Temple Emeth
Temple Emeth, founded in 1939, is the first Conservative Temple native to Chestnut Hill. We are proud of over a half century of service to our membership and the Jewish community.
Our programs, in their scope and diversity, are predicated on a broad range of needs - from toddler and nursery, to K, K1 and 6 grades of Religious School through youth activities, adult education forums featuring Rabbi Alan Turetz, Samara Katz our D.C.L., Cantor Michael McCloskey, our Cantor-Educator, Rabbi Navah Levine, Rabbi-Educator, community events and guest lectures.
Above all, what unites us is a shared sense of caring for each other as a Temple family and concern beyond ourselves for the Jewish people everywhere.
Our programs, in their scope and diversity, are predicated on a broad range of needs - from toddler and nursery, to K, K1 and 6 grades of Religious School through youth activities, adult education forums featuring Rabbi Alan Turetz, Samara Katz our D.C.L., Cantor Michael McCloskey, our Cantor-Educator, Rabbi Navah Levine, Rabbi-Educator, community events and guest lectures.
Above all, what unites us is a shared sense of caring for each other as a Temple family and concern beyond ourselves for the Jewish people everywhere.
Our Programs
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Finding Strength in Tragedy
By Rabbi Alan Turetz We are each shaken by yesterday's unimaginable cataclysm. Joy, freedom, independence, fellowship; all seem fertile ground for evil and madness to...
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Judaism & Spirituality
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(Forgetting to) Count the Omer
By Rabbi Navah Levine Rabbi-Educator, Temple Emeth At this time of year, Jews around the world are Counting the Omer, counting the days between Passover...
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Judaism & Spirituality
Support Yad Chessed at Purim
By Samara Katz Director of Congregational Learning, Temple Emeth "To him who has the means and refuses the needy, the Holy One says: Bear in...
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Social Activism
Make Believe This Purim
By Rabbi Navah Levine Rabbi-Educator, Temple Emeth The day after my son was born, an article published in USA Today carried the following title: “Is...
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Kids & Parenting
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Cantor-Plex: The Jewish Family
By Ray Feller Ray Feller and her husband, Cantor Michael McCloskey, run the Cantor-Plex Film Festival at Temple Emeth in Chestnut Hill. The next session...
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Arts & Culture
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Tu B'Shevat and Environmental Stewardship
By Cantor Michael McCloskey Cantor-Educator, Temple Emeth Adonai Elohim planted a garden in Eden toward the East, and the human which He formed, He placed...
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Social Activism
A Re-New-Able New Year
By Samara Katz Director of Congregational Learning, Temple Emeth A new secular year begins with much noise about making resolutions, changing direction and starting anew....
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Social Activism
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How the Jews Transposed Broadway
Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy, the new PBS documentary scheduled to air on January 1, explores the unique role of Jewish composers and lyricists in...
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Arts & Culture
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1000 Latkes!
That is how many white and sweet potato pancakes Liora Kushner made this year on the second night of Chanukah, to feed 200 guests at...
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Food
Chanukah Heroes and Heroines
By Rabbi Alan Turetz Over the centuries, Chanukah has been imbued with a variety of meanings, mirroring the realities of different periods in our history....
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Judaism & Spirituality

