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Torah Study
Date
July 27, 2024
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-dept...
Havdalah
Date
July 27, 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
August 2, 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
August 3, 2024
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-dept...
Thank Goodness It's Shabbat! - at TI
Date
August 3, 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
August 3, 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
August 9, 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...
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August Riverway Shabbat
Date
August 9, 2024
Time
6:45 PM - 10:00 PM EDT
Shabbat Shalom! The Riverway Project of Temple Israel invites you to join us for our once-monthly Riverway Shabbat on Friday, August 8! Our musical ...
Torah Study
Date
August 10, 2024
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-dept...
Havdalah
Date
August 10, 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
August 16, 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
August 17, 2024
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-dept...
Thank Goodness It's Shabbat! - at TI
Date
August 17, 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
August 17, 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
August 23, 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
August 24, 2024
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-dept...
Havdalah
Date
August 24, 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
August 30, 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
August 31, 2024
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-dept...
Thank Goodness It's Shabbat! - at TI
Date
August 31, 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. ...
Mark Your Calendar for these Featured Programs
Lethal Literature: Wrestling with the Dark Side of Jewish Text
Date
July 28, 2024
Time
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
Instructor: Aron Wander Dates: 5 Sundays, 7/28, 8/4, 8/11, 8/25 & 9/8 Time: 10-11:30 a.m. EST Course fee: $200, financial aid is available Loca...
The TI Yeshiva: Learn to Read the Talmud with Rabbi Suzie Jacobson
Date
July 30, 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...
Lethal Literature: Wrestling with the Dark Side of Jewish Text
Date
August 4, 2024
Time
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
Instructor: Aron Wander Dates: 5 Sundays, 7/28, 8/4, 8/11, 8/25 & 9/8 Time: 10-11:30 a.m. EST Course fee: $200, financial aid is available Loca...
The TI Yeshiva: Learn to Read the Talmud with Rabbi Suzie Jacobson
Date
August 5, 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...
Voting Action 2024 with TILLI and Center for Common Ground's Andrea Miller
Date
August 8, 2024
Time
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
Andrea Miller, co-founder of the Center For Common Ground, will be with us onsite and will share a few words about how her work expands voting outcom...
Lethal Literature: Wrestling with the Dark Side of Jewish Text
Date
August 11, 2024
Time
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
Instructor: Aron Wander Dates: 5 Sundays, 7/28, 8/4, 8/11, 8/25 & 9/8 Time: 10-11:30 a.m. EST Course fee: $200, financial aid is available Loca...
The TI Yeshiva: Learn to Read the Talmud with Rabbi Suzie Jacobson
Date
August 12, 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...
Erev Tisha B'Av Community Service
Date
August 12, 2024
Time
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM EDT
Please join together on Monday evening, August 12, at 8:00 p.m. at Temple Sinai, 50 Sewall Ave, Brookline, MA 02446 for a Tisha B'Av service spons...
From Grief to Transformation: A Tisha B'Av Gathering of Support
Date
August 13, 2024
Time
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM EDT
T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights joins with the Greater Boston Jewish Community at Temple Beth Zion on Tuesday, August 13, at 5:30 p.m. for...
Lethal Literature: Wrestling with the Dark Side of Jewish Text
Date
August 18, 2024
Time
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
Instructor: Aron Wander Dates: 5 Sundays, 7/28, 8/4, 8/11, 8/25 & 9/8 Time: 10-11:30 a.m. EST Course fee: $200, financial aid is available Loca...
Boston Unites Against Terror: Hostage Tunnel Immersive Exhibit
Date
August 18, 2024
Time
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM EDT
The Hostage Tunnel Exhibit is an audio-visual simulation of hostages' experience in Hamas tunnels in Gaza. Designed in consultation with hostages who ...
The TI Yeshiva: Learn to Read the Talmud with Rabbi Suzie Jacobson
Date
August 19, 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...
Lethal Literature: Wrestling with the Dark Side of Jewish Text
Date
August 25, 2024
Time
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
Instructor: Aron Wander Dates: 5 Sundays, 7/28, 8/4, 8/11, 8/25 & 9/8 Time: 10-11:30 a.m. EST Course fee: $200, financial aid is available Loca...
The TI Yeshiva: Learn to Read the Talmud with Rabbi Suzie Jacobson
Date
August 26, 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...
Welcome Back Concert with Evan Haller
Date
September 1, 2024
Time
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
Evan Haller from Music at the Blissful will perform a fun and interactive show for families with young children. There will be lots of dancing and ...
Lethal Literature: Wrestling with the Dark Side of Jewish Text
Date
September 8, 2024
Time
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
Instructor: Aron Wander Dates: 5 Sundays, 7/28, 8/4, 8/11, 8/25 & 9/8 Time: 10-11:30 a.m. EST Course fee: $200, financial aid is available Loca...
Voting Action 2024
Date
September 12, 2024
Time
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
Together, we will address postcards to states where voter suppression remains a challenge, aiming to counteract barriers like ever-changing polling p...
Temple Israel Progressive Israel Caucus (TIPIC) Current Events Conversation
Date
September 17, 2024
Time
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM EDT
Please join the Temple Israel Progressive Israel Caucus (TIPIC) on September 17th, at 7:00 pm for our next open conversation about what is happening ...
Living Room with Chaim Gross’s Art Collection
Date
September 19, 2024
Time
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
Join us on September 19th at 11:00 a.m. for an online visit to the Chaim Gross Foundation in New York City, first established in 1974 with donations ...
Bereavement Group
Date
September 24, 2024
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 ...
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Torah Study
Date
July 27, 2024
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-dept...
Havdalah
Date
July 27, 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...
Lethal Literature: Wrestling with the Dark Side of Jewish Text
Date
July 28, 2024
Time
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
Instructor: Aron Wander Dates: 5 Sundays, 7/28, 8/4, 8/11, 8/25 & 9/8 Time: 10-11:30 a.m. EST Course fee: $200, financial aid is available Loca...
Evening Minyan
Date
July 28, 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
July 29, 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. ...
The TI Yeshiva: Learn to Read the Talmud with Rabbi Suzie Jacobson
Date
July 30, 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...
Evening Minyan
Date
July 30, 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: Summer 2024
Date
July 30, 2024
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...
Evening Minyan
Date
July 31, 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
August 1, 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. ...
Qabbalat Shabbat
Date
August 2, 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
August 3, 2024
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-dept...
Thank Goodness It's Shabbat! - at TI
Date
August 3, 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
August 3, 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...
Lethal Literature: Wrestling with the Dark Side of Jewish Text
Date
August 4, 2024
Time
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
Instructor: Aron Wander Dates: 5 Sundays, 7/28, 8/4, 8/11, 8/25 & 9/8 Time: 10-11:30 a.m. EST Course fee: $200, financial aid is available Loca...
Evening Minyan
Date
August 4, 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. ...
The TI Yeshiva: Learn to Read the Talmud with Rabbi Suzie Jacobson
Date
August 5, 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...
Evening Minyan
Date
August 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. ...
Poetry Group
Date
August 6, 2024
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...
Evening Minyan
Date
August 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. ...