Center for Jewish Life in Franklin County
Join us on Zoom to light candles and sing together. Each night, different hosts from the Temple Israel community will share stories, songs, and blessings. Zoom Meeting ID: 819 9826 4627 Password: 122098 Our Community Hosts: Sunday November 28 - Judd Greenstein, Michi Wiancko, Aki and Zo Monday November 29 - Justin Sundell-Thomas and… Read More »
Join us on Zoom to light candles and sing together. Each night, different hosts from the Temple Israel community will share stories, songs, and blessings. Zoom Meeting ID: 819 9826 4627 Password: 122098 Our Community Hosts: Sunday November 28 - Judd Greenstein, Michi Wiancko, Aki and Zo Monday November 29 - Justin Sundell-Thomas and… Read More »
Join us on Zoom to light candles and sing together. Each night, different hosts from the Temple Israel community will share stories, songs, and blessings. Zoom Meeting ID: 819 9826 4627 Password: 122098 Our Community Hosts: Sunday November 28 - Judd Greenstein, Michi Wiancko, Aki and Zo Monday November 29 - Justin Sundell-Thomas and… Read More »
Join us on Zoom to light candles and sing together. Each night, different hosts from the Temple Israel community will share stories, songs, and blessings. Zoom Meeting ID: 819 9826 4627 Password: 122098 Our Community Hosts: Sunday November 28 - Judd Greenstein, Michi Wiancko, Aki and Zo Monday November 29 - Justin Sundell-Thomas and… Read More »
The Temple Israel Board of Directors meets on the first Wednesday of every month. Members welcome to join; please email the office for the Zoom link.
4-5 Thursdays Through December 16 Hebrew One (learn your letters) with Itai Gal; Simultaneously with Continuing Hebrew with R. Andrea (vocabulary basic grammar and siddur literacy) Hebrew One text here Hebrew Two text here We are asking people to buy their own texts and pay for the classes if their financial means allow: $48 for the fall session. All… Read More »
Rabbi Andrea leads a study on Bible and Hebrew text. We'll start with the weekly parsha (torah portion) and eventually add later layers of Jewish texts. Texts will be available in English and Hebrew. Free and open to all.
Join us on Zoom to light candles and sing together. Each night, different hosts from the Temple Israel community will share stories, songs, and blessings. Zoom Meeting ID: 819 9826 4627 Password: 122098 Our Community Hosts: Sunday November 28 - Judd Greenstein, Michi Wiancko, Aki and Zo Monday November 29 - Justin Sundell-Thomas and… Read More »
The Tikkun Olam Circle at Temple Israel is hosting a Social Justice Shabbat. Join us for a Social Justice Shabbat presentation with Música Franklin Executive Director Orice Jenkins and long-time instructor Gloria Matlock. The program will include Shabbat blessings as well as a pre-recorded performance by Música Franklin students. Música Franklin envisions a future with… Read More »
Rabbi Andrea leads a service for her former home community Pnai Or of Central Connecticut on First Shabbats. We are welcome to join. Please watch your How To Participate, bi-weekly emails for zoom links.
We are at capacity for latke meals and ordering has been closed. Thanks for participating! We are delighted to offer Latke Dinners from Stone Soup Café to Temple Israel members thanks to a grant from the Harold Grinspoon Foundation. Latke dinners will be available for pickup on Saturday, December 4, 4:30-5:30 PM. You are invited… Read More »
Rabbi Andrea leads Havdallah and Menorah Lighting in the Temple social hall, which you can attend either in person or from Zoom. Masks required inside except when eating. Zoom Meeting ID: 819 9826 4627 Password: 122098 Our Community Hosts: Sunday November 28 - Judd Greenstein, Michi Wiancko, Aki and Zo Monday November 29 - Justin… Read More »
Join us on Zoom to light candles and sing together. Each night, different hosts from the Temple Israel community will share stories, songs, and blessings. Zoom Meeting ID: 819 9826 4627 Password: 122098 Our Community Hosts: Sunday November 28 - Judd Greenstein, Michi Wiancko, Aki and Zo Monday November 29 - Justin Sundell-Thomas and… Read More »
Join Rabbi Andrea Tuesday mornings for a combination chanting/meditation/traditional morning service online via Zoom. If you are on our list to receive invitations to services, you will receive this one. To be added to the list, email [email protected]
4-5 Thursdays Through December 16 Hebrew One (learn your letters) with Itai Gal; Simultaneously with Continuing Hebrew with R. Andrea (vocabulary basic grammar and siddur literacy) Hebrew One text here Hebrew Two text here We are asking people to buy their own texts and pay for the classes if their financial means allow: $48 for the fall session. All… Read More »
Musica Franklin holds their community night in the Temple social hall
Rabbi Andrea leads a study on Bible and Hebrew text. We'll start with the weekly parsha (torah portion) and eventually add later layers of Jewish texts. Texts will be available in English and Hebrew. Free and open to all.
Rabbi Andrea leads study of Torah Trope on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month. Free to Temple members; requested donation $10-18 per class from non members. To register: email [email protected]; payment may be made at this link.
Readings in Hasidic Thought 7:30-8:15 Selections in English and Hebrew from Kalanymous Kalman Shapira's unpublished book "The Royal Path" Text will be provided in English and Hebrew Free to Temple members; requested donation $10-18 per class from non members. To register: email [email protected]; payment may be made at this link. Please indicate "Payment for a class… Read More »
Please join for a hybrid service (zoom and in person). Rabbi Andrea will co-lead with her friend and praymate, Rabbi Deb Kolodny. We'll share powerful prayer, song, and learning around Parshat VaYegash, the week of the reconciliation of brothers. Rabbi Deb Kolodny was ordained by ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal, Rabbi Debra Kolodny has been bringing… Read More »
Mature teens and adults are invited to audition for a play about Israel/Palestine to be staged as dramatic readings over the weekend of February 26 and 27 at the LAVA Art Center in Greenfield. The play is in two parts, one a work of fiction, the other drawn from the transcripts of Compassionate Listening sessions conducted in the… Read More »
TIG is co-sponsoring an online workshop presented by Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action on the history of housing discrimination. This interactive workshop will explore racial disparities in housing in Massachusetts and the history that created them. We will look at the role that zoning reform and affordable housing can have in addressing racial… Read More »
Join Rabbi Andrea Tuesday mornings for a combination chanting/meditation/traditional morning service online via Zoom. If you are on our list to receive invitations to services, you will receive this one. To be added to the list, email [email protected]
4-5 Thursdays Through December 16 Hebrew One (learn your letters) with Itai Gal; Simultaneously with Continuing Hebrew with R. Andrea (vocabulary basic grammar and siddur literacy) Hebrew One text here Hebrew Two text here We are asking people to buy their own texts and pay for the classes if their financial means allow: $48 for the fall session. All… Read More »
Rabbi Andrea leads a study on Bible and Hebrew text. We'll start with the weekly parsha (torah portion) and eventually add later layers of Jewish texts. Texts will be available in English and Hebrew. Free and open to all.
Join us for a musical Kabbalat Shabbat with Rabbi Andrea and the band Midwood. This event will be held both in person and virtually on Zoom. Register to receive the Zoom link here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAlde6trzgtEtKSvGrYJRYql4nJV0x_1HxB Led by violinist Jake Shulman-Ment, Midwood is a contemporary klezmer/rock celebration of freedom and the Jewish tradition of wandering and migration.… Read More »
Rabbi Andrea leads a special Hebrew class on Zoom for ages 5-9 learning and reviewing Hebrew letters and sounds in preparation for our winter learning module. Email [email protected]
PLEASE JOIN US FOR. . . A SUNDAY AFTERNOON WORKSHOP/BOOK PRESENTATION with Daniel Cantor Yalowitz, Ed.D. Friends and Friendship In the Age of Covid ~ SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19th ~ 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. ~ In the Temple Israel Sanctuary ~ As a group, we will focus on the skills, needs, and nuances of building and… Read More »
Mature teens and adults are invited to audition for a play about Israel/Palestine to be staged as dramatic readings over the weekend of February 26 and 27 at the LAVA Art Center in Greenfield. The play is in two parts, one a work of fiction, the other drawn from the transcripts of Compassionate Listening sessions conducted in the… Read More »
Rabbi Andrea leads a service for her former home community Pnai Or of Central Connecticut on First Shabbats. We are welcome to join. Please watch your How To Participate, bi-weekly emails for zoom links.