Temple Emanuel
Community
Tikkun Olam, Sisterhood, travel, concerts, potlucks and celebrations: there’s always something happening at TE.
What’s on
Upcoming at TE
- 24th Annual TE Thanksgiving Turkey Drive
- TE RS
- TE RS
- Kabbalat Shabbat with Torah Service
- Torah study
- ★ History of Antisemitism: From the Beginning Through the Holocaust
News
Latest from Temple Emanuel
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…
Read more →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…
Read more →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…
Read more →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…
Read more →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. –…
Read more →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…
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Tikkun Olam
Repairing the world, every month
Tikkun Olam (healing the world), social action and social justice are important values of the Reform movement and a priority at Temple Emanuel. We are typically involved in at least one Tikkun Olam activity every month: we cook and serve at the Beth-El Center in Milford, collect food for local pantries, clean Woodmont Beach for Reverse Tashlich, and work with CONECT and JCARR.
Coming up
- 24th Annual TE Thanksgiving Turkey Drive
- Orange Interfaith Thanksgiving Service hosted by Holy Infant Catholic Church
- Beth-El Dinner Service
- Beth-El Dinner Service
This year
Tikkun Olam Activities, August 2026 – June 2027
The full list of this year’s projects from the Tikkun Olam Committee, and how to take part.
Members clean Woodmont Beach for the New Year
About 50 TE members picked up a watch, a hotel key, a paring knife, sunglasses and more at our Reverse Tashlich.
Sisterhood
TE Sisterhood
The Sisterhood builds a community where the women of the Temple meet and socialize, with varied programs to share ideas, benefit the Temple, learn, and just have fun! Sisterhood President: Janet Adams. Board representatives: Susan Pinsky Bleeks and Rochelle Kanell.
- Sisterhood Shabbat evening service
- Coffee House: music, wine and desserts
- Dinner-and-a-Show evenings
- Book discussions
- Holiday fairs and potluck dinners
- Fundraising for the synagogue
- The Caring Community Committee
Men’s Club
Temple Emanuel Men’s Club
The Men’s Club continues its mission to engage and build a strong community, with personal, meaningful connections. Led by David Rosenstein and Scott Sussman, it welcomes men with young children in the religious school, men whose grandchildren have become b’nei mitzvah, and everyone in between.
What we’ve been up to
- A guided nature walk around Lake Wintergreen
- The Men’s Club Picklers: a regular pickleball outing, with sign-up through EasyShul
- The annual Men’s Club dinner in the Sukkah
- Honoring Michael Neufeld with the FJMC Keeper of the Flame award
Coming up
A brewery tour, a golf outing, community service events and a book club. Details come in the weekly Shofar Blast. Have an idea for a program? Let us know. If you’re not getting our emails, reach out and we’ll add you.
Get involved
Want to help plan an event, join a committee or lend a hand? We’d love to have you.
TE Travels
Journeys of a lifetime
Travelling together is a very special experience for the members of Temple Emanuel. We don’t do it too often, but every single journey is an experience of a lifetime.
Past trips
2025
Valencia, Spain
Reflections from members of our group: Lindsey Sussman, Rabbi Farbman, Olga Markus, Jeffrey Levick and Melissa Perkal.
Come visit us
Temple Emanuel of Greater New Haven
150 Derby Avenue, Orange, CT 06477
tel (203) 397-3000
Join us for Friday evening services. Times and events are on the calendar.