Cantor Michael McCloskey conducts teen Jewish choir members as they convene for a HaZamir international event on January 18. A gala concert will be held on Sunday, April 3, at Carnegie Hall. Read the article in The Jewish Advocate.

"J.J. Abrams' newest installment moves and inspires us with its vulnerability and its lack of artifice. This film grapples with the ideas of human nature and free will." Read Cantor Michael's blog post, a recent EDITOR'S PICK on JewishBoston.com.

Temple Emeth's initiative to reach out to the Israeli community with innovative programming was the subject of an article in The Jewish Advocate. Read the article here.

We are delighted to announce that Davin Wolok has joined Temple Emeth as Chazzan Sheni. Read the article in the Newton TAB.

Read Rabbi Navah Levine's blog post about the Passover Seder, a recent EDITOR'S PICK on JewishBoston.com.

Ma'or is featured in several articles about mergers among religious schools in Greater Boston. Read the articles in The Jewish Advocate (2013), The Boston Globe (2013), and The Jewish Advocate (2014).

Robert Mayer was featured in an article on "Cultivating Israeli/MA Partnerships" in The Jewish Journal. Read the article here.

Dr. Joe Schwartz was honored as Temple Emeth Brotherhood's Keep of the Flame. Read the article in the Newton TAB.

Dr. Mache Seibel's article, "What the High Holidays can teach about Stress Reduction," was featured in the "Health Column" of The Jewish Advocate. Read the article here.

Read Rabbi Navah Levine's blog post, a recent EDITOR'S PICK on JewishBoston.com.

Temple Emeth, Congregation Mishkan Tefila, and Temple Reyim have collaborated to form a single, new religious school - Ma'or (illumination). The school will open in September at the Jewish Community Center in Newton. Samara Katz will be the director of Ma'or. Read the articles in The Boston Globe and The Jewish Advocate.

"We are each shaken by yesterday's unimaginable cataclysm." Read Rabbi Turetz's blog post, a recent EDITOR'S PICK on JewishBoston.com.

Temple Emeth Nursery School students learned about the Year of the Snake. Read the article in the Brookline TAB.

Amy Salinger, Temple Emeth Nursery School Director, and her family took a special three generations once-in-a-lifetime trip to Israel. Read her article which was featured in The Jewish Advocate.

Mazel Tov to Albert Sherman whose accomplishments were heralded when the Albert "Albie" Sherman Center at UMass Medical School was unveiled to the public in a ribbon-cutting ceremony on January 30. Read an article published by UMMS about Albie as the namesake for this state-of-the-art medical research and education center. Read the article about Albie in the Brookline TAB.

Thirty members of the Temple Emeth community demonstrated their solidarity with "Women of the Wall" and learned about religious rights of women in Israel. Read the article in the Newton TAB.

Samara Katz, Director of Congregational Learning, and Cantor Michael McCloskey have had their articles about Tu B'Shevat published on JewishBoston.com. Read them at A Re-New-Able New Year, and Tu B'Shevat and Environmental Stewardship. Mazel tov to Cantor Michael whose article was selected as an EDITOR'S PICK. 

"Why do Jews not place flowers at graves?" Read Rabbi Turetz's blog post, a recent EDITOR'S PICK on JewishBoston.com.

Caterer Liora Kushner and her staff made 1000 latkes to feed 200 guests at the Temple Emeth Community Chanukah Celebration. Read more in an EDITOR'S PICK blog post on JewishBoston.com, which includes the recipe for Liora's Sweet Potato Latkes. Liora was also featured in a Boston Globe article entitled "Food Network was this Israeli Caterer's Cooking School."

USY International Convention (IC) will be held in Boston this year. An article by Steven Zeitler, Emeth Youth Programming Director, and Julian Hyman, USY Parent and past Emeth Youth Commission Chair, describes the benefits of attending IC for both parents and USYers. Read their EDITOR'S PICK blog post on JewishBoston.com.

Rabbi Alan Turetz was honored by Christians and Jews United for Israel at the 7th annual Genesis Awards Program. Genesis Awards are given to individuals in honor or their courageous leadership and enduring love for Israel. Click here for more photos. Read the article in the The Jewish Advocate.

Read the article in the Jewish Advocate and the EDITOR'S PICK blog post on JewishBoston.com about I Am Lucky Because I Can Read, a book about the importance of reading and the culmination of a Temple Emeth Religious School project lead by Ray Feller. Proceeds from sales of the book, which includes articles and artwork from students as well as adults in the Emeth community, will benefit Room to Read, an organization which helps create schools and educational opportunities around the world. To purchase a book call the Temple office at 617-469-9400 or email rayfeller@templeemeth.org.

Mazel Tov to the Temple Emeth Brotherhood Softball Team, the Kiddush Cup winner in the 2012 Men's Shul Softball League. It was an exciting final game with Temple Emeth coming from behind in the final inning for a 13-12 victory. Read the game report here. See the article in The Jewish Advocate.

Our new cemetery, Or Emet (Genuine Light), was dedicated in June. Adjoining our original Memorial Park, Or Emet has 1200 spaces available to all those who seek a traditional Jewish burial. Read the articles on Boston.com and in the Brookline TAB. More photos in the Photo Gallery. For information about grave sites, contact our Executive Director at 617-469-9400 or by email.

Sarah Hodin, daughter of Emeth members Laura and Rich Hodin, studied abroad and raised money for a school in Nairobi, Kenya. Read the article in the Newton TAB.

Temple Emeth Nursery School students learn how to make matzo the "traditional way" with the Model Matzah Baking Factory. Read the article in the Boston Globe. Watch the video on BostonGlobe.com.

Nursery School students had a visit from Brookline Police Department Safety Officer Katie and were featured in the Brookline TAB.

Temple Emeth's morning minyan participants held a prayer service in the Arnold Arboretum, under the beautiful canopy of a Cedar of Lebanon tree. Services were led by Cantor Michael McCloskey and Rabbi Navah Levine and included the sounding of the shofar. Read more in the blog post on JewishBoston.com.

Read the article in the Boston Globe.

The Sugihara Survivor Committee and Temple Emeth held a "Prayerful Assembly" in support of the Japanese people who are experiencing loss and pain due to the earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011. The assembly was held in Temple Emeth's Japanese Memorial Garden, and was an opportunity for members of Boston's Japanese and Jewish communities to offer reflection and show support. Rabbi Alan Turetz, Consul General of Japan Takeshi Hikihara and Deputy Consul General of Israel Ronit Nudelman Perl were among the speakers.

Andrea Werner Insoft marks her first High Holy Days as Temple Emeth president. Read the article in The Jewish Advocate.

The Jewish Advocate December 25, 2009 Palestinian, Israeli share stories of losing loved ones By Elise Kigner, Advocate Staff They speak around the world as part of reconciliation campaign. It may seem hard to believe that they were in the same room, let alone hugging. But last week, Robi Damelin and Mazen Faraj, an Israeli and a Palestinian who each have lost family members in the Israeli Palestinian conflict, spoke to a group of Americans about choosing reconciliation over revenge. Faraj, 32, grew up in the Daheisheh Refugee Camp in Bethlehem. In April 2002, he said, his 62-year-old father was shot and killed by an Israeli soldier as he went out to buy food. Israeli Defense Forces and Palestinians were battling near the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. Faraj said that he knew others who had dealt with similar tragedies by choosing the "violent way." That was not his way, he told an audience of 100 at a talk last week hosted by the Center for Violence Prevention and Recovery at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. "I will never choose revenge." Faraj and Damelin are ...