Temple Emanu-El

Artzenu: Learning with Maya Yehezkel
2024-04-11 13:00 - 14:30 (America/Chicago) | Temple Emanu-El Barbara Zale Center for Living History
Join Temple Sh’lichah, Aya Margalit, as we learn with Maya, who some of us got to know as the tour guide on the recent Temple leadership mission to Israel, who will join us on Zoom from her home in Israel. Maya expresses her love of Israel and the pain of the war through her works of art in sand. A light lunch will be served for those attending in person.

School Board Information Session
2024-04-11 19:00 | Temple Emanu-El Linz Hall
Join us to learn about the important role a school board member plays within your district. Following, there will be an action to help our congregation become a 100% voting congregation.

April 12: Shabbat Evening Service with Rabbi Deborah Sacks Mintz
2024-04-12 18:15 - 19:30 | Temple Emanu-El Stern Chapel
Led by Rabbi Sacks Mintz, we welcome Shabbat with traditional texts, contemporary melodies and the meditative power of the nigun, the wordless spiritual song. Want to be a part of the prayer team? Arrive at 5:30 p.m. and join the service leaders to warm up the space and learn the melodies that will be a part of the service.

Chever Torah
2024-04-13 09:00 - 10:30, 2024-04-20 09:00 - 10:30, 2024-04-27 09:00 - 10:30 | Temple Emanu-El Barbara Zale Center for Living History

April 13: Ethan Portnoy Bar Mitzvah
2024-04-13 10:30 - 12:00 | Temple Emanu-El Stern Chapel

April 13: Shabbat Morning Service with Rabbi Deborah Sacks Mintz
2024-04-13 10:30 - 12:00 | Temple Emanu-El Lefkowitz Chapel
Join us for an opportunity to connect with each other and the Divine through music, communal singing and Torah.
Supplemental materials can be found here

April 13: Piper Hedderich Bat Mitzvah
2024-04-13 16:30 - 17:30 | Temple Emanu-El Stern Chapel

Goin' To the Chuppah
2024-04-13 19:30 - 20:45
Goin’ to the Chuppah is open to any couple who plans to create a Jewish home. Jewish, interfaith, LGBTQ – all are welcome! Goin’ to the Chuppah is a registered TwoTogether in Texas provider which means that couples being married in Texas are eligible for a substantial discount on their marriage license for completing the class. We strongly encourage couples to attend at least 3 of the 4 sessions so that you can form relationships with the other participants. If you need to attend a weekday class via Zoom, it will be made available. Dates are February 28, March 6, March 27, and April 6. Locations for specific dates will be confirmed at a later date (in-person at Temple/Zoom/congregant home).

ECEC Book Fair 2024
2024-04-14 - 2024-04-19
Don’t miss this year’s ECEC Book Fair sponsored by Scholastic! Shop in person or online to get some great books and support our school. Shopping times vary, see below for details.
Sunday, April 14
9-11 a.m.
Monday, April 15 – Thursday, April 18
8-9:30 a.m. |12-1:30 p.m. | 2:30-3:30 p.m. | 4-5:15 p.m.
Friday, April 19
8 a.m.-12 p.m.

Brotherhood Blood Drive
2024-04-14 09:00 - 14:00 | Temple Emanu-El Hillcrest Parking Lot
Participate in the lifesaving mitzvah of donating blood! Carter Blood Care trucks will be onsite at Temple thanks to the Temple Emanu-El Brotherhood. Make your online appointment today, or walk up on April 14.

Tzedek Emanu-El Volunteering at McShan Garden
2024-04-14 13:00 | McShan Elementary
Join together to help support our TE150 social justice project at McShan Elementary garden with your family. We will be helping create a water station, new beds and other projects to assist them in their garden. All children need to be accompanied by an adult.

Rabbi Deborah Sacks Mintz: A Communal Concert Gathering
2024-04-14 16:00 - 17:30 | Temple Emanu-El Stern Chapel
Join Rabbi Deborah Sacks Mintz and her soulful musical partners in this participatory concert full of rich harmony, deep groove and heart-opening communal song. Through her tapestry of lush vocals and rhythmic sounds, Deborah invites us to raise our voices and experience the power of singing as a spiritual practice.
Thank you to the Leo & Rhea Fay Fruhman Foundation for sponsoring this concert in memory of Beverly J. Goldman.

Jewish and You: Classes for the Curious | The American Jewish Experience - Big Questions for 21st Century Judaism
2024-04-16 19:00 | Temple Emanu-El Tobian Auditorium

Artzenu: Learning with Zeev Engelmayer
2024-04-18 12:00 - 13:30 | Temple Emanu-El Barbara Zale Center for Living History
Create a postcard with Zeev, an Israeli cartoonist and humorist who is well known as “Shoshke,” his performance art character who is a symbol of free speech and artistic freedom. This session will be led by Aya Margalit, Temple Sh’lichah, while Zeev joins us live from Israel on Zoom. A light lunch will be served for those attending in person. If joining online, please have white and colored, magazines, Newspapers, brochures etc. to cut out, glue stick, scissors, thick and fine colored markers and colored pencils, crayons, oil pastels (if available).

April 19: Shabbat Evening Service
2024-04-19 18:15 - 19:30 | Temple Emanu-El Stern Chapel
with Cantor Vicky Glikin, Rabbi Michael Lewis and the Temple Emanu-El Choir | Sermon by Rabbi David Stern

April 20: Lola Saks Bat Mitzvah
2024-04-20 10:30 - 12:00 | Temple Emanu-El Stern Chapel

April 20: Shabbat Morning Service
2024-04-20 10:30 - 12:00 | Temple Emanu-El Lefkowitz Chapel
with Rabbi Josh Taub and Randy Pearlman, Cantorial Soloist
Supplemental materials can be found here

April 20: Jude and Jolie Rosenzweig B'nai Mitzvah
2024-04-20 16:30 - 17:30 | Temple Emanu-El Stern Chapel

Taste of Seder
2024-04-22 17:00 - 18:00 | Online on Zoom
Rabbi Michael Lewis will lead an online “taste of seder,” with candle lighting, sharing the first cup of wine, blessing the matzah, engaging in some passover learning and singing our favorite seder songs as we welcome the festival of Passover.

April 23: Passover Festival Service
2024-04-23 10:30 - 12:00 | Temple Emanu-El Stern Chapel
This service includes seasonal liturgy and psalms of praise. With Rabbi Debra Robbins and Cantor Vicky Glikin.
Supplemental materials can be found here

April 26: Shabbat Evening Service
2024-04-26 18:15 - 19:30 | Temple Emanu-El Stern Chapel
with Rabbi David Stern and Hallie Weiner, Cantorial Intern | Sermon by Rabbi Michael Lewis

April 27: Charles Tate Bar Mitzvah
2024-04-27 10:30 - 12:00 | Temple Emanu-El Stern Chapel

April 27: Shabbat Morning Service
2024-04-27 10:30 - 12:00 | Temple Emanu-El Lefkowitz Chapel
with Rabbi David Stern and Hallie Weiner, Cantorial Intern
Supplemental materials can be found here

April 27: Lorelei Stone Bat Mitzvah
2024-04-27 16:30 - 17:30 | Temple Emanu-El Stern Chapel

April 29: Passover Festival Service with Yizkor
2024-04-29 10:30 - 12:00 | Temple Emanu-El Stern Chapel
This service includes the opportunity to remember your loved ones. With Rabbi Michael Lewis and Hallie Weiner, Cantorial Intern.

Israel Straight Up: A Frank Conversation with Aya Margalit, Temple S’hlicha
2024-04-30 19:00 - 20:00
Bring your questions, your observations and your curiosity to this no-filters, wide-ranging conversation about Israel. Come early beginning at 6:30 p.m. for a first look at the Lavi Lipshitz exhibit and light refreshments.

Artzenu: Lavi Lipshitz Photography Exhibit
2024-05-01 - 2024-05-13
Lavi was a 20-year-old staff sergeant in the IDF who captured life on the front lines. He was killed on Oct. 31 by a Hamas missile in the northern Gaza Strip. His father, Nitzan, has made his photographs available for the world to witness. Make time to explore the photos and join us for an opening reception on April 30 at 6:30 p.m. The exhibit can be viewed in the Weinreb Foyer (across from the Chagall prints) for the duration of the event.

Weekly Online Psalms Class with Rabbi Debra Robbins
2024-05-01 09:00 - 10:00 | Online on Zoom
Join the thriving online Psalms community for weekly teachings from the ancient text of Psalms. This session will be taught by Rabbi Debra Robbins using the monthly teachings from her book “New Each Day: A Spiritual Practice for Reading Psalms.” The class includes reflection, writing and conversation. No registration is required but be prepared to write and to turn on your camera. Books are available for purchase at Judaic Treasures.
