Education

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.

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.
Register→
For more information, please reach out to Teen Rabbinic Intern Aaron Berc

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.
Register Here→

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.

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!

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.
Register Today→
Generously supported by the Dr. Trudy Karger Family Education Fund

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!

Yisod Tu Bishvat Paint-A-Pot
2025-02-11 19:00 - 21:00 | 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!
Register Here→

Finding Treasures in your Jewelry Box
2025-02-11 19:00 - 20:30 | Benjamin Vestry, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join us for an exciting session on Vintage Designer Costume Jewelry! Discover the fascinating history behind this iconic fashion accessory, learn how to identify designer markings, and find out which designers’ pieces are the most collectible. Bring in the pieces passed down from your grandmother for a professional appraisal. Yaffa, an expert in the field, grew up in her family business of creating costume jewelry.
A light dinner will be served.
Following this event, you can make an appointment with Yaffa to help you uncover the hidden treasures in your jewelry collection.
Register Here by February 7th to attend this engaging and educational event!

Chamber Music Concerts
2025-02-09 15:00 - 16:30 | Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
The second concert in our free Chamber Music Concert series will feature performers Gabriela Díaz (violin), Cara Pogossian (viola), and Jan Müller-Szeraws (cello).
Join us in-person or on livestream!
About the Performers

Gabriela Díaz, Violin

Gabriela Díaz began her musical training at the age of five, studying piano with her mother, an the next year, violin with her father. A childhood cancer survivor, Gabriela is committed to supporting cancer research and treatment as a musician. In 2004, she was awarded a grant from the Albert Schweitzer Foundation to organize a series of chamber music concerts in cancer units at various hospitals in Boston, this project is now a part of her chamber music organization, Winsor Music. A fierce champion of contemporary music Gabriela has worked closely with many significant composers, including Pierre Boulez, Joa Tower, Jessie Montgomery, Tania León, and Helmut Lachenmann. Gabriela is a member of The International Contemporary Ensemble, A Far Cry, Castle of Our Skins, Sound Icon, and appears frequently with other chamber music ensembles throughout the United States. Gabriela teaches at Wellesley College and the Longy School of Music at Bard College. Critics have acclaimed Gabriela as “a young violin master,” and “one of Boston’s most valuable players.” Lloyd Schwartz of the Boston Phoenix noted, “…Gabriela Diaz in a bewitching performance of Pierre Boulez’s 1991 Anthèmes. The come-hither meow of Diaz’s upward slides and her sustained pianissimo fade-out were miracles of color, texture, and feeling.” Others have remarked on her “indefatigably expressive” playing, “polished technique,” and “vivid and elegant playing.” Gabriela can be heard on New World, Centaur, BMOPSound, Mode, Naxos, and Tzadik records. Her recording of Lou Harrison’s Suite for Violin and American Gamelan was highlighted in the New York Times Article, “5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Classical Music.” Gabriela is proud to be a core member of the team that created Boston Hope Music, bringing music to patients and frontline workers during the pandemic. In the fall of 2024 Gabriela will become a member of the Kronos Quartet. More info can be found at gabrieladiazviolin.com!

Cara Pogossian, Viola

Armenian-American violist Cara Pogossian is an avid chamber musician having attended numerous summer festivals, including the Marlboro Festival, Ravinia Steans Music Institute, and Taos School of Music. In 2022, Cara was the winner of the Borromeo String Quartet Guest Artist Award, and, more recently, her quartet was selected as a 2022-2023 Honors Ensemble at the New England Conservatory. She has also toured with the Curtis Institute on multiple occasions, performing Schubert’s Cello Quintet, as well as with the Curtis Symphony Orchestra as principal violist. Cara has had the privilege of collaborating and performing with many of the leading figures in classical music, such as Don Weilerstein, Ida Kavafian, Joseph Lin, Marcy Rosen, Peter Wiley, Daniel Phillips, Kim Kashkashian, and the Borromeo String Quartet. Cara is the Principal Violist of the Portland Symphony Orchestra, and has appeared as a guest musician with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Boston Pops Orchestra. As an AGBU (Armenian General Benevolent Union) Scholarship recipient, she has performed at several high-profile concerts, including a joint recital with her brother, Edvard, at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. Earlier this year, Cara was named the winner of the NEC Concerto Competition, culminating in a performance of Bartók’s Viola Concerto with the NEC Philharmonia. Cara is lucky enough to have an entire family of musicians, with whom she frequently performs. During the pandemic, the Pogossian/Manouelian Clarinet Quintet collaborated with composers Timo Andres, Ian Krouse, Artashes Kartalyan, and Aida Shirazi, premiering each of their works in a series of online concerts. Cara is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with Hsin-Yun Huang and Misha Amory, and is currently continuing her graduate studies with Kim Kashkashian at the New England Conservatory of Music as the recipient of the Abraham Skernick Memorial Presidential Scholarship.

Jan Müller-Szeraws, Cello

Cellist Jan Müller-Szeraws has a versatile career as a performer and teacher. Solo performances have included engagements with many orchestras including the New England Philharmonic, Concord Orchestra, Boston Landmarks Orchestra, Richmond Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica de Concepción, Orquesta de la Universidad de Santiago de Chile and Orquesta Sinfónica de Chile with repertoire ranging from concertos from the traditional repertoire such as Haydn, Dvorak, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Bloch, Shostakovich to contemporary composers Chou Wen Chung, Gunther Schuller, Shirish Korde, Bernard Hoffer and John Harbison. Projects have included collaborations with composers Peter Child and Shirish Korde, including the release of “Anusvara”, a disc with music by Shirish Korde for cello, tabla and carnatic soprano, as well as a disc with sonatas by Brahms and Chopin with pianist Adam Golka for Hammond Performing Arts. He has been guest professor at the Universidad Católica de Chile, a guest with the Israeli Chamber Project as well as guest principal cellist for the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra in Germany and a regular extra player with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Most recently he has been pairing the Bach Cello Suites with works by Shirish Korde in his project “Bach & Ragas”. A longtime member of contemporary music ensemble Boston Musica Viva he also plays regularly with Collage New Music. On the faculty at Phillips Academy Andover, he is a frequent guest artist at many festivals. As Artist-in-Residence at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester he directed the Performance Program and was founder and director of the Chamber Music Institute at Holy Cross, an intensive summer program for talented high-school and college students. Müller-Szeraws studied at the Musikhochschule Freiburg and holds degrees from Boston University. He plays a cello by David Tecchler, on loan from the Saul and Naomi Cohen Foundation. More information at www.jan-mueller-szeraws.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.

Kitot Gimel-Hey/Grades 3-5 Lunch
2025-02-09 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→

World-Wide-Wrap Service & Brunch
2025-02-09 09:30 - 12:00 | Gann Chapel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
6th graders and their families are invited to a special service where they will receive their first real pairs of tefillin and participate in the national “World Wide Wrap” day of the Conservative movement. The Wrap will take place during normal religious School hours. This is a Religious School event, but all are welcome. If you are not a Religious Student and wish to attend, please email Amanda.
9:30am: Putting on Tefillin
10:00am: Service with Explanations about Tefillin
11:30am: Bagel brunch

Shabbat Shira
2025-02-08 09:30 - 12:00 | Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join us this Shabbat morning for an extraordinary musical celebration of Shabbat Shira, the Shabbat of Song. This special Shabbat, which features the reading of Shirat HaYam, the Song of the Sea, and Shirat Devorah, Devorah the Prophet’s poetic praise, is always a highlight! For the past eighteen years, Cantor Elias Rosemberg has brought us wonderful melodies from around the world. This year he is bringing us to his musical home with a service filled with melodies from the Jewish community of Argentina. Come lift your voices together with our clergy and our wonderful Temple Emanuel choirs: Kol Emanuel, Zamira, and the Children’s Chorus. Come for service, stay for a delightfully delicious kiddush with an Argentinean flair!

First Friday: Tu Bishvat
2025-02-07 18:30 - 20:30 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Who couldn’t use another dose of New Year’s Energy? Our tradition offers us another chance at New Year with the upcoming holiday of Tu BiShvat, our Jewish New Year of the Trees. Come join us for a special First Friday @ Shabbat Alive! Come for uplifting prayer and song. Stay for our special Tu BiShvat themed First Friday festive dessert oneg. We can’t wait to celebrate with you then!
Bring your teen to our new Teen Nosh & Gather!
View the First Friday 2024-25 Calendar HERE→
