Join us for Qabbalat Shabbat in the Garden all summer long!
(check Shabbat Awakenings on Fridays OR call 617-566-3960 to confirm whether we will be outdoors or indoors)
Join Us for Shabbat and Holidays
Qabbalat Shabbat
Date
August 22, 2025
Time
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM EDT
Gather with us onsite or online for Qabbalat Shabbat. All are welcome to join this service full of prayer, meditation, and music! To join our comm...
Shabbat Service and Torah Study
Date
August 23, 2025
Time
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
Gather with the Temple Israel community for Saturday morning Torah Study. Following the service, one of our clergy members will lead us in an in-d...
Qabbalat Shabbat
Date
August 29, 2025
Time
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM EDT
Gather with us onsite or online for Qabbalat Shabbat. All are welcome to join this service full of prayer, meditation, and music! To join our comm...
Shabbat Service and Torah Study
Date
August 30, 2025
Time
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
Gather with the Temple Israel community for Saturday morning Torah Study. Following the service, one of our clergy members will lead us in an in-d...
Qabbalat Shabbat
Date
September 5, 2025
Time
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM EDT
Gather with us onsite or online for Qabbalat Shabbat. All are welcome to join this service full of prayer, meditation, and music! To join our comm...
Shabbat Service and Torah Study
Date
September 6, 2025
Time
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
Gather with the Temple Israel community for Saturday morning Torah Study. Following the service, one of our clergy members will lead us in an in-d...
Qabbalat Shabbat
Date
September 12, 2025
Time
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM EDT
Gather with us onsite or online for Qabbalat Shabbat. All are welcome to join this service full of prayer, meditation, and music! To join our comm...
September Riverway Shabbat
Date
September 12, 2025
Time
6:45 PM - 10:15 PM EDT
Shabbat Shalom! The Riverway Project of Temple Israel invites you to join us for our once-monthly Riverway Shabbat on Friday, September 12! Our musi...
Shabbat Service and Torah Study
Date
September 13, 2025
Time
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
Gather with the Temple Israel community for Saturday morning Torah Study. Following the service, one of our clergy members will lead us in an in-d...
Qabbalat Shabbat
Date
September 19, 2025
Time
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM EDT
Gather with us onsite or online for Qabbalat Shabbat. All are welcome to join this service full of prayer, meditation, and music! To join our comm...
Shabbat Service and Torah Study
Date
September 20, 2025
Time
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
Gather with the Temple Israel community for Saturday morning Torah Study. Following the service, one of our clergy members will lead us in an in-d...
Thank Goodness It's Shabbat! - at TI
Date
September 20, 2025
Time
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
TGIS is a joyful and interactive service that meets on select Saturday mornings at 10:00 a.m. for anyone between the ages of 6 days and 6 years. ...
Qabbalat Shabbat
Date
September 26, 2025
Time
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM EDT
Gather with us onsite or online for Qabbalat Shabbat. All are welcome to join this service full of prayer, meditation, and music! To join our comm...
Shabbat Service and Torah Study
Date
September 27, 2025
Time
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
Gather with the Temple Israel community for Saturday morning Torah Study. Following the service, one of our clergy members will lead us in an in-d...
Riverway Project Kol Nidre Service
Date
October 1, 2025
Time
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM EDT
Looking for a dynamic, inclusive, and uplifting way to observe Kol Nidre? Join the Riverway Project as we gather for this important moment in the ...
Community-Wide Kol Nidre Service (Late)
Date
October 1, 2025
Time
8:15 PM - 10:00 PM EDT
Kol Nidre, meaning "all vows" in ancient Aramaic, is drawn from the opening words of the haunting prayer that defines this service. This evening serv...
Community-Wide Yom Kippur Service (Early)
Date
October 2, 2025
Time
9:00 AM - 10:45 AM EDT
Yom Kippur is the Jewish day of atonement. This community-wide Shabbat and Yom Kippur service is an expansive morning service, deepening the themes o...
Family Yom Kippur Service
Date
October 2, 2025
Time
9:00 AM - 10:45 AM EDT
Kids in 2 nd -7 th grade and their families are invited to join Temple Israel clergy and musicians for a meaningful, interactive Yom Kippur service...
Community-Wide Shabbat and Yom Kippur Service (Late)
Date
October 2, 2025
Time
11:30 AM - 1:15 PM EDT
Yom Kippur is the Jewish day of atonement. This community-wide Yom Kippur service is an expansive morning service, deepening the themes of the High H...
Stay in the Day
Date
October 2, 2025
Time
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
Deepen Your Yom Kippur Experience: Between Yom Kippur morning and afternoon services, we invite you to participate in a choice of facilitated conv...
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High Holy Days 101: Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
Date
August 19, 2025
Time
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
The High Holy Days can be a time of incredible spiritual growth and deep personal introspection. Yet, for many of us, the sheer breadth of these holi...
Short Stories@TI
Date
August 21, 2025
Time
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
Gather online Thursday evenings at 7:00 p.m. to read and discuss short stories together. All are welcome. Fill out this form and we'll be in touc...
Havdalah@TI
Date
August 23, 2025
Time
8:00 PM - 8:30 PM EDT
Gather with friends online for Havdalah and connection. Our weekly Havdalah ritual is a lay-led experience. Stop by, say hello, catch up from the we...
Outdoors@TI: Kayaking
Date
August 24, 2025
Time
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
Join Outdoors@TI on their annual kayaking adventure! Single Kayaks and double canoes are available to rent for $60. Email Jen for more information and...
Bereavement Group
Date
August 26, 2025
Time
5:15 PM - 6:10 PM EDT
Temple Israel holds a monthly bereavement group for all those who are currently struggling with a loss. This discussion group, facilitated by Rabbi ...
High Holy Days 101: Sukkot and Simchat Torah
Date
August 26, 2025
Time
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
What is a sukkah and why do we eat outside in it for a week? What is a lulav and etrog? What exactly are we commemorating and celebrating on Sukkot a...
Short Stories@TI
Date
August 28, 2025
Time
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
Gather online Thursday evenings at 7:00 p.m. to read and discuss short stories together. All are welcome. Fill out this form and we'll be in touc...
Havdalah@TI
Date
August 30, 2025
Time
8:00 PM - 8:30 PM EDT
Gather with friends online for Havdalah and connection. Our weekly Havdalah ritual is a lay-led experience. Stop by, say hello, catch up from the we...
Poetry@TI
Date
September 2, 2025
Time
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
Gather online the first Tuesday of each month at 4:00 p.m. to read and talk about a poem and nourish our souls together. All are welcome, and you c...
Short Stories@TI
Date
September 4, 2025
Time
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
Gather online Thursday evenings at 7:00 p.m. to read and discuss short stories together. All are welcome. Fill out this form and we'll be in touc...
Volunteer with La Colaborativa in Chelsea
Date
September 5, 2025
Time
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
Join us as we support this community to access fresh and healthy food! There is no shortage of helpful roles for you to play from being a friendly f...
Havdalah@TI
Date
September 6, 2025
Time
8:00 PM - 8:30 PM EDT
Gather with friends online for Havdalah and connection. Our weekly Havdalah ritual is a lay-led experience. Stop by, say hello, catch up from the we...
Short Stories@TI
Date
September 11, 2025
Time
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
Gather online Thursday evenings at 7:00 p.m. to read and discuss short stories together. All are welcome. Fill out this form and we'll be in touc...
Havdalah@TI
Date
September 13, 2025
Time
8:00 PM - 8:30 PM EDT
Gather with friends online for Havdalah and connection. Our weekly Havdalah ritual is a lay-led experience. Stop by, say hello, catch up from the we...
Jewish Historical Walking Tour of the North End
Date
September 18, 2025
Time
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM EDT
It's easy to look at today's North End in Boston, with its many Italian restaurants, and assume there was never a Jewish presence. In fact, during ...
Short Stories@TI
Date
September 18, 2025
Time
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
Gather online Thursday evenings at 7:00 p.m. to read and discuss short stories together. All are welcome. Fill out this form and we'll be in touc...
Make Lunches For Those In Need
Date
September 20, 2025
Time
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM EDT
Join Tikkun Central’s Food Justice Team onsite at Temple Israel on Saturday, September 20 directly after Torah Study or TGIS (between 11:15 a.m. a...
Havdalah@TI
Date
September 20, 2025
Time
8:00 PM - 8:30 PM EDT
Gather with friends online for Havdalah and connection. Our weekly Havdalah ritual is a lay-led experience. Stop by, say hello, catch up from the we...
Reverse Tashlich
Date
September 24, 2025
Time
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
During Tashlich, we symbolically cast our transgressions into the water. At the same time, our literal waterways suffer from the pollution of human w...
Short Stories@TI
Date
September 25, 2025
Time
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
Gather online Thursday evenings at 7:00 p.m. to read and discuss short stories together. All are welcome. Fill out this form and we'll be in touc...
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Evening Minyan
Date
August 18, 2025
Time
6:15 PM - 7:15 PM EDT
Gather online from the comfort of your own home for evening minyan every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 6:15 p.m. Eastern Time. ...
Evening Minyan
Date
August 19, 2025
Time
6:15 PM - 7:15 PM EDT
Gather online from the comfort of your own home for evening minyan every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 6:15 p.m. Eastern Time. ...
High Holy Days 101: Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
Date
August 19, 2025
Time
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
The High Holy Days can be a time of incredible spiritual growth and deep personal introspection. Yet, for many of us, the sheer breadth of these holi...
Evening Minyan
Date
August 20, 2025
Time
6:15 PM - 7:15 PM EDT
Gather online from the comfort of your own home for evening minyan every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 6:15 p.m. Eastern Time. ...
Evening Minyan
Date
August 21, 2025
Time
6:15 PM - 7:15 PM EDT
Gather online from the comfort of your own home for evening minyan every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 6:15 p.m. Eastern Time. ...
Introduction to Judaism: Summer 2025
Date
August 21, 2025
Time
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM EDT
Introduction to Judaism is an engaging multi-session online course for anyone interested in exploring Jewish life through a Reform lens. Over the cou...
Short Stories@TI
Date
August 21, 2025
Time
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
Gather online Thursday evenings at 7:00 p.m. to read and discuss short stories together. All are welcome. Fill out this form and we'll be in touc...
Qabbalat Shabbat
Date
August 22, 2025
Time
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM EDT
Gather with us onsite or online for Qabbalat Shabbat. All are welcome to join this service full of prayer, meditation, and music! To join our comm...
Riverway Neighborhood Shabbat Dinner: Brighton (with JBBBS)
Date
August 22, 2025
Time
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM EDT
Throughout the month, we take it out of the shul and into the streets. At our neighborhood events, we engage with Judaism outside of the Temple walls...
Shabbat Service and Torah Study
Date
August 23, 2025
Time
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
Gather with the Temple Israel community for Saturday morning Torah Study. Following the service, one of our clergy members will lead us in an in-d...
Village Meet-Up at Little Cocoa Bean in JP
Date
August 23, 2025
Time
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
The Village is meeting at Little Cocoa Bean in JP for Bluey Yoga and smoothies in their family friendly play space. The cost is $30 per family (in...
Havdalah@TI
Date
August 23, 2025
Time
8:00 PM - 8:30 PM EDT
Gather with friends online for Havdalah and connection. Our weekly Havdalah ritual is a lay-led experience. Stop by, say hello, catch up from the we...
Outdoors@TI: Kayaking
Date
August 24, 2025
Time
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
Join Outdoors@TI on their annual kayaking adventure! Single Kayaks and double canoes are available to rent for $60. Email Jen for more information and...
Riverway Neighborhood Gathering: East Boston (Brewery Hangout)
Date
August 24, 2025
Time
3:00 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
Gather with us in East Boston the afternoon of Sunday, August 24 at 3:00. Be in touch with Dean to register and for more information. The Riverw...
Evening Minyan
Date
August 24, 2025
Time
6:15 PM - 7:15 PM EDT
Gather online from the comfort of your own home for evening minyan every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 6:15 p.m. Eastern Time. ...
Evening Minyan
Date
August 25, 2025
Time
6:15 PM - 7:15 PM EDT
Gather online from the comfort of your own home for evening minyan every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 6:15 p.m. Eastern Time. ...
Bereavement Group
Date
August 26, 2025
Time
5:15 PM - 6:10 PM EDT
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Evening Minyan
Date
August 26, 2025
Time
6:15 PM - 7:15 PM EDT
Gather online from the comfort of your own home for evening minyan every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 6:15 p.m. Eastern Time. ...
Deeper Breathing for a Better Year with Yaakov Ginsberg-Schreck
Date
August 26, 2025
Time
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM EDT
Join us for a gentle, grounding session of breath and peace practice, rooted in Jewish wisdom, to prepare our hearts for the journey of the High Holi...
High Holy Days 101: Sukkot and Simchat Torah
Date
August 26, 2025
Time
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
What is a sukkah and why do we eat outside in it for a week? What is a lulav and etrog? What exactly are we commemorating and celebrating on Sukkot a...