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Shabbat Chanukkah with TE Band, December 4 at 6pm
Please join us for one of Temple Emanuel’s most well-attended festivals, full of music, bright candles, delicious food, and lots of love as we celebrate Chanukkah. Don’t forget…
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A Little Light, and the Work of Bringing It
There is a disagreement in the Talmud about how we should light the Chanukkah candles. Shammai and Hillel, the two leading scholars of their time, agree on the…
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Intro to Judaism class begins November 4th
For anyone Jewish, Jew-ish or Jew-curious. The New Haven-wide Introduction to Judaism Program provides fundamental knowledge, practical skills, and clarifying insights into Jewish history and culture. Want to…
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Chanukkah Basket Program 2026
Hello from this year’s Co-Chairs of Temple Emanuel’s annual Chanukkah Basket Program! For those who are new to TE, the Chanukkah Basket Program is a wonderful tradition that…
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Reverse Tashlich – Temple Emanuel Members Clean Woodmont Beach as Part of New Year Celebration
For members of Temple Emanuel of Greater New Haven, cleaning up trash helps right some of the world’s wrongs MILFORD, Conn. – About 30 people took advantage of…
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TE Scholar in Residence Program – November 21-22, 2026
Adult Education Committee to Hold Two-Day Program On the History of Antisemitism Prof. Andrew Pessin has been named Temple Emanuel’s Scholar in Residence speaker and scheduled to speak…
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Introducing EasyShul!
I am so excited to share that we have finished our EasyShul implementation. EasyShul is our new membership database which makes it easier for all of us to…
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Slach lanu…forgive us before the High Holy Days?
In our tradition, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are known as the most awe-inspiring and powerful Holy Days of the year. And in our modern reality, they continue…
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Looking back, and looking ahead – celebrating a milestone.
Twenty-five years ago this month, I stood with my classmates on the bimah of West London Synagogue and received my rabbinic ordination, the semikha. Like many newly ordained…
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Our Community In Numbers
During TE’s Annual Meeting in June, I shared that I enjoy looking at data as a way to orient myself. For the past decade, first when I was…
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Coming full circle…
April’s Family Shabbat was a full circle moment for me. When we joined TE, Maddy, our oldest daughter, was entering kindergarten and Abby was in pre-school. We joined…
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Counting our days…
Each year, almost quietly, we enter one of the most meaningful stretches of the Jewish calendar: the counting of the Omer. Beginning on the second night of Passover,…