Check for an upcoming email with more detailed information about Rosh Hashanah Services, Tekiah Around Town, and Tashlikh.

Those people who have accepted an aliyah or a Hagbah/Gelilah honor for Rosh Hashanah from our head gabbai, Steve Blazer, should be sure to check in with a gabbai at the service to which they have been assigned no later than 9:15 A.M. Those people who have accepted the honor of opening the ark do not have a set time by which they should arrive, but they should still check in with a gabbai at the service to which they have been assigned.

Join us for our S'lihot Program this weekend! See more details below.

Saturday, September 28 at 8:00 PM

SHABBAT SERVICES

Friday, September 27

6:00 PM: Kabbalat Shabbat

Leaders: Rabbi Fel and Cantor Mayer

In person - Fishbein Chapel

KABBALAT SHABBAT ZOOM!

Meeting ID: 405 452 0081 | Password: 99Taft | Phone: 929.436.2866

6:15 PM: Candle Lighting

Saturday, September 28

8:00 AM: Early Service - Nitzavim-Va-Yeilekh

In person - Fishbein Chapel

Leaders: Murray Gereboff and Niecie Weiner

Torah Readers: Murray Gereboff and Niecie Weiner

EARLY SERVICE ZOOM!

Meeting ID: 634 360 0434 | Password: 818674 | Phone: 929.436.2866

9:30 AM: Sanctuary Service

In person - Main Sanctuary 

Service Leaders: Rabbi Fel and Cantor Mayer

P'sukei: Arnie Moses

10:10 AM - Torah Service

Torah Service Leader: Roberta Arsac

Torah Reader: Bob Pelcovits

Haftarah: Sharon Sock

11:15 AM - Musaf by Meital Jacob

11:30 AM - In-Shul Security Training

SANCTUARY SERVICE ZOOM!

Meeting ID: 405 452 0081 | Password: 99Taft | Phone: 929.436.2866

SANCTUARY SERVICE LIVE STREAM!

9:30 AM: Minyan Hadash Service

In person - Fishbein Chapel

10:45 AM: Parsha Play & Snack

In person - Goldberg Foyer

11:15 AM: Jr. Congregation

In person - Goldberg Foyer

11:15 AM: Tot Shabbat

In person - Sisterhood Lounge

12:00 PM: Kiddush Lunch - Outdoor seating available!

In person - Alperin Meeting House Foyer

12:30 PM: Tours and Talks - 15 Minute Safety Feature Tour of Building

In person - Alperin Meeting House

12:30 PM: Ushers and Greeters Orientation

In person - Sisterhood Lounge

1:15 PM: Shabbat Minhah

In person - Fishbein Chapel

Torah Reader: Howard Epstein and Steve Blazer

SHABBAT MINHAH ZOOM!

Meeting ID: 405 452 0081 | Password: 99Taft | Phone: 929.436.2866

7:13 PM - Havdalah



7:25 PM - Zoom Havdalah

WATCH ON ZOOM!

Meeting ID: 405 452 0081 | Password: 99Taft | Phone: 929.436.2866

8:00 PM - S'lihot Program

In person - Bohnen Vestry

9:00 PM - Dessert Reception

In person - Bohnen Vestry

9:30 PM - S'lihot Service

In person - Fishbein Chapel

10:30 PM - The Evening Concludes

Thank you to Terry Sullivan for his generous donation to the Kiddush fund in honor of his Birthday.

If you'd like to contribute to Shabbat Kiddush lunch, CLICK HERE or contact Paul Stouber pstouber@teprov.org or call

(401) 331-1616. THANK YOU!!!

Welcome to our newest members:

Jamie Martin and her son, CJ

Ethan Kyzivat

Ross Frank

Jess Farrell

and welcome back:

Shelley and Larry Parness

Do you have a lifecycle event you want to announce to the congregation? Click here to let us know!

For instructions on touchless zooming on Shabbat Click HERE

Please let us know if you or someone you know is sick. To email the clergy Click here or call the Temple office: (401) 331-1616

Business Office Hours:

Monday: CLOSED

Tuesday - Thursday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Friday: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

REMINDER: Only the Main Sanctuary entrance will be open on Shabbat mornings. You may still enter through our Taft Avenue door with your Temple access card. For an accessible entrance, please come in through the kitchen door on Morris Ave. Make sure you have an access card and/or let the office know you plan to come in through that door. Call the Temple office for more information: 401-331-1616.

High Holy Day Guide Correction: Morning Minyan on Sunday, October 6, 2024 (Fast of Gedalia) will be at 8:30 AM. 

Our area is currently experiencing a COVID surge, and we want to ensure everyone takes the necessary precautions as we prepare for the High Holy Days. For everyone’s safety, please consider getting vaccinated in the next few weeks and testing if you are not feeling well.  

A Note on Security

In response to the growing need for enhanced security, we have implemented a comprehensive security plan that includes restricted entry points, the installation of state-of-the-art surveillance cameras, and regular private security details on Shabbat and Yom Tov. For the coming weeks, we have engaged members of the Providence Police Department to provide security details and area patrols on Shabbat, for special events, and when our religious school is in session. 

These efforts reflect Temple Emanu-El's unwavering commitment to providing a secure and welcoming environment for all who worship within its walls, ensuring that faith and community can thrive without fear.

Congregational Security Training

THIS SHABBAT at 11:30 AM

Join us for this 'in-shul' security training.

MAZAL TOV!

Happy Birthday to Terry Sullivan and Carol Kroll Renck!

THANK YOU, VOLUNTEERS!

Special thanks to our High Holy Day Hero: Ellen Shaw

Religious School cooking volunteer: Betsy Griffin

Kosher Food Pantry teen volunteering support: Shana Prohofsky 

BECOME A CENTENNIAL SPONSOR!

Temple Emanu-El is about to mark its 100th Anniversary with a year-long celebration featuring several major events and initiatives, including:

• Adult Education Weekend with Professor Dr. Jonathan Sarna
• Visioning 100 Art Exhibition, showcasing the works of fellow congregational artists
• Bread and Torah Weekend, featuring Rabbis Linda Motzkin and Jonathan Rubenstein
• Centennial Gala Celebration
• Centennial Commemorative Book
• Centennial Gala Book

To help create an unforgettable series of events for our entire shul and sustain our thriving community well into the future, we’re inviting you to consider making a special donation towards the upcoming festivities.

You can choose from four kinds of sponsorship opportunities. Each level – Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze – offers unique benefits and forms of donor recognition. See below to learn more about these Centennial sponsorship opportunities and the major events honoring our Centennial.

We hope you’ll become a sponsor of this once-in-a-lifetime occasion!

John & Laura Adams-Magan

Anonymous

Eliza & Steve Beringhause

Deb & Steve Blazer

Jeffrey & Jessica Brier

The Bromberg-Rosenstein Family

Jane & Howard Epstein

Edward & Barbara Feldstein

Cory and Edward Fink

Alan Flam & Judy Semonoff

Wayne & Anne Franklin

Carl Freedman & Bev Ehrich

Martin & Robyn Furman

Louis D. Gitlin & Nora J. Howard-Gitlin

Michael Goldenberg

Michael & Susan Goldman

Steven & Donna Goliger

David & Sandi Gordon

Kenneth Hersh & Leah Ehrenhaus-Hersh

David & Hope Hirsch

Carol Ingall

Pam Kaitin-Miller & Sam Miller

Marilyn & Lawrence Katz

Alvan & Marcia Kaunfer

The Kumins Family

Audrey Kupchan & Sam Havens

Robert & Lesley Landau

Judy & Mayer Levitt and Joyce & Michael Bohnen

Jeff & Rachel Levy

Toby & Moshe Liebowitz

Ivy & Daniel Marwil

Richard & Linda Mittleman

Arnie Moses

Dianne & Martin Newman

Caryl-Ann & Dexter Nieforth

Larry & Duffy Page

Elise F. Pansey

Bob & Margie Pelcovits

Sally & Fred Rotenberg and Family

Antonio Sabella

William & Susan Sikov

Sheldon & Arlene Simon

Label Smith & Sue Rosenfield

Paul & Donna Stouber

Mel Topf

TEMPLE EMANU-EL HAPPENINGS

High Holy Day Meeting House Service Melodies

Thursday, September 26, 2024 at 6:30 PM

Gather together to learn some of the new melodies (and practice the classics) that will be used in the Meeting House Services during Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. No musical experience necessary. Come to sing or just to listen as we preview these uplifting and meaningful melodies.

Friday Mindfulness

September 27, 2024 at 12:00 PM

Sometimes, Shabbat can sneak up on us much too quickly, before we're truly "ready" for it. To help "clear the way" for Shabbat, join Boomers and Beyond for a special series of mindfulness programs on Zoom this fall. Rachel Cohn will lead the first program through a mix of mindfulness exercises, meditation, chanting, and more. To register, please sign up here:  

Reverse Taschlich

September 29, 2024 at 10:00 AM

Narragansett Boat Club

Join us as we reverse the tradition of Taschlich & cleanse human sins in a collaborative environmental cleanup.

Reverse Taschlich is an innovative environmental Jewish ritual. Last year 4000 Jews and allies in 23 countries collaborated to honor tradition and address a modern crisis, by cleaning up waterfront locations and combating plastic pollution as we enter the High Holidays.

Incorporating Reverse Taschlich into Jewish life allows individuals to connect their spiritual and ethical values with environmental stewardship, while being a part of a global movement. Join us to foster a deeper sense of interconnectedness with the natural world, the global community, and promote positive change.

RSVP required no later than Friday, September 20

Brotherhood Sukkah Building

Sunday, September 29, 2024 after Minyan at 9:30 AM

Join Brotherhood in building the Temple Emanu-El sukkah!

Break the Fast 2024

Saturday, October 12, 2024 following the final Shofar Blast

Join us for our break-the-fast meal after our Ne’ilah service! This is a catered meal that will take place indoors, with some seating set up outside under our tent. Registration required by October 7.

Brotherhood Scotch in the Sukkah

Sunday, October 20, 2024 7:30-9:00 PM

Eli Sullivan will take us through a guided tasting. Depending on the scotches purchased and their cost, there will be 5-6 different scotches to taste. Eli will give contextual information for each offering one by one, and we hold an interactive exploration of each spirit as we taste them sequentially. At the end of the night, the remainders from the bottles tasted will be raffled off. There will be some snacks for cleansing palates.

Cost:

Brotherhood members: $20.00 per person

Not a Brotherhood member: $25.00 per person

Delve Deeper Fall 2024

Dates: Sundays - September 15, 22, 29, October 6, 20, 27, November 3, 10, 17, & 24, 2024

Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Location: Zoom

Abraham Joshua Heschel is one of the most important Jewish thinkers of the last 100 years. We will examine how Heschel applied the writings of the Hebrew prophets to contemporary issues, as well as his insights into the Bible, prayer, Rabbinic thought, Hasidism, and the Holocaust.

Dr. Dror Bondi has dedicated the last 20 years to bringing Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel’s thoughts to Israel. He has a doctorate in Jewish Thought from Bar-Ilan University. He lives with his family in Jerusalem, in Urban-Kibbutz Beit Yisrael, a community of religious and non-religious dedicated to social and spiritual activism.

Scroll of Remembrance

Each holiday is a chance to remember the impact loved ones have made on our lives. A Scroll of Remembrance will be printed commemorating the departed members of your family. To inscribe the names of loved ones in the Scroll, click below or call the Temple office by September 27, 2024.

Parokhet Project

Celebrate our Centennial by helping create a new parokhet/ark curtain for the movable ark. Don't miss the opportunity to participate in this unique art project! Supplies are available at the Temple office.

All submission are due to the Temple office by October 10!

Junior Cong.

(ages 6–11) 

Jr. Congregation kids service: 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM

Come and enjoy a weekly interactive service designed especially for elementary school aged students. Children will be led through an abbreviated service, with teachings about the prayers and interactive activities included. Services are led by teen Jr. Cong. leaders with guidance from Ma'ayan Stutman-Shaw, our USY advisor and Shabbat youth activities leader. 

NEW FOR 2024: Come early for a snack and parsha play at 10:45 AM!

Parparim: A Judaism-Infused Playgroup at

Temple Emanu-El

(ages 2-3) 

9:45 AM - 11:00 am, one Sunday / month

Next session: Sunday, October 20, 2024

Join facilitator, Niamh Maddock-Hallaren in the Sisterhood Lounge for Temple Emanu-El's new twos and threes group. There will be free play time, a guided parent-child activity, and more time to play and get to know each other. We are offering this group FREE OF CHARGE, please feel free to invite your friends! 

Email Rachel Cohn to sign up for Parparim! 

COMING TOGETHER FOR ISRAEL

During times of turmoil, it's crucial to come together as a community so that we can offer support, comfort, and share resources with each other. To that end, we would like to offer the following avenues of empowerment:

1. Join Us for Services - When faced with challenges, we gather as a community for prayer and to reaffirm our values and hopes for the future. Please consider joining us in in person or on Zoom for daily minyan or Shabbat services. It feels less lonely when we join our thoughts and prayers with others around the world and with those who came before us. 

2. Get Educated - Knowledge is a powerful tool in combating ignorance and prejudice. We highly recommend listening to the Unpacking Israeli History Podcast, an enlightening resource that delves into the complexities of Israeli history and provides valuable insights into current events. The Promised Podcast is also an incredible podcast by three folks who live in and love Israel even though it drives them crazy, and who each week discuss the latest in Israeli politics, culture and society. Listening to these podcasts can give you the language to help express what you’ve often thought is too hard to put into words.

3. Make an Appointment with Temple Emanu-El's Clergy - We are here to offer counsel, support, and a listening ear to anyone in need. Whether you have concerns, questions, or simply wish to talk, we are available to provide guidance and comfort during these challenging times. In particular, if you have children in school or are in the college-search process, please don’t hesitate to reach out. Finally, we can help connect you with other organizations whose primary mission is to advocate for Israel and/or other specific Jewish causes.

NEW & INTERESTING READS IN THE ROSEN

The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss

 By: Margalit Fox

Fredericka Mandelbaum, an impoverished widow and mother, rose from poverty to become a fixture of 19th century high society and the first crime boss in Gilded Age America. She attained immense wealth as a notorious fence and criminal mastermind, all through her modest haberdashery shop on the Lower East Side. She was a business visionary who systemized property crime by handling logistics and organizing supply chains into a viable, scalable business. This well-written tome is a vivid portrait of Gilded Age America and the colorful rogues, including Jews, who inhabited this fascinating bygone era.

Mixed-up Mooncakes

By: Christina Matula

This delightfully illustrated juvenile celebrates family, multicultural heritage, and the bounty of the season for Ruby to explore Sukkot and the Chinese Mid-Autumn festival. A lovely homage to 2 major holidays, with an emphasis the significance of creative problem solving.

The Comprehensive Dictionary of English and Hebrew First Names

By: Alfred Kolach

Rabbi Kolatch, the world's leading authority on Hebrew and English names and their meanings, has compiled this comprehensive work on the subject, including hundreds of new Hebrew names popular in Israel and the Diaspora.

This is an indispensable resource for parents seeking names for newborns, for anyone curious about names in their genealogy, or anyone interested in the origin of names and the Jewish naming process. 

Baking For A Cause

Cookies, brownies or bars are needed that will be added as dessert to over 200 bagged lunches given out weekly by either McAuley House or Help the Homeless, RI.  

Please make a double batch of your favorite cookie/brownie or bar. Put a generous portion (2-3 cookies depending on the size) into a snack or sandwich sized bag and deliver them to either Paula Goldberg 47 Paine Ave. Cranston, RI. Call Paula at 941-2042.

COMMUNITY NEWS

The Jewish Alliance of Greater RI

Israel Emergency Fund

The Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island stands with Israel and has opened this emergency fund to provide immediate financial assistance and relief to victims of terror and war.

Shop Israel

Looking to support Israeli businesses? The non-profit Local Shopping empowers Israel's small businesses, now more than ever. Support small business owners as they navigate the ongoing war, helping them not only stay afloat, but also thrive.

All brands ship to the US and Israel.​ Some ship to other locations.

The Jewish Alliance will be embarking on our next strategic planning process, and we want to hear from you -- greater Rhode Island's Jewish community. Your feedback will help us better understand the challenges facing our community, and the hopes we all share for our future. The information we collect will be used to guide our work over the next several years, by allowing us to build a plan that responds directly to the community we serve.

Your participation will be critical. The "Here for Good" survey will be open to all those who identify as Jewish, or those who have strong relationships or connections with the Jewish community. Among the areas covered in the survey will be present attitudes towards Jewish life, current views on the community, and future insights into what makes a vibrant, thriving community for all. Everyone who takes the survey will be entered into a raffle for two $200 Amazon gift cards. Click here to have your voice heard!