Temple Emmanuel of Wakefield

Shabbat Songs for Beginners
2024-02-02 18:45 - 19:30, 2024-02-09 18:45 - 19:30, 2024-02-16 18:45 - 19:30, 2024-02-23 18:45 - 19:30 (America/New_York)
Ever wanted to try leading part of Shabbat services?
Rabbi Greg will offer weekly, individualized classes from 6:45-7:30pm in the sanctuary to help familiarize participants with Jewish liturgy. All are welcome – neither experience nor singing ability are necessary!

Erev Shabbat Celebration with CHAI School Participation & Special "4 Chaplains" Presentation by Paul Cancelliere, Wakefield Veterans Advisory Board
2024-02-02 19:30 - 21:00

"4 Chaplains" Memorial Service with the Wakefield Veterans Advisory Board
2024-02-03 09:00 - 09:30

Tot Shabbat
2024-02-03 09:30 - 10:30

Sisterhood Sunday Walkers at Breakheart Reservation
2024-02-04 11:00 - 12:00
When: Sunday February 4, weather permitting
Time: 11:00 AM
Where: Breakheart Reservation
Meeting location: Northeast Regional High School 100 Hemlock Rd. Wakefield, entrance to Breakheart
Parking: NRHS parking lot. Note: it is partially a construction site, but still OK to park
RSVP: Sue Hochberg shochberg.sh@gmail.com. Please let me know if you are coming
Trail information: 3 mile paved loop, shady, hilly in places, rest area/bathroom 1/2 way
Sue H’s Cell for day of the walk: 781-258-7760

Sisterhood Movie & Pizza Night
2024-02-04 16:00 - 20:00
MOVIE: SIMCHAS and SORROWS
Hybrid for 2024. Watch at home or at Liz’s house
Available on Prime video and other options

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4 2024
4:00 – Joe’s Pizza & Salad & Dessert
5:00 – MOVIE: SIMCHAS and SORROWS
Even if you’ve seen this film already, come enjoy the company
7:00 – DISCUSSION, LIVE AND ON ZOOM

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82145118599?pwd=aDZFVjIybVBMUVo5NFk0cjRUdTRIZz09
Meeting ID: 821 4511 8599
Passcode: 427953

Simchas and Sorrows is an independent romantic comedy about a
secular, free-spirited artist and former Catholic schoolgirl, Agnes, who must
come to terms with religion in order to marry the love of her life – Levi.
Shocked by a surprise pregnancy, the earnest Agnes decides to begin
converting to Judaism, in order to be accepted by Levi’s more conservative
Jewish family. The film explores an evolving, modern Judaism, orthodoxies
and hypocrisy, sibling rivalry, modern love, mental illness, artistic
inheritance, and anti-semitism. In other words, something for everyone.
Location: Liz Freeman’s house, 8 Dexter Lane, Wakefield

RSVP: Lindentree85@comcast.net
Or call Liz 781-246-2836 to reserve your seat by Feb 1

Free – we have the menu covered – just bring yourself!

Membership Committee Meeting
2024-02-05 19:30 - 21:00

Kitah Aleph
2024-02-06 15:30 - 17:00, 2024-02-13 15:30 - 17:00, 2024-02-27 15:30 - 17:00

Kitah Bet
2024-02-06 16:30 - 18:00, 2024-02-13 16:30 - 18:00

House & Grounds Committee Meeting
2024-02-06 18:45 - 19:30

Ritual Committee Meeting
2024-02-06 19:30 - 21:00

Capital Campaign Committee Meeting
2024-02-07 19:30 - 21:00

Erev Shabbat Celebration
2024-02-09 19:30 - 21:00, 2024-02-23 19:30 - 21:00

Shabbat Morning Celebration including Torah Study with Rabbi Greg
2024-02-10 09:30 - 11:30

Temple Board Meeting
2024-02-13 19:30 - 21:00

Volunteer at Wakefield Community Dinners
2024-02-14 15:30 - 18:30
Mitzvah opportunity! Temple Emmanuel is now partnered with Wakefield Community Dinners. Held at Most Blessed Sacrament in Wakefield, the Community Dinners happen the 2nd Wednesday of every month, with the opportunity to feed 80+ neighbors and friends from Wakefield, Stoneham, Melrose and towns as far as Medford, Salem and Norwood. Volunteer hours are 3:30-6:30pm. Guests come as families or alone. Although many are experiencing food insecurity, most are impacted with social isolation. We provide a hot meal, salad, bread, desserts, and most importantly, camaraderie. If you’d like to have fun, share smiles, and engage in holy work with Rabbi Greg, please sign up here.

Continuing Ed: Trailblazing Jewish Americans 1776-2024, Supreme Court Justices
2024-02-15 19:30 - 20:30

Jewish Meditation Circle
2024-02-16 19:30 - 20:30

Shabbat Morning Celebration
2024-02-17 09:30 - 11:30

Temple Reads: The Wind Knows My Name by Isabel Allende
2024-02-18 19:00 - 21:00
The Wind Knows My Name
by Isabel Allende
Sunday, February 18 at 7:00 PM via Zoom
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87237819206?pwd=MWhuYU94N210L3BTRnNNRjZBY3RQdz09
Meeting ID: 872 3781 9206
Passcode: 353864
Vienna, 1938. Samuel Adler is five years old when his father disappears during Kristallnacht—the night his family loses everything. As her child’s safety becomes ever harder to guarantee, Samuel’s mother secures a spot for him on a Kindertransport train out of Nazi-occupied Austria to England. He boards alone, carrying nothing but a change of clothes and his violin.
Arizona, 2019. Eight decades later, Anita Díaz and her mother board another train, fleeing looming danger in El Salvador and seeking refuge in the United States. But their arrival coincides with the new family separation policy, and seven-year-old Anita finds herself alone at a camp in Nogales. She escapes her tenuous reality through her trips to Azabahar, a magical world of the imagination. Meanwhile, Selena Durán, a young social worker, enlists the help of a successful lawyer in hopes of tracking down Anita’s mother.
Intertwining past and present, The Wind Knows My Name tells the tale of these two unforgettable characters, both in search of family and home. It is both a testament to the sacrifices that parents make and a love letter to the children who survive the most unfathomable dangers—and never stop dreaming. (Amazon)

Ways & Means Committee Meeting
2024-02-19 19:30 - 21:00

One Hour Family Shabbat Celebration with Rabbi Greg
2024-02-24 09:30 - 10:30

"Shattered Stars, Healing Hearts," Holocaust Memoir Presentation
2024-02-25 11:30 - 13:00
Temple Emmanuel of Wakefield invites you to a special event

Shattered Stars, Healing Hearts:
Unraveling My Father’s Holocaust Survival Story

With Irene Stern Frielich
Sunday February 25, 2024 at 11:30 AM
Author Irene Stern Frielich shares the inspirational story of her family’s escape
from Germany on Kristallnacht in 1938. Irene’s father was 12 years old when they
fled their home and crossed the border to the Netherlands. Her book Shattered
Stars Healing Hearts retraces the Stern-Herzfeld family’s steps to freedom.
Join us for an engaging multi-media presentation where Irene chronicles her
family’s journey from 1938-1945. Irene shares excerpts from her father’s
testimonial where he finally shares the dramatic experiences of the war.
Irene describes 3 transformational trips to Germany and Holland she made with
her own family in 2018-19. She is deeply grateful to the 18 courageous individuals
who helped her family survive the Holocaust. Shattered Stars Healing Hearts
offers a message of hope, peace and caution for the world in which we live
today. The presentation will be followed by an opportunity for Q&A and a book
signing.
Bagels and refreshments will be served
$10 donation, cash or check at the door
No charge for children and students (recommended for children 12 and older)
Contact Ellen at gesjscott@gmail.com or call 781-245-1886 to attend
