Room 24-25
The flow of life offers us the opportunity for countless forms of Jewish expression through personal practice. While each of us carries our own approach to personal practice, we can learn a great deal about the meaningfulness of practice by listening to the stories of others, learning from the texts in our tradition as well as the layers of meaning brought by generations of Jews who came before us. This semester we will examine various expressions of Jewish pe...
Meeting Room
Each month, Rabbi Brown leads a Torah Study group in a lively, participative discussion. This is open to anyone who wants to drop in — women and men. We do not read the "current" portion but are working our way through the Torah. There is no preparation. Brotherhood provides bagels, cream cheese, and freshly brewed coffee for each session. It's a great way to start the month! Sessions begin at 7:30 a.m. and end before 8:30 a.m. Bring a Tanach or share; no RSVP n...
Main Sanctuary
Tot Shabbat Family Services and Dinner
Once a month members of our clergy lead an Erev Shabbat service for children ages 0-6 and their families. Each Tot Shabbat gathering includes candle lighting, an age-appropriate Shabbat service shared through a variety of interactive, engaging and child-friendly activities such as singing, a story, a playlet, a Torah parade, and more! After services, we join together for Kiddush, HaMotzi, a family-friendly dinner (sponsored by the temple), arts...
Social Hall
Mark Erelli
On March 6 the Temple Isaiah Annual Coffee House is proud to present the very well-known and highly regarded local acoustic singer-writer, Mark Erelli. Doors open at 7:30, performance starts at 8 PM. Tickets are free to Brotherhood members, $15 for all others.
All seats are General Admission so arrive early for the best seats.
Bio
Ever since he released his self-titled debut at 24, Mark Erelli has exhibited an uncommon musical maturity. ...
Meeting Room
Creating an interactive Passover Seder that involves all the participants requires creative planning and resources. Cantor Doob will share activities, melodies, and ideas to bring your Passover Seder to life.
Social Hall
The new technologies that now surround us promise to enhance our lives immeasurably, but also threaten to dehumanize us. We will explore both sides of that dichotomy, and seek to gain some understanding into how we can reap the benefits while avoiding the pitfalls. With an emphasis on fun, this talk will explore the latest in gadgetry, new media, and the social implications of the technology revolution. This year we will see the dawn of the long-promised “personal digital assistant”....
Library
Please join us, usually the 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month, to knit warm shawls or wraps as gifts of comfort for Temple Isaiah members who need a caring lift. Experienced and new knitters are welcome. Drop in from 9:15 to 11:00. Basic instructions with sample patterns will be provided.
Meeting Room
Responding to the Critical Issues of Student Loan Debt and Credit Card Usury with GBIO and the Temple
Come participate in an Economic Strategies Session on Wednesday evening, March 10, at the Temple in the Meeting Room (7:00 pm refreshments; 7:30–9:00 pm discussion). Learn what has been happening since the Temple Isaiah house meetings last spring on the effects of the economic crisis on us and our families and how the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization (GBIO) has been responding to ...
Room 24-25
The flow of life offers us the opportunity for countless forms of Jewish expression through personal practice. While each of us carries our own approach to personal practice, we can learn a great deal about the meaningfulness of practice by listening to the stories of others, learning from the texts in our tradition as well as the layers of meaning brought by generations of Jews who came before us. This semester we will examine various expressions of Jewish pe...
Meeting Room
“Laughter is the Best Medicine”
Dr. Lynne Caesar, Psychotherapist and Leader of the Arlington Laughter Club
Lynn Caesar, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist and a certified laughter yoga teacher and leader. A life long student of herbalism and natural therapies, she is influenced by positive psychology, complementary and alternative medicine, family systems theories, and laughter as a mindfulness practice. A psychotherapist with children, adolescents, adults, couples and families for o...
Social Hall
Bob Isenberg aka Robear will be performing his original, mostly humorous, all completely true, but yet to happen stories.
Robear's stories sneak up on you. They are sly, and funny; thoughtful and evocative. When he tells stories, audiences laugh so hard they might burst and hours later realize that embedded in all that humor is a kernel of truth. His tales of real life point out the humor in tragedy and the poignant in the ridiculous. Robear, who is well known in the Boston/Cambridge ar...
Meeting Room
The Passover Haggadah combines texts and traditions that have evolved over Jewish History. In this workshop, the Haggadah will provide a fascinating window into the ideals, values and experiences of the Jewish people from ancient to modern times.
Social Hall and Meeting Room
Please join us for a fun and active Passover celebration including music, snacks, and a variety of activities, especially designed for Families with Young Children. This event is sponsored by Temple Isaiah’s Sisterhood. Bring your family and friends!
Temple Emunah
Join us as Rabbi Alti Bukiet of Chabad of Lexington, Rabbi David Lerner of Temple Emunah and Rabbi Howard Jaffe of Temple Isaiah discuss "Living as a Jew in the Modern World: Shabbat, Kashrut and the Holidays. This latest installment in the popular series of the rabbis of these three local congregations will focus on the different approaches that Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform Judaism bring to matters of personal and communal observance. How much of a demand shoul...
Room 24-25
The flow of life offers us the opportunity for countless forms of Jewish expression through personal practice. While each of us carries our own approach to personal practice, we can learn a great deal about the meaningfulness of practice by listening to the stories of others, learning from the texts in our tradition as well as the layers of meaning brought by generations of Jews who came before us. This semester we will examine various expressions of Jewish pe...
Main Sanctuary
We will explore through a careful study of Leviticus 23-25 the meaning of the Jubilee year and how it connects and is the fulfillment of the Torah calendar. Sacred time is one of the great creations of our Torah and one of the extraordinary uniting forces of our people throughout our history. What is sacred time? What is the Jubilee and how does it connect and complete the whole?
Library
Please join us, usually the 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month, to knit warm shawls or wraps as gifts of comfort for Temple Isaiah members who need a caring lift. Experienced and new knitters are welcome. Drop in from 9:15 to 11:00. Basic instructions with sample patterns will be provided.
Meeting Room
Led by Rabbi Carey Brown, Cantor Lisa Doob, and Sandy Bornstein
Celebrate the journey from bondage to freedom with memories of Passover traditions handed down through the generations, L'Dor VaDor.
Come prepared to share Passover traditions handed down through your family and any special ones you may have started.
Bring your daughters and granddaughters (10 years and up), mothers, sisters, and friends. We will provide delicious snacks to enjoy through the Seder.
RSVP: Please...
Main Sanctuary
Rabbi Jonah Pesner, founding Director of Just Congregations of the Union for Reform Judaism, which works with synagogues to pursue social justice, will speak on “Moving from Activism to Organizing: Seeking the Transformation of People, Synagogues, and Communities, Starting with Temple Isaiah.” As a leader of the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization (GBIO), Rabbi Pesner helped to secure health care for more than half a million uninsured residents of Massachusetts.
Chapel
Shir Shabbat (Song of Shabbat) are Shabbat morning services designed especially for families with children in fifth grade and under. The family-friendly services are full of joyful song and prayer followed by a bagel oneg. More info: sspivak@templeisaiah.net.
2:00 p.m. “Resist Evil: Jews as Dissidents,” Stephen Whitfield
The Jewish American political profile has been historically peculiar, tilting to the left for most of the twentieth century. Jews have taken seriously the obligations of citizenship and the opportunities to pursue ideals of social justice, mostly across the spectrum from liberalism to radicalism. Why? Tolstoy summed up the message of Christianity as Resist Not Evil. He meant that the Christian ideal is to accept suffering as the wil...
Meeting Room
Temple men are invited to join their fellow brothers at a discussion and text study session at the 2010 Achim Spring Kallah. The topic for the morning will continue last year’s spirited discussion on a related topic and text study sessions.
Topic: "Thinking About Those Left Behind as We Recover from the Economic Downturn:
How Can they Transcend it and How Can We Best Help?"
1. What can someone going through a personal economic crisis do to get past it?
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