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Qabbalat Shabbat

Qabbalat Shabbat

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June 20, 2025

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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

Shabbat Service and Torah Study

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June 21, 2025

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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

Thank Goodness It's Shabbat! - at TI

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June 21, 2025

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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

Qabbalat Shabbat

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June 27, 2025

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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

Shabbat Service and Torah Study

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June 28, 2025

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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

Qabbalat Shabbat

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July 4, 2025

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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

Shabbat Service and Torah Study

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July 5, 2025

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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

Thank Goodness It's Shabbat! - at TI

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July 5, 2025

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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

Qabbalat Shabbat

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July 11, 2025

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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

Shabbat Service and Torah Study

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July 12, 2025

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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

Qabbalat Shabbat

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July 18, 2025

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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

Shabbat Service and Torah Study

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July 19, 2025

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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

Thank Goodness It's Shabbat! - at TI

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July 19, 2025

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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

Riverway Shabbat Slowdown

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July 19, 2025

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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

Qabbalat Shabbat

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July 25, 2025

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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

Shabbat Service and Torah Study

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July 26, 2025

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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

Qabbalat Shabbat

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August 1, 2025

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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

Qabbalat Shabbat

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August 1, 2025

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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

Shabbat Service and Torah Study

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August 2, 2025

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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

Thank Goodness It's Shabbat! - at TI

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August 2, 2025

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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. ...

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Make Lunches For Those In Need

Make Lunches For Those In Need

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June 21, 2025

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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

Bereavement Group

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June 24, 2025

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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

CANCELED: We Sow In Tears and Reap In Song - A Musical Evening With Kaley Halperin

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June 25, 2025

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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

Lunch & Learn: Trip to the Mishkann Museum to see Masterpieces Curated by Avi Lubin

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June 26, 2025

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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

Dreams Upon the River at Studio Without Walls

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July 10, 2025

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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

Bereavement Group

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July 29, 2025

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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

High Holy Days 101: Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

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August 18, 2025

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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

High Holy Days 101: Sukkot and Simchat Torah

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August 25, 2025

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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

Bereavement Group

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August 26, 2025

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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

Jewish Historical Walking Tour of the North End

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September 18, 2025

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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

Bereavement Group

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September 30, 2025

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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

Bereavement Group

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October 28, 2025

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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

Passover 101

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March 23, 2026

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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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At Temple Israel of Boston, we acknowledge, welcome, and honor each individual in our community for who they are. We celebrate our community’s diversity in personal identities and lived experiences. Loving kindness, caring about others, and committing ourselves to lift up and protect each other’s humanity is our righteous pursuit. May all who enter find peace within these walls, as we continue our mission of Living Judaism together through discovery, dynamic spirituality, and righteous impact.

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Qabbalat Shabbat

Qabbalat Shabbat

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June 20, 2025

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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

Shabbat Service and Torah Study

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June 21, 2025

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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

Thank Goodness It's Shabbat! - at TI

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June 21, 2025

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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

Make Lunches For Those In Need

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June 21, 2025

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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

Havdalah@TI

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June 21, 2025

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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

Evening Minyan

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June 22, 2025

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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

Evening Minyan

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June 23, 2025

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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

The TI Yeshiva: Learn to Read the Talmud with Rabbi Suzie Jacobson

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June 24, 2025

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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

Bereavement Group

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June 24, 2025

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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

Evening Minyan

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June 24, 2025

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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

Evening Minyan

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June 25, 2025

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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

CANCELED: We Sow In Tears and Reap In Song - A Musical Evening With Kaley Halperin

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June 25, 2025

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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

Shabbat Sha-Bloom with Riverway and OneTable

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June 25, 2025

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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

Lunch & Learn: Trip to the Mishkann Museum to see Masterpieces Curated by Avi Lubin

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June 26, 2025

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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

Evening Minyan

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June 26, 2025

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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

Introduction to Judaism: Summer 2025

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June 26, 2025

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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

Short Stories@TI

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June 26, 2025

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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

Qabbalat Shabbat

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June 27, 2025

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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

Shabbat Service and Torah Study

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June 28, 2025

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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

Riverway Havdalah on the River

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June 28, 2025

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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...

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