Join us for brunch this Sunday, June 4, 2023 at 10:00 AM for our 99th Annual Meeting as we install our incoming board members and honor our volunteers and outgoing board members. 

SHABBAT SERVICES

Friday, June 2

6:00 PM: Kabbalat Shabbat

In person - Fishbein Chapel

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7:57 PM: Candle Lighting

Saturday, June 3

8:00 AM: Early Service - Parashat Naso

In person - Fishbein Chapel

Leaders: Murray Gereboff, Niecie Weiner

Torah Readers: Niecie Weiner, Murray Gereboff

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9:30 AM: Sanctuary Service

In person - Main Sanctuary

Leaders: Judy Greenblatt, Cantor Mayer

10:15 AM - Torah Service

Leader: Toby Liebowitz

Torah Readers: David Lubiner, Bill Dilworth, Howard Epstein, and Cantor Mayer

Haftarah: Shayna Fel



11:15 AM - Sermon

Leader: Rabbi Fel

11:30 AM - Musaf

Leader: Meital Jacob



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11:15 AM: Jr. Cong.

In person - Goldberg Foyer

11:15 AM: Tot Shabbat

In person - Sisterhood Lounge

12:00 PM: Kiddush Lunch

1:10 PM: Shabbat Minhah

In person - Fishbein Chapel

Torah Reader: Larry Katz

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8:56 PM: Havdalah

9:15 PM: Zoom Havdalah

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REMINDER: Only the Main Sanctuary entrance will be open on Shabbat and Yom Tov mornings. You may still enter through our Taft Avenue door with your Temple access card. Call the Temple office for more information: 401-331-1616

Regular Business Office Hours:

Monday: CLOSED

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

Friday: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

If you'd like to contribute to Shabbat Kiddush lunch, CLICK HERE or contact Paul Stouber pstouber@teprov.orgor (401) 331-1616. THANK YOU!!!

Welcome New Members!

-James Yashar

-Damaris Brown

-Anna Sophia Boyd

For instructions on touchless zooming on Shabbat Click HERE

THANK YOU, VOLUNTEERS!

Thank you to our volunteers!

Office Help: Roberta Arsac, Amy Berrol, Ellen Shaw, and Ruth Weinreich

Shavuot Help: Damaris Brown, Elliot Feldman, Bob Fishman, Judy Greenblatt, Lesley Landau, Rosie Litchman, Kip Lombardo, Jay MacCubbin, Bill Miles, and Loiza Miles

TEMPLE EMANU-EL HAPPENINGS

Pride Shabbat  

Dates: Friday, June 9 through Saturday, June 10

Temple Emanu-El is proud to introduce the first annual Pride Shabbat! This year we will be welcoming special guest speaker Rabbi Mike Moskowitz. Pride Shabbat weekend will include Shabbat Dinner and talk with Rabbi Moskowitz, Shabbat morning services with a drash from Rabbi Moskowitz and a talk during kiddush with the rabbi as well.

Spring Book Discussion 

Date: Sunday, June 11, 2023 at 4:00 PM

Author Mark Oppenheimer will lecture in person and on Zoom about the devastating shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, PA, in October 2018 and the aftermath of the tragedy in the Synagogue’s old, established Jewish community. He will also discuss the compelling national implications of the deadly anti-Semitic attack. Oppenheimer will base his lecture on his recent book, Squirrel Hill: The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting and the Soul of a Neighborhood.

The first 25 people to register for the Book Discussion will receive a free copy of the book prior to the program, so that they will have time to read it, with author book signing at the program.

Brotherhood Beer Making 

Date: Sunday, June 18

RSVP by Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Join TE's Brotherhood for an afternoon of games and Beer making! We will be learning how to make our own beer and having fun during the process. We have a limit of how many people can join so don't delay, sign up today! 

Saturday Drop-In Hours

with Social Worker Tara Watkins

Saturday, June 24: 10:00 AM-1:30 PM

Tara Watkins LICSW, is the Kesher worker at Temple Emanu-El.

Congregants can schedule a time to meet with Tara in advance or drop in during this time. Click here for more information about her services. Contact Information: tara@jfsri.org | 401-527-7772

Religious Tolerance Walking Tour

Date: Sunday, June 25

Meeting Time: 10:45 AM, Tour begins at 11:00 AM

Meet Here: Newport Historical Society: Museum and Shop

(Foot of Washington Square, 127 Thames Street, Newport, RI)

This walking tour will introduce a few of the religious and civic leaders of Newport, and show how the foundation of religious tolerance led to the political power and economic growth of Newport.

NEW AT TEMPLE EMANU-EL

B'ahavah - With Love

Discussing the Blessings and Challenges of Multifaith Families

Welcoming your child’s partner into your family is an exciting and potentially nerve-racking moment in your life. How will they blend in? What will your relationship look like? The moment can be even more nuanced when your child’s partner comes from a different faith or tradition. 

Facilitated by Rabbi Fel, Temple Emanu-El’s newest affinity group, B’Ahavah - With Love, seeks to create a safe and welcoming environment to discuss the blessings and challenges of creating multifaith, multigenerational families.

Museum Musings

Temple Emanu-El Percelay Museum

The Fruits of your Labor

In Exodus 23:9, The Jews are commanded: "The choice first fruits of your soil shall you bring to the house of Adonai." This is to occur after the counting of the Omer. Shavuot, meaning Weeks, refers to the fact that the holiday marks the conclusion of seven weeks of the Omer period which begins after the start of Pesach. Shavuot is one of the three agricultural festivals, the others being Pesach and Sukkot. Interestingly, the lone mention of Shavuot in the Torah, refers only to the agricultural roots of the festival: Hag Ha-katzir, The Harvest Festival. In Rabbinic times, Shavuot became identified with the giving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai, based on the biblical verse: "On the third new moon after the Israelites had gone forth from the land of Egypt, on that very day, they entered the wilderness of Sinai." Thus, the Torah portion for that day includes the reading of the Ten Commandments. So, Hag Matan Torah, The Holiday of the Giving of the Torah is another name associated with Shavuot.

Shlichah Housing for J-Camp

The JCC’s J-Camp is looking for a mensch to host our camp Shlichah (Israeli counselor), Adi, for 2-4 weeks between June 18- August 27. If you are interested in hosting Adi, please contact Jim Rawl at jrawl@jewishallianceri.org for more details.

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 or Barbara Dwares 46 Balsam Court Cranston RI. Call Paula 941-2042 or Barbara 474-8276 with any questions.

COMMUNITY EVENTS

Israeli Independence Day at the R.I. State House

PROVIDENCE —House Deputy Majority Whip Mia Ackerman hosted Jewish leaders from across Rhode Island at the State House on April 27 for Israeli Independence Day. She also sponsored a resolution (2023-H 6337) celebrating the 75th anniversary of that independence.