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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.
Temple Israel welcomes all who enter our space! This is a place where you can express your full self – including religious background, race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, political affiliation, ability, age, sexual orientation, and gender identity. May all who enter find peace within these walls, as we continue our mission of Living Judaism Together.
- 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.
- Temple Israel welcomes all who enter our space!
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WHY TEMPLE ISRAEL
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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.
Learn moreWHY TEMPLE ISRAEL
Our Mission
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.
Learn more“For my House shall be
called a House of
Prayer for All Peoples”
– ISAIAH 56:7
כִּי בֵיתִי בֵּית־תְּפִלָּה יִקָּרֵא לְכָל־הָעַמִּים
Who We Are
Over 1,350 families currently call Temple Israel their spiritual home and are engaged through thought-provoking adult education programs, award-winning youth offerings, and endless opportunities to serve with righteous impact. There are also thousands of others across the U.S. and internationally who are participating in our available offerings. Our outstanding 5-member clergy team, lay leaders, and professional staff work in tandem to respond to the needs of our community and shape our vision for the future.
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Are you or is someone you know celebrating a wedding, engagement, or new baby? Is someone in our community sick or in need of pastoral support? We are here for you! Please contact Amy Sherr, Executive Coordinator to Rabbi Zecher, who can put you in touch with our clergy. For funeral needs, call Temple Israel 24/7 at 617-566-3960.
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“At the heart of Temple Israel is the search for true connection: to ourselves, to others, and to something bigger than ourselves. Now, more than ever, Temple Israel holds us in its heart. I am so grateful to “see” and hear our clergy, our teachers, our fellow members virtually and be uplifted together through creativity, optimism, energy and compassion.”
CAROL MICHAEL, TEMPLE ISRAEL MEMBER
“At the heart of Temple Israel is the search for true connection: to ourselves, to others, and to something bigger than ourselves. Now, more than ever, Temple Israel holds us in its heart. I am so grateful to “see” and hear our clergy, our teachers, our fellow members virtually and be uplifted together through creativity, optimism, energy and compassion.”
CAROL MICHAEL, TEMPLE ISRAEL MEMBER
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Becoming American Jews: Temple Israel of Boston
Brandeis University Press, 2009 Tagline: “An important contribution to the historical record of the development of American Jewish life.” Review, Journal of Urban History, 2015
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Temple Israel of Boston has long occupied an important position in the region and in American Jewish life. The illustrated book, Becoming American Jews: Temple Israel of Boston, uses archival documents, demographic data, and oral histories to explain how Temple Israel of Boston, founded in 1854, became the first Reform synagogue in New England and how the congregation continually adapted to changes in American society by balancing members’ desires for innovation with tradition and acculturation with distinctiveness.
It brings to life both the stories of the men, women, and children who built and maintained this vital institution and the larger story of the transformations in religious worship practices, education, and social justice that define American Reform Judaism today.
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You can order Becoming American Jews directly from Temple Israel here.
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