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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.
Read the Board's statement of commitment to Antiracism, Equity, Diversity, and InclusionJoin Us to Launch Temple Israel's VOTE24 Campaign at Qabbalat Shabbat
with special guest, Andrea Miller. Dinner to follow the service. Friday, May 3, 6:00 p.m.
Join Us for Shabbat
Qabbalat Shabbat with Guest Andrea Miller and Temple Israel's VOTE24 Campaign Launch
Date
May 3, 2024
Time
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM EDT
Gather with us onsite or online for this special Qabbalat Shabbat. All are welcome to join us for this service full of prayer, meditation, and music...
Torah Study
Date
May 4, 2024
Time
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
Gather with the Temple Israel community onsite or online for Saturday morning Torah Study. Following the service, one of our clergy members will lead...
Havdalah
Date
May 4, 2024
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 wee...
Torah Study
Date
May 11, 2024
Time
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
Gather with the Temple Israel community onsite or online for Saturday morning Torah Study. Following the service, one of our clergy members will lead...
Havdalah
Date
May 11, 2024
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 wee...
Qabbalat Shabbat
Date
May 17, 2024
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! Register here to...
Torah Study
Date
May 18, 2024
Time
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
Gather with the Temple Israel community onsite or online for Saturday morning Torah Study. Following the service, one of our clergy members will lead...
Havdalah
Date
May 18, 2024
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 wee...
Qabbalat Shabbat
Date
May 24, 2024
Time
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM EDT
Gather with us onsite or online for Qabbalat Shabbat in the Temple Israel Garden (weather permitting). All are welcome to join this service full of p...
Torah Study
Date
May 25, 2024
Time
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
Gather with the Temple Israel community onsite or online for Saturday morning Torah Study. Following the service, one of our clergy members will lead...
Havdalah
Date
May 25, 2024
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 wee...
Qabbalat Shabbat
Date
May 31, 2024
Time
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM EDT
Gather with us onsite or online for Qabbalat Shabbat in the Temple Israel Garden (weather permitting). All are welcome to join this service full of p...
Torah Study
Date
June 1, 2024
Time
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
Gather with the Temple Israel community onsite or online for Saturday morning Torah Study. Following the service, one of our clergy members will lead...
Havdalah
Date
June 1, 2024
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 wee...
Qabbalat Shabbat with the Confirmation Class of 5784
Date
June 7, 2024
Time
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM EDT
Gather with us as to celebrate Qabbalat Shabbat in the Temple Israel Garden (weather permitting) with the Confirmation Class of 5784! We congratulat...
Torah Study
Date
June 8, 2024
Time
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
Gather with the Temple Israel community onsite or online for Saturday morning Torah Study. Following the service, one of our clergy members will lead...
Havdalah
Date
June 8, 2024
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 wee...
Qabbalat Shabbat with Juneteenth Recognition
Date
June 14, 2024
Time
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM EDT
Gather with us onsite or online for Qabbalat Shabbat in the Temple Israel Garden (weather permitting). All are welcome to join this service full of p...
Torah Study
Date
June 15, 2024
Time
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
Gather with the Temple Israel community onsite or online for Saturday morning Torah Study. Following the service, one of our clergy members will lead...
Havdalah
Date
June 15, 2024
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 wee...
Mark Your Calendar for these Featured Programs
TILLI Spring 2024 Lunch and Learn Lecture Series: Ann Bookman
Date
May 2, 2024
Time
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM EDT
Join TILLI (Temple Israel Lifelong Learning Institute) for our Spring 2024 Semester Lunch and Learn Lecture Series. Listen and ask questions to exper...
Temple Israel Progressive Israel Caucus Meeting (TIPIC)
Date
May 2, 2024
Time
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM EDT
Join us onsite in the TI library or online, Thursday, May 2nd, 7:00 p.m.—8:30 p.m., for TIPIC's monthly open meeting, "Israel Now: Personal Perspec...
GREEN WORLD: A Tragicomic Memoir of Love & Shakespeare with Author Michelle Ephraim in Conversation with Rachael Cerrotti
Date
May 5, 2024
Time
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
Join Michelle Ephraim, a Shakespeare scholar and tenured English professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, as she presents her new book, which ex...
Yom HaShoah Memorial Service
Date
May 6, 2024
Time
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM EDT
Yom HaZikaron laShoah V'hagevurah is the Day of Remembrance of the Holocaust and Heroism - but we know it as Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day....
Temple Israel Progressive Israel (TIPIC) Book Group
Date
May 7, 2024
Time
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM EDT
Join us onsite or online on Tuesday, May 7th, 7:00 pm—8:30 pm for the Temple Israel Progressive Israel Caucus Book Group. We will read Noah Fel...
TILLI Spring 2024 Lunch and Learn Lecture Series: Closing Lunch
Date
May 9, 2024
Time
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM EDT
Join TILLI (Temple Israel Lifelong Learning Institute) for our Spring 2024 Semester Lunch and Learn Lecture Series. For our closing lunch, we will ha...
Holocaust Survivor Story with Janet Applefield
Date
May 9, 2024
Time
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM EDT
Remembering the Holocaust: Stories from a Survivor Join us for a special evening where we will hear from Holocaust survivor Janet Applefield as s...
Red Sox Jewish Heritage Night
Date
May 15, 2024
Time
5:00 PM - 10:00 PM EDT
Join us for Temple Israel annual trip to Red Sox Jewish Heritage Night on Wednesday, May 15th at 7:00 p.m. Buy your ticket(s) with us at a special p...
Temple Israel Progressive Israel Caucus (TIPIC) Current Events Conversation
Date
May 28, 2024
Time
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM EDT
Please join the Temple Israel Progressive Israel Caucus (TIPIC) on May 28th, at 7:00 pm for our next open conversation about what is happening in Isr...
Shavuot 101
Date
June 5, 2024
Time
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
Shavuot is one of three major festivals in Judaism, so why does it still feel obscure to so many of us? What is this holiday all about anyway? Do we ...
Annual Gathering of the Congregation
Date
June 6, 2024
Time
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM EDT
This year at the Annual Gathering, we are honoring you! Everyone matters. Everyone is counted. We will celebrate the past year of living Judais...
Qabbalat Shabbat with the Confirmation Class of 5784
Date
June 7, 2024
Time
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM EDT
Gather with us as to celebrate Qabbalat Shabbat in the Temple Israel Garden (weather permitting) with the Confirmation Class of 5784! We congratulat...
5th Annual Tikkun Zoom Shavuot: 25 Hours of Online Learning
Date
June 11, 2024
Time
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM EDT
Online learning sessions will start at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 11th and run through 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 12th. On Shavuot we go big, ...
Temple Israel Progressive Israel Caucus Meeting (TIPIC)
Date
June 13, 2024
Time
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM EDT
Join us for this upcoming meeting of the Temple Israel Progressive Israel Caucus (TIPIC) on Thursday, June 13, from 7:00—8:30 p.m. TIPIC continues...
Concert with New Moon Rising
Date
June 20, 2024
Time
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM EDT
We prepare for summer by welcoming back musical friends of Temple Israel. Elana Arian, Deborah Sacks Mintz, and Chava Mirel are New Moon Rising — ...
Temple Israel Progressive Israel Caucus (TIPIC) Current Events Conversation
Date
June 25, 2024
Time
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM EDT
Please join the Temple Israel Progressive Israel Caucus (TIPIC) on June 25th, at 7:00 pm for our next open conversation about what is happening in Is...
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Modern Midrash: The Book of Jonah and the Stories that Accompany Him with Rabbi Elaine Zecher
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May 2, 2024
Time
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
The Biblical character of Jonah has caught our imagination for centuries. Not only is he the only successful prophet--he tells Nineveh to repent an...
TILLI Morning Classes
Date
May 2, 2024
Time
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
Join us for TILLI morning study groups! We offer interesting and intellectually challenging study groups on a wide variety of topics, from science, t...
TILLI Spring 2024 Lunch and Learn Lecture Series: Ann Bookman
Date
May 2, 2024
Time
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM EDT
Join TILLI (Temple Israel Lifelong Learning Institute) for our Spring 2024 Semester Lunch and Learn Lecture Series. Listen and ask questions to exper...
TILLI Afternoon Classes
Date
May 2, 2024
Time
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
Join us for TILLI morning study groups! We offer interesting and intellectually challenging study groups on a wide variety of topics, from science, t...
Evening Minyan
Date
May 2, 2024
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: Spring 2024
Date
May 2, 2024
Time
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM EDT
Introduction to Judaism is an engaging multi-session course for anyone interested in exploring Jewish life through a Reform lens. Over the course of...
Temple Israel Progressive Israel Caucus Meeting (TIPIC)
Date
May 2, 2024
Time
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM EDT
Join us onsite in the TI library or online, Thursday, May 2nd, 7:00 p.m.—8:30 p.m., for TIPIC's monthly open meeting, "Israel Now: Personal Perspec...
Erev Shabbat Meditation
Date
May 3, 2024
Time
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
Mindful Preparation for Shabbat with Cantor Alicia Stillman Our 30 minute meditation "sit" is designed with Shabbat in mind. Sitting in silence w...
Qabbalat Shabbat with Guest Andrea Miller and Temple Israel's VOTE24 Campaign Launch
Date
May 3, 2024
Time
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM EDT
Gather with us onsite or online for this special Qabbalat Shabbat. All are welcome to join us for this service full of prayer, meditation, and music...
Torah Study
Date
May 4, 2024
Time
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
Gather with the Temple Israel community onsite or online for Saturday morning Torah Study. Following the service, one of our clergy members will lead...
Thank Goodness It's Shabbat! - at TI
Date
May 4, 2024
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. ...
Havdalah
Date
May 4, 2024
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 wee...
Jewish Gems of New England: Amherst, MA
Date
May 5, 2024
Time
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT
Join us on for our second day trip as we explore Amherst, Mass. We will take a bus to the Yiddish Book Center, a 42 year old nonprofit which is devot...
Riverway Western Mass Day Trip
Date
May 5, 2024
Time
9:00 AM - 8:00 PM EDT
Riverway is taking a day trip! We're departing Temple Israel at 8:45 a.m. on Sunday, May 5th, taking a bus to the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst...
GREEN WORLD: A Tragicomic Memoir of Love & Shakespeare with Author Michelle Ephraim in Conversation with Rachael Cerrotti
Date
May 5, 2024
Time
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
Join Michelle Ephraim, a Shakespeare scholar and tenured English professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, as she presents her new book, which ex...
Village Picture Day
Date
May 5, 2024
Time
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM EDT
Photographer Becky MacDonald will visit the TI playground to take free portraits of our families. If you'd like to register, please contact Village ...
Evening Minyan
Date
May 5, 2024
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
May 6, 2024
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. ...
Yom HaShoah Memorial Service
Date
May 6, 2024
Time
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM EDT
Yom HaZikaron laShoah V'hagevurah is the Day of Remembrance of the Holocaust and Heroism - but we know it as Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day....
The TI Yeshiva: Learn to Read the Talmud with Rabbi Suzie Jacobson
Date
May 7, 2024
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...
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