Join us for a transformative S'lichot experience at the mini-retreat! (New this year)
Saturday, September 13
Join Us for Shabbat and Holidays
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...
Yom Kippur Afternoon and Avodah Service, Yizkor, Neilah, Havdalah
Date
October 2, 2025
Time
3:45 PM - 6:45 PM EDT
The Yom Kippur afternoon service moves us through the most tender hours of the holiday, and includes several different components. Our communal gathe...
Qabbalat Shabbat with Din Tesler
Date
October 3, 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
October 4, 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
October 4, 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
October 10, 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...
October Riverway Shabbat: Sukkot Edition
Date
October 10, 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, October 10! Our music...
Mark Your Calendar for these Featured Programs
Actions Within Our Reach: An Evening of Learning and Action to Protect Our Democracy
Date
September 11, 2025
Time
6:30 PM - 8:15 PM EDT
Join us for dinner and opportunities to learn and act from three organizations doing important democracy work in the Greater Boston area and the nat...
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...
BeAware + De-escalation Training
Date
September 15, 2025
Time
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM EDT
Join CJP at Temple Israel for a security training from 5:30pm - 7:30pm on September 15th. Please register here BeAware Situational Awareness Tr...
Grub of The Hub
Date
September 16, 2025
Time
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM EDT
Join with Tikkun Central at Temple Israel as we adventure to Black-owned restaurants around our city. Register to join us on Tuesday, September 16 at...
“As a Jew” Boston Book Launch – An Evening with Author Sarah Hurwitz
Date
September 17, 2025
Time
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM EDT
Temple Israel of Boston is proud to cosponsor the Boston Book Launch of As a Jew: Reclaiming Our Story from Those Who Blame, Shame, and Try to Erase U...
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...
Porch Fest
Date
September 27, 2025
Time
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
Temple Israel at Brookline Porchfest Saturday, September 27 Join the joyful sounds of the Temple Israel Choir as they bring their vibrant, communi...
Havdalah@TI
Date
September 27, 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...
Bereavement Group
Date
September 30, 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 ...
Short Stories@TI
Date
October 2, 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
October 4, 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: Walk in the Walden Pond Area
Date
October 5, 2025
Time
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
Join Outdoors@TI on a walk at Walden Pond! Email Jen for more info. Outdoors@TI is part of our TI Circles initiative, congregant-led an...
Erev Sukkot: Sukkah of Justice and Compassion
Date
October 6, 2025
Time
5:15 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
Erev Sukkot: in the Sukkah of Justice and Compassion Sukkot reminds us of our communal obligation to face outwards with open hearts to ease suffer...
Poetry@TI
Date
October 7, 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...
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Evening Minyan
Date
September 9, 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. ...
A Different High Holidays with Rabbi Ebn Leader
Date
September 9, 2025
Time
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
Most North American liberal congregations are rooted in the Ashkenazi tradition. In this tradition Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur are known as "Days of ...
Evening Minyan
Date
September 10, 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. ...
Riverway Chocolate Tasting
Date
September 10, 2025
Time
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM EDT
Join CJP to taste Kosher chocolate with a delegation of young adult leaders visiting from Haifa on Wednesday, September 10th from 7:30 to 9 PM a...
Evening Minyan
Date
September 11, 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. ...
Actions Within Our Reach: An Evening of Learning and Action to Protect Our Democracy
Date
September 11, 2025
Time
6:30 PM - 8:15 PM EDT
Join us for dinner and opportunities to learn and act from three organizations doing important democracy work in the Greater Boston area and the nat...
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...
Introduction to Judaism: Summer 2025
Date
September 11, 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...
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...
S'lichot Mini Retreat with Noah Aronson
Date
September 13, 2025
Time
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM EDT
Join us for an extraordinary afternoon and evening of spiritual preparation as we welcome beloved musician and teacher Noah Aronson back to Temple I...
Family S'lichot Dinner, Service, and Activity
Date
September 13, 2025
Time
4:45 PM - 6:30 PM EDT
Families with children in the Village and elementary age are invited to join us for dinner, a short service, and activities to prepare for the High H...
S'lichot Candlelit Service, Spiritual Practice Lab, and Community Dinner
Date
September 13, 2025
Time
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM EDT
As we enter the High Holy Day season, S’lichot offers a gentle transition, a time to slow down, reflect, and return to ourselves and our purpose. T...
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...
Village Picture Day
Date
September 14, 2025
Time
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM EDT
Photographer Becky MacDonald from Pretty Nerdy Photography will visit the TI playground to take portraits of our families. There will be refresh...
Evening Minyan
Date
September 14, 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. ...
BeAware + De-escalation Training
Date
September 15, 2025
Time
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM EDT
Join CJP at Temple Israel for a security training from 5:30pm - 7:30pm on September 15th. Please register here BeAware Situational Awareness Tr...
Evening Minyan
Date
September 15, 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
September 16, 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. ...