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Saturday, June 21 at 11:00 a.m.
Join Us for Shabbat and Holidays
Qabbalat Shabbat
Date
June 20, 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 commun...
Shabbat Service and Torah Study
Date
June 21, 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
June 21, 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
June 27, 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 commun...
Shabbat Service and Torah Study
Date
June 28, 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
July 4, 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 commun...
Shabbat Service and Torah Study
Date
July 5, 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
July 5, 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
July 11, 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 commun...
Shabbat Service and Torah Study
Date
July 12, 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
July 18, 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 commun...
Shabbat Service and Torah Study
Date
July 19, 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
July 19, 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. ...
Riverway Shabbat Slowdown
Date
July 19, 2025
Time
12:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
Shabbat Slowdown is your invitation to step away from the hustle of daily life and enter a Divine space of rest, joy, and connection. Join the Riverw...
Qabbalat Shabbat
Date
July 25, 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
July 26, 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 1, 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...
Qabbalat Shabbat
Date
August 1, 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 commun...
Shabbat Service and Torah Study
Date
August 2, 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
August 2, 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. ...
Mark Your Calendar for these Featured Programs
Make Lunches For Those In Need
Date
June 21, 2025
Time
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM EDT
Join Tikkun Central’s Food Justice Team onsite at Temple Israel on Saturday June 21 directly after Torah Study or TGIS (between 11:15 a.m. and 11:...
Bereavement Group
Date
June 24, 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 ...
CANCELED: We Sow In Tears and Reap In Song - A Musical Evening With Kaley Halperin
Date
June 25, 2025
Time
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM EDT
Join us for We Sow in Tears and Reap in Song: A Journey in Song and Prayer for Rosh Hodesh Tammuz, an evening of music and spirit with Kaley Halperin...
Lunch & Learn: Trip to the Mishkann Museum to see Masterpieces Curated by Avi Lubin
Date
June 26, 2025
Time
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
Presented as part of Temple Israel of Boston’s Lunch & Learn series — online programming for your lunch break. Take a virtual journey to the M...
Dreams Upon the River at Studio Without Walls
Date
July 10, 2025
Time
11:00 AM - 1:30 PM EDT
Join TILLI to walk on the Riverway to view the annual Studio Without Walls. We will meet on the Riverway near the Longwood T stop on Chapel Street....
Bereavement Group
Date
July 29, 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: Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
Date
August 18, 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...
High Holy Days 101: Sukkot and Simchat Torah
Date
August 25, 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...
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 ...
Jewish Historical Walking Tour of the North End
Date
September 18, 2025
Time
11:00 AM - 12:30 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 ...
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 ...
Bereavement Group
Date
October 28, 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 ...
Passover 101
Date
March 23, 2026
Time
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
Pesach (Passover) is when we gather together at the seder table to tell the Exodus story and celebrate liberation in the face of tyranny. But what d...
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All Upcoming Events Through February 24
Qabbalat Shabbat
Date
June 20, 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 commun...
Shabbat Service and Torah Study
Date
June 21, 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
June 21, 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. ...
Make Lunches For Those In Need
Date
June 21, 2025
Time
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM EDT
Join Tikkun Central’s Food Justice Team onsite at Temple Israel on Saturday June 21 directly after Torah Study or TGIS (between 11:15 a.m. and 11:...
Havdalah@TI
Date
June 21, 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...
Evening Minyan
Date
June 22, 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
June 23, 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. ...
The TI Yeshiva: Learn to Read the Talmud with Rabbi Suzie Jacobson
Date
June 24, 2025
Time
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM EDT
Debate with the rabbis and consider new perspectives on aspects of Jewish law with the Babylonian Talmud in this weekly online class led by Rabbi Suz...
Bereavement Group
Date
June 24, 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 ...
Evening Minyan
Date
June 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
June 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. ...
CANCELED: We Sow In Tears and Reap In Song - A Musical Evening With Kaley Halperin
Date
June 25, 2025
Time
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM EDT
Join us for We Sow in Tears and Reap in Song: A Journey in Song and Prayer for Rosh Hodesh Tammuz, an evening of music and spirit with Kaley Halperin...
Shabbat Sha-Bloom with Riverway and OneTable
Date
June 25, 2025
Time
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM EDT
Have you been thinking about hosting your own Shabbat but aren’t sure where to start? This event is for you! Whether you’ve never attended a One...
Lunch & Learn: Trip to the Mishkann Museum to see Masterpieces Curated by Avi Lubin
Date
June 26, 2025
Time
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
Presented as part of Temple Israel of Boston’s Lunch & Learn series — online programming for your lunch break. Take a virtual journey to the M...
Evening Minyan
Date
June 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. ...
Introduction to Judaism: Summer 2025
Date
June 26, 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
June 26, 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
June 27, 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 commun...
Shabbat Service and Torah Study
Date
June 28, 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 Havdalah on the River
Date
June 28, 2025
Time
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
Come paddle with us Saturday, June 28 at 6:00 p.m. as we do Havdalah the (Charles) River way ! We'll gather for a community sunset ride and Havdala...