Temple Emmanuel of Wakefield

Temple Reads: What We Will Become: A Mother, a Son, and a Journey of Transformation by Mimi Lemay
2025-03-16 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Temple Reads: What We Will Become: A Mother, a Son, and a Journey of Transformation
by Mimi Lemay
Sunday, March 16 at 7:00 PM via Zoom

Join Temple Reads
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82882012097?pwd=ZSXwdfH8QiV2IqXUiBbAngUkz6ZJyb.1
Meeting ID: 828 8201 2097
Passcode: 551009

A mother’s memoir of her transgender child’s odyssey, and her journey outside the boundaries of the faith and culture that shaped her.
From the age of two-and-a-half, Jacob, born “Em,” adamantly told his family he was a boy. While his mother Mimi struggled to understand and come to terms with the fact that her child may be transgender, she experienced a sense of déjà vu—the journey to uncover the source of her child’s inner turmoil unearthed ghosts from Mimi’s past and her own struggle to live an authentic life.

Mimi was raised in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish family, every aspect of her life dictated by ancient rules and her role as a woman largely preordained from cradle to grave. As a young woman, Mimi wrestled with the demands of her faith and eventually made the painful decision to leave her religious community and the strict gender roles it upheld.

Having risen from the ashes of her former life, Mimi was prepared to help her son forge a new one — at a time when there was little consensus on how best to help young transgender children. Dual narratives of faith and motherhood weave together to form a heartfelt portrait of an unforgettable family. Brimming with love and courage, What We Will Become is a powerful testament to how painful events from the past can be redeemed to give us hope for the future. (Amazon)

Ways & Means Committee Meeting
2025-03-17 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-04-21 19:30 - 21:00

School Committee Meeting
2025-03-18 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-04-15 19:30 - 21:00

Jewish Meditation Circle
2025-03-21 19:30 - 20:30, 2025-04-18 19:30 - 20:30

Shabbat at Breakheart
2025-03-22 09:30 - 11:00
Jewish Wilderness Spirituality
Meet with Rabbi Greg Saturday Morning at the Northeast Regional Vocational School, 100 Hemlock Road, Wakefield at 9:30 AM at the larger parking lot to the right of the Vocational School Building
Please click on the link below for directions
https://goo.gl/maps/bntTRr8bd5x

Continuing Education Committee Meeting
2025-03-25 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-04-22 19:30 - 21:00

Erev Shabbat Celebration
2025-03-28 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-04-11 19:30 - 21:00

Coffee, Bagels & Games - For the Whole Family!
2025-03-30 10:00 - 12:00

House & Grounds Committee Meeting
2025-04-01 18:45 - 19:30

Ritual Committee Meeting
2025-04-01 19:30 - 21:00

Erev Shabbat Celebration including CHAI School Participation
2025-04-04 19:00 - 20:30

Tot Shabbat
2025-04-05 09:30 - 10:30

Kasher the Kitchen for Pesach
2025-04-06 09:30 - 12:00

Sisterhood Sunday Walk CANCELED
2025-04-06 11:00 - 12:00

Membership Committee Meeting
2025-04-07 19:30 - 21:00

Temple Board Meeting
2025-04-08 19:30 - 21:00

Volunteer at Wakefield Community Dinners
2025-04-09 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 Education: Trailblazing American Jewish Musicians
2025-04-09 19:30 - 20:30, 2025-04-23 19:30 - 20:30
This course is open to anyone who enjoys music! We’ll explore different eras and genres of 20th century music, where American Jews have had outsized impact. All are welcome to learn some of the ways that Jewish people have been pioneers and influencers over the last 100 years to help make music what it is today.
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Meeting ID: 831 9885 6281
Passcode: 662309

Fast of the First Born Siyyum
2025-04-10 08:00 - 09:00

Shabbat Morning Torah Study with Rabbi Greg
2025-04-12 09:30 - 10:30

Pesach First Day Services
2025-04-13 09:30 - 12:00

Community Seder
2025-04-13 18:00 - 21:00
COMMUNITY SEDER
Temple Emmanuel will be holding a hybrid Community Seder on the second evening of Passover, Sunday, April 13 at 6:00 PM
Rabbi Greg Hersh will conduct our Seder Service

We will be serving a catered, Kosher for Passover, four course dinner

Adults (16 years and older) $55.00
Children (7-15 years old) $30.00
Children (6 years old and under) $10.00

Reservations and payment may be made by filling out this form

If sending a check to the Temple, please mark PESACH RESERVATIONS
on the outside of the envelope

You can also pay via Donorbox

Please make your reservation by Tuesday April 8

Join our Seder
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Meeting ID: 850 2810 7042
Passcode: 135483

Shabbat Morning Celebration
2025-04-19 09:30 - 11:00

Pesach Eighth Day Services with Yizkor
2025-04-20 09:30 - 12:00
