L'Shanah Tovah U’metukah! We Move Together Toward a Good New Year.

We start with S’lichot, which draws us into the Days of Awe.

With candles illuminating our paths, we pose the eternal questions of our existence.  Through exploration, forgiveness, and apology, we complete our spiritual preparation for the High Holy Days.

For optimal viewing of the liturgy during our online prayer experiences, we suggest you have our prayerbook physically in front of you in book form or electronically. During the month of September, we will lend out copies of Mishkan HaNefesh, the Reform Movement machzor for the High Holy Days, to TI members in good standing.

Each year we select several organizations.to support through our communal tzedakah effort. Please consider a donation into one of the tzedakah boxes in the Atrium. This year’s partners are:

• Center for Common Ground
• The Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism (IMPJ)
• Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center

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by Martin Buber, translated by Rabbi
Bernard Mehlman and Dr. Gabriel E. Padawer (z”l)

This powerful book of meaningful Chasidic stories and Buber’s original philosophical
interpretations is a translation of the German transcription of a six-part lecture Buber gave to the Woodbrookers Association in 1947. Each
chapter presents a clear path for living what Buber called “real life,” — a life of meaning defined by a clear purpose and deep connections to the self, to others and to God. As we prepare for the High Holy Days, The Way of Humanity provides us with much food for thought and inspiration as we individually strive to live our most meaningful,
purposeful life.

For over two decades, Temple Israel has given the Greater Boston Food Bank their largest single-day delivery of food through our Yom Kippur Food Drive. We invite you to make an onsite food donation.

This year, Yizkor, our memorial service, will be included in the Afternoon Service on Yom Kippur.

Our Yizkor Memorial Book, a treasured tradition at Temple Israel, honors our tradition by automatically including the names of Temple Israel members and their loved ones who have passed away in the last year and don’t have a memorial plaque, as well as those who have plaques in the memorial alcove or on the memorial menorah.
Learn how to include a listing for your loved one.

Join us in our Sukkah of Justice & Compassion for a night of heartfelt prayer, festive food, & joyful music, with a Jewish bluegrass band before & after the service.

On Simchat Torah we celebrate the conclusion of one cycle of Torah reading, and immediately begin anew! Don’t miss the music and dancing with the Torah on Nessel Way!