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

On Sukkot we build and we welcome. The festival holiday of Sukkot reminds us of our communal obligation to face outwards with open hearts to ease suffering and heal our fractured world.We offer Sukkot experiences for all ages and areas of interest as we recommit ourselves to our planet and to our vision of shelter for all people in this world.

If you are planning to join us online, we encourage you to have our prayer book 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 Temple Israel members while supplies last. 

An Antiracist Journey

Racism is one of the most powerful social malignancies threatening our world today. Antiracism challenges the ideas and policies that allow inequality to continue and thrive. As Jews, we have been given the mandate to fight injustices on all fronts.

Each year we select several organizations to support through our communal tzedakah effort. While you are onsite, please consider a donation into one of the tzedakah boxes in the Atrium. This year we are partnering with:

• Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence
• The National Council of Jewish Women
• The New Israel Fund.

Edited by Rabbi Edwin C. Goldberg and Rabbi Elaine S. Zecher, with a chapter by Rabbi Suzie Jacobson.

Because My Soul Longs for You seeks to answer one of the most enduring human questions: Where can we find God in our lives?

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. This year, the greater Boston community is particularly in need of donations as more and more are facing food insecurity. We invite you to make a physical donation of food at our building by Wednesday, October 5th, or you can join us with a

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

Our High Holy Days machzor, “Mishkan Hanefesh,” is the result of collaboration between rabbis, cantors, lay leaders,  and members of Reform congregations. Consider dedicating a bookplate, in the amount of $72, to be placed in the front of our beautiful machzorim to remember or honor a loved one, teacher, or friend. To dedicate a bookplate, fill out the order form or  contact Emma Savitz at 617-566-3960.

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.