Temple Emanuel

Brotherhood Meeting Night
2025-09-08 20:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Solomon Youth Lounge, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join us for Brotherhood Meeting Night in the Youth Lounge.
8:00 pm – Business Meeting
Join us to learn about upcoming Brotherhood events and initiatives. This is an opportunity to also provide feedback on future programming.
9:00 pm – Meeting After the Meeting
Time to play ping pong, foosball, shoot baskets, socialize or just watch the game on TV.
Feel free to join us for either meeting or both!
Snacks and drinks served all evening.
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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.

Brotherhood/Sisterhood Casino Night
2025-04-03 19:00 - 21:30 | Adelson Community Hall, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Sponsored by Brotherhood / Sisterhood
Join us for a fun casino night at Temple Emanuel- no experience necessary, all welcome! We will have games, drinks, appetizers and plenty of time for schmoozing. This year we will have a blackjack table, roulette wheel and poker tables. Professionals will be there to provide instruction.
For those that are interested there will be a professionally run poker tournament with professional dealers and a pit boss. No experience necessary. Prizes and bragging rights for the top players! The first 30 to register will be guaranteed a space in the poker tournament. We will then add a table for every 10 additional registrations, based on interest.
Cost: $36 Open to all – no experience necessary!
Register Here→
Please email Adam and Joanne with any questions.

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

Family Bowling with Brotherhood
2024-09-29 12:15 - 15:00 | Brighton Bowl at American Flatbread Brighton, 76 Guest Street, Boston, MA, 02135, United States
After Religious School is over, bring your kids for lunch (pizza) and bowling at Flatbread in Brighton.
Only $18 per person including bowling and lunch!
Register Here→
Questions? Contact Jason Merkin or Adam Steinberg

Blood Drive at Temple Emanuel
2024-06-09 08:00 - 14:30 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Hosted by Temple Emanuel Sisterhood and Brotherhood
Aboard the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Brigham and Women’s Hospital Blood Mobile
Upon arrival, please register inside the temple. Walk-ins taken as time allows. Please be well hydrated, drink extra water, and eat before donating.
Click HERE to make an appointment.
For questions, please call 617-632-3206. As a special thank you, donors will receive a Kraft Family Blood Donor Center $10 Panera Card!
PHOTO ID REQUIRED FOR ALL DONORS.
THREE DAY DEFERRAL IF YOU HAD A FLU SHOT.
Volunteers are needed the day of the drive to help with registration. If you are interested, please contact Julie Lipsett.

Java Gate
2024-03-10 09:00 - 12:00 | Leventhal-Sidman Community Court, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
We the Jewish people have a problem. How do we do a seder that deals with our depressing world without becoming depressing? It is so easy to get it wrong.
We could talk about October 7, we could talk about rising anti-Semitism, our college-age children could talk about what it is like for a proud Zionist and lover of Israel to be on campus, but that is all super depressing.
Or, we could ignore the elephant in the room, the 150-plus day war in Israel, the fact that the golden age of American Jewry is either over or endangered (depending on your point of view), and then have a happier seder purchased at the cost of not talking about what really matters.
Is there some way to thread the needle: to talk about depressing content without becoming depressing?
This Sunday, Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz will lead a conversation about how to run a seder that engages our depressing world (October 7, 150 plus days of war, rising Jew hatred on college campuses and throughout the world) without becoming depressing.
Full Drop In Schedule below:
March 10 – Wes Gardenswartz and Marcie Abramson
March 17 – Liz Goldstein
March 31 – Elias Rosemberg
April 7 – Erin Moseley

Keeper of the Flame
2023-11-12 15:30 - 17:30 | Temple Israel, 125 Pond Street, Sharon, MA, 02067, United States
Temple Emanuel congratulates our longtime member Barry Bergman on his selection as Brotherhood’s Keeper of the Flame for 2023!

NER FJMC Regional Training
2023-10-29 09:00 - 12:00 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join for breakfast and a dynamic learning opportunity for all regional members. Participate in one of two tracks: leadership skills for regional board members and leadership skills for club members.
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Night at the Red Sox
2023-05-04 18:10 - 22:00 | Fenway Park, 4 Jersey Street, Boston, MA, 02215, United States
Bring your family and friends out for a night at Fenway Park as the Red Sox take on the division rival Toronto Blue Jays!
First pitch is at 6:10pm. Please try to arrive at the seats at ~5:30pm to socialize.
IMPORTANT: Tickets are electronic only and all attendees must register with the MLB Ballpark app and have it installed on their phone to gain admission. If you lack a smart phone, please register first and follow-up by email to Josh to make a special request to sit with a friend, who has their ticket on their app. Please use the same email address for both the registration form and the MLB Ballpark App so tickets can be transferred to you.
Register Here
Please Note: May 4th is Star Wars Night at Fenway Park. May the Fourth be with you!
Hosted by Temple Emanuel Brotherhood

Volunteers Needed! Annual "Box the Yellow Candle" Event for Yom HaShoah Holocaust Remembrance
2023-03-16 16:00 - 19:00 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join our Brotherhood members in packing up the Yom HaShoah yellow candles for mailing to the entire TE community. It’s a rewarding experience for the whole family! All ages are welcome! Refreshments will be served. A great opportunity for community service.
Any time you can give is much appreciated, even if it is only for 30 minutes.
Questions? Contact Larry Glazer.

TE Brotherhood - Team Building/Rock Spot Climbing
2023-01-08 18:00 - 20:00 | Rock Spot Climbing: Boston-Dedham, 67 Sprague Street, Boston, MA, 02136, United States
Lary Norin men’s club president from Temple Torat Yisrael in East Greenwich, RI and Co-Owner of Rock Spot Climbing is inviting all of the men’s clubs from our region to a team building event at 1 of the 7 gyms that he owns in New England.

6:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Kosher deli sandwiches on the 2nd floor mezzanine at the gym.

6:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Split up into a few smaller groups for team building activities facilitated by the rock gyms staff.

7:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Safety and climbing instruction. Stay and climb as long as you want the gym is open until 11 PM.

Program is $30 per person. Food is optional at $20 per person.
Every participant will receive a free trial membership for the rest of the month of January.
For additional information and register for the event, please click here.
