Temple Emmanuel of Wakefield

One Hour Family Shabbat Celebration, led by Rabbi Pam
2025-02-22 09:30 - 10:30 (America/New_York)
Family Celebration, Sat Feb 22, 9:30-10:30am in the sanctuary. Adults, Chai School students, siblings and preschoolers are invited! Children who wish will be invited to stand on the Bima with Rabbi Pam at the beginning to sing Hinay Mah Tov, and at the end to sing Bim Bam Shabbat Shalom. Parents and kids will also be invited to come up during the celebration to look inside the Torah! The celebration will be followed by Kiddush upstairs, including a light snack.

Jewish Meditation Circle, led by Rabbi Pam
2025-02-21 19:30 - 20:30, 2025-01-17 19:30 - 20:30

School Committee Meeting
2025-02-18 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-01-21 19:30 - 21:00

Shabbat Morning Celebration, Lay-led
2025-02-15 09:30 - 11:00, 2025-01-18 09:30 - 11:00

Erev Shabbat Celebration, led by Rabbi Pam
2025-02-14 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-01-24 19:30 - 21:00

Tu B'Shevat
2025-02-13

Volunteer at Wakefield Community Dinners
2025-02-12 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.

Temple Board Meeting
2025-02-11 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-01-14 19:30 - 21:00

Sisterhood Sunday Walkers-CANCELLED due to snow
2025-02-09 11:00 - 12:00
When: Sunday, February 9, weather dependent
Time: 11 AM, see below for further information
Where: Temple Emmanuel Neighborhood
Meeting location: Temple Emmanuel 120 Chestnut St
Parking: Street parking
RSVP: Please RSVP to Sue H 781-258-7760
Additional information: The walk will start at 11, but you are welcome to come at 10:30 for a Coffee & Chat!

Sisterhood Coffee & Chat-CANCELLED due to snow
2025-02-09 10:30 - 11:00

Game Night! Beerfest!
2025-02-08 18:30 - 21:30
TEMPLE EMMANUEL’S ANNUAL GAME NIGHT & BEERFEST
Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 6:30 pm
(snow date Feb 23rd)
A social evening for Temple members, family and friends over 21
Kosher hotdog dinner with all the fixings, munchies,
Vegetarian Option, too (let us know)
Beverages: Beer, Wine and Soda
Games for grownups
Scrabble, Trivial Pursuit, Mexican Train, Dominos, Poker and more! Mahjong, Western Style unless someone can bring an American set and players bring their official cards

Bring your favorite game! Something new!
Cost: $20 per person
Pay at the door, cash or check
Please RSVP by February 1st to ensure plenty of food
Susan Hochberg shochberg.sh@gmail.com

Shabbat Morning Celebration, Led by Rabbi Pam
2025-02-08 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-01-11 09:30 - 11:30

Erev Shabbat Celebration, Lay-led
2025-02-07 19:30 - 21:00

Ritual Committee Meeting
2025-02-04 19:30 - 21:00

House & Grounds Committee Meeting
2025-02-04 18:45 - 19:30

Membership Committee Meeting
2025-02-03 19:30 - 21:00

Pizza & Movie Afternoon
2025-02-02 13:00 - 16:00
The Sisterhood of Temple Emmanuel invites the
Temple community, family and friends
to a
PIZZA AND MOVIE EVENT
What: Pizza lunch, movie: Kiss Me Kosher, a rom-com set in Israel, followed by a discussion
When: Sunday Feb 2, 2025
Snow Date: Feb 23, 2025
Time: 1:00 PM
Where: Temple Emmanuel
Cost: $10/pp Pizza, salad, beverages and dessert
Movie only: Free

RSVP by 1/29/25 to Sue Hochberg shochberg.sh@gmail.com
Please mention if you will be having lunch

4 Chaplains Event
2025-02-02 09:00 - 10:00
On Sunday, February 2, Temple Emmanuel will welcome Paul Cancelliere and the Wakefield Veterans Advisory Board to lead the annual “Four Chaplains” memorial service. This event honors the Four Chaplains, including Rabbi Alexander D. Goode, who died rescuing civilian and military personnel as the American troop ship SS Dorchester sank on February 3, 1943. There is a memorial monument in front of the synagogue, one of several in the country, that commemorates the ultimate sacrifices made by these men of different faiths. The service begins at 9:00 AM, and it is open to the public.

Tot Shabbat, led by Rabbi Pam
2025-02-01 09:30 - 10:30
Children and parents are welcome to bring something to share relating to trees as we celebrate Tu B’Shvat. Leaf, tree needle, pine cone, fruit that grows on a tree, photo or drawing are some ideas.

Continuing Education Committee Meeting
2025-01-28 19:30 - 21:00

One Hour Family Shabbat Celebration, led by Rabbi Pam
2025-01-25 09:30 - 10:30
Temple Emmanuel Family Service, Saturday January 25
9:30-10:30 AM in the sanctuary
Please join us for singing, praying and looking in the Torah. All adults, CHAI School students, and siblings are welcome! Children who wish will be invited to stand on the Bima with Rabbi Pam at the beginning of the service to sing Hinay Mah Tov, and again at the end of the service to sing Bim Bam Shabbat Shalom. There will also be an opportunity to come up and look inside the Torah! The service will be followed by Kiddush upstairs that will include a light snack.

Sisterhood Board Meeting
2025-01-13 19:30 - 20:30

Temple Reads: Kantika by Elizabeth Graver
2025-01-12 19:00 - 20:30
Kantika
by Elizabeth Graver
Sunday January 12 at 7:00 PM via Zoom
Join Temple Reads
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83712160257?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 837 1216 0257
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A dazzling Sephardic multigenerational saga that moves from Istanbul to Barcelona, Havana, and New York, exploring displacement, endurance, and family as home.
A kaleidoscopic portrait of one family’s displacement across four countries, Kantika—“song” in Ladino—follows the joys and losses of Rebecca Cohen, feisty daughter of the Sephardic elite of early 20th-century Istanbul. When the Cohens lose their wealth and are forced to move to Barcelona and start anew, Rebecca fashions a life and self from what comes her way—a failed marriage, the need to earn a living, but also passion, pleasure and motherhood. Moving from Spain to Cuba to New York for an arranged second marriage, she faces her greatest challenge—her disabled stepdaughter, Luna, whose feistiness equals her own and whose challenges pit new family against old.
Exploring identity, place and exile, Kantika also reveals how the female body—in work, art and love—serves as a site of both suffering and joy. A haunting, inspiring meditation on the tenacity of women, this lush, lyrical novel from Elizabeth Graver celebrates the insistence on seizing beauty and grabbing hold of one’s one and only life.

Bagels and Chairs Work Party!
2025-01-12 10:00 - 12:00
BAGELS AND CHAIRS WORK PARTY!

Sunday Morning, January 12 at 10:00 AM

Join us for bagels and a nosh, then help repair some of our new chairs that need a quick fix! Or help tidy another part of the Temple!
Please RSVP to Ben if you will be joining the party!
