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		                                    Temple Emeth's Teen Community		                                </span>
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		                            <span class="slider_description">Temple Emeth’s teens are active members of our congregation, participating in a range of social action and learning events, volunteering at our fundraisers and special events, serving as Torah readers, engaging in social action, and helping to lead services. Teens also participate in our Religious Action Center (RAC) Trip to learn about the legislative process, advocate for Reform Jewish policy positions, and meet with senators and representatives to delivery an advocacy speech.</span>
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		                                    Celebrating Year Round		                                </span>
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		                            <span class="slider_description">In addition to weekly Shabbat services, Temple Emeth members enjoy getting together to celebrate the holidays throughout the year.</span>
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		                                    Celebrating Purim with Temple Emeth		                                </span>
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		                            <span class="slider_description">Enjoy our Purim Service and Megillah Reading. Dress up and make merry! Send Shalach Manot to friends and family. Eat some hamantaschen!</span>
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		                            <span class="slider_description">Education at Temple Emeth is a lifelong process. Orna Horn Prouser, PhD, spoke on studying the Bible through the lens of disability studies when she delivered the 2024 Rabbi Joshua Trachtenberg Memorial Lecture. Pictured (left to right): Emeth President Michael Goldberg; Dr. Prouser; and Rabbi Steven Sirbu.</span>
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		                                    Social Action and Tikkun Olam are Core Values at Temple Emeth		                                </span>
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		                            <span class="slider_description">Temple Emeth annually observes HIAS Refugee Shabbat. This  year, Temple member Marty Breznick and his law partner John Cavallo, who are both immigration attorneys, spoke on “A Journey Like No Other." Refugee Shabbat was an opportunity for Temple Emeth to reaffirm and redouble our support for refugees, asylum seekers, and the forcibly displaced.</span>
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		                            <span class="slider_description">Temple Emeth celebrated the end of the Religious School year at a special moving up ceremony. Beginning in 2023, Temple Emeth has joined with Temple Sinai in Tenafly to collaborate on Religious School education for our students in grades K through 7. We are excited that this collaboration will provide a robust education in a vibrant setting guided by the values of Reform Judaism.</span>
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		                            <span class="slider_description">Each June, Temple Emeth recognizes the accomplishments of our high school graduates. Two of our 2024 seniors are pictured with Rabbi Sirbu and Cantor Tilem.</span>

What's Coming Up

Services & Torah Study

 
Shabbat Evening Service 
Friday,  January 3 at 8:00 pm
Sanctuary & Livestream
 
Torah Study
Saturday, January 4 at 9:00 am
Youth Lounge & Zoom
 
Shabbat Morning Service
Saturday, January 4 at 10:30 am
Sanctuary & Livestream
 
Click here to view services on Livestream.
 
Click here to view our complete calendar.
 

Bergen B'Yachad New Year's Day Concert on Wednesday, January 1 at 2:30 pm

Join us for the 2nd Annual Bergen B’Yachad New Year’s Day Concert and Jewish Unity Event featuring Soul Farm! Live music and connection as we unite the Jewish community across Bergen County. Wednesday, January 1. Doors open at 2:15 pm. Please RSVP here. Suggested $5 donation at the door. 

Click here for the flyer.

Game Day on Wednesday, January 8 at 1:30 pm

Game Day returns on Wednesday, January 8 from 1:30 pm-4:00 pm. On the second Wednesday of every month, come play Canasta, Bridge, Mahjong or other games with your family and friends. Call the Temple office to register. Click here for the flyer.

 

Trivia Night on Saturday, January 11 at 8:00 pm

Trivia Night returns by popular demand on Saturday, January 11 at 8:00 pm. We’ll have prizes, refreshments and fun. Come alone or with a team of 6-8 people. See the weekly email for registration details.

Israel/ARZA Breakfast on Sunday, January 12 at 10:30 am

Join us on Sunday, January 12 for an Israel / ARZA Breakfast Program: “Representing Israel in International Sports” at 10:30 am Our speakers will be Caroline Tabib, Paralympic Table Tennis Player, and Elissa Sagoskin, Head coach, Israeli National Women’s American Football Team The cost is $10 per person by Thursday, January 9 and $15 at the door. Please see the weekly email for registration details.

FDU Basketball Game on Sunday, January 12 at 1:00 pm

On Sunday, January 12 join your friends from Emeth for lunch at 1:00 pm in a private suite at the Bogota Savings Bank Center on the FDU campus in Hackensack. Lunch will be followed by the FDU men’s basketball game against St. Francis University at 2:00 pm.

Click here to register.

2024 Gala

Thank you to everyone for supporting Temple Emeth and the Fab Five who were honored by attending the Gala and/or placing an ad. Please click here to view this year's ad journal.

Also, check out our Special Events page and click on the honoree portraits for slideshows compiled by Barbara Balkin. And check back for photo highlights of the evening!

Thanks to all the volunteers who worked on the Gala Committee and put together a fabulous evening.

 


 

Union for Reform Judaism

Wed, January 1 2025 1 Tevet 5785