Tailgate & Treats at Temple
2024-11-10 09:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | Temple Emanu-El Nasher-Haemisegger Family Atrium
Fuel up for the Cowboys/Eagles game at Brotherhood’s pregame experience with a daylong menu of delicious foods including breakfast, burgers, hot dogs and all the classic fixings. It’s a touchdown for everyone and a game day to remember!

Choosing Judaism: Fall 2024
2024-11-10 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-12-01 10:00 - 12:00 | Temple Emanu-El Ackerman Conference Room
Choosing Judaism is an eight session class for those pursuing conversion. The students will explore their own personal reasons for converting, learn more about integrating Judaism in their lives, conversion rituals, and Israel, among other topics.

Tzedek Emanu-El | Trip to the McShan Garden
2024-11-10 13:00 - 15:00 | McShan Elementary
Join Temple Emanu-El in our first service project field trip of the year! We will be volunteering at the McShan Elementary Garden in the Vickery Meadow Neighborhood helping to build new garden beds, clean weeds and other garden upkeep. Please wear appropriate clothing and closed toed shoes.

Yoga Emanu-El
2024-11-12 15:00 - 16:00, 2024-11-19 15:00 - 16:00, 2024-11-26 15:00 - 16:00, 2024-12-03 15:00 - 16:00
Join instructor Debbi K. Levy for an hour of yoga and mindfulness surrounded by the beauty Temple’s prayer spaces.

Jewish and You: Classes for the Curious | Trimester 1
2024-11-12 19:00 - 20:30, 2024-11-19 19:00 - 20:30, 2024-12-03 19:00 - 20:30 | Temple Emanu-El
Jewish and You: Classes for the Curious provide basic information about core aspects of Judaism, including history, texts, foundational stories, ideas, and more. Join us to explore some of the big questions facing the Jewish people, past and future.
Trimester 1 – The Jewish Library and History
Session 1 – What Does It Mean To Be Jewish?
Session 2 – Tanakh and Biblical History
Session 3 – Siddur and Prayer
Session 4 – History II — Second Temple & Rabbinic Judaism
Session 5 – History III — Medieval Jewish history

Art in Times of War with Maya Yehezkel
2024-11-13 17:30 - 19:00 | Temple Emanu-El Linz Hall
Maya Yehezkel, Israeli tour guide and sand artist, who some of us got to know on the Temple leadership mission to Israel or at our Artzenu lunch and learn, will join us for an evening of learning through art. Maya will share with how she and other Israelis have used art to cope and heal since October 7, 2023. Dinner included.

ECEC Visiting Days
2024-11-14 09:30 | Temple Emanu-El ECEC Lobby
Come see how Temple Emanu-El ECEC’s child-centered community embraces the collaborative pedagogy approaches of Reggio Emilia and the International Baccalaureate to facilitate authentic exploration opportunities with the experiential world. Enjoy refreshments, an in-depth presentation and tour of the ECEC building.

November 15: Shabbat Evening Service
2024-11-15 18:05 - 20:00 | Temple Emanu-El Olan Sancutary
with Rabbi Debra Robbins, Cantor Vicky Glikin and Cantor Hallie Weiner | Sermon by Rabbi Kimberly Herzog Cohen
This service will use the Union Prayer Book and include the Temple Emanu-El choir.

Chever Torah
2024-11-16 09:00 - 10:30, 2024-11-23 09:00 - 10:30, 2024-11-30 09:00 - 10:30 | Temple Emanu-El Barbara Zale Center for Living History

November 16: Shabbat Morning Service
2024-11-16 10:20 - 12:00 | Temple Emanu-El Lefkowitz Chapel
with Rabbi Debra Robbins and Randy Pearlman, Cantorial Soloist

November 16: Cayman Orlowski Bar Mitzvah
2024-11-16 10:30 - 12:00 | Temple Emanu-El Stern Chapel

November 16: Lauren Rench Bat Mitzvah
2024-11-16 16:30 - 18:00 | Temple Emanu-El Stern Chapel

YL+E Parent's Night Out
2024-11-16 17:30 - 20:30 | Temple Emanu-El Weiss Youth Wing
All kindergarten through fifth grade students are invited to a sleepover themed parent’s night out! Wear your pajamas and enjoy an evening full of activities and fun, dinner included. Register now to attend.

The Marcy and Zina Show
2024-11-17 16:00 - 17:30 | Temple Emanu-El Stern Chapel
Broadway comes to Stern Chapel as award-winning duo lyricist Marcy Heisler and composer Zina Goldrich take center stage in The Marcy & Zina Show, a musical theater cabaret. Marcy and Zina’s romantic comedy songs have been featured in venues across the world and recorded by top artists including Kelli O’Hara, Kristin Chenoweth, Allen Cumming and more. You don’t want to miss the show because no one does them better than Marcy and Zina themselves!
Sponsored in part by Beverly Goldman Charitable Fund

ATiD Happy Hour
2024-11-20 18:00 - 19:00 | Temple Emanu-El Tycher Gathering Space
Connect with other young adults, see old friends and enjoy some drinks and bites before the “Nobody Wants This” program with Rabbi Michael Lewis.

A Rabbi's Take on "Nobody Wants This"
2024-11-20 19:00 - 20:30 | Temple Emanu-El Tycher Gathering Space
Unpack all the controversy on Netflix’s hit show with the hot rabbi, “Nobody Wants This.” Join Rabbi Lewis and the hosts of a local podcast, Touche the Podcast, as we dive into Jewish life and Jewish identity as it came up in the show. We’ll have a chance for audience Q&A and participation as we debrief this show and prepare for Season 2.

November 22: Shabbat Evening Service
2024-11-22 18:05 - 20:00 | Temple Emanu-El Stern Chapel
with Rabbi Kimberly Herzog Cohen and Cantor Leslie Niren | Sermon by Rabbi David Stern

November 23: Shabbat Morning Service and Leona Ross Bat Mitzvah
2024-11-23 10:30 - 12:30 | Temple Emanu-El Stern Chapel
Please join Rabbi Amy Rossel and Justin Ross as their daughter, Leona Lee Ross, is called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah. The congregation is invited to attend the service as well as a luncheon to follow. Bring new or gently used winter coats to donate. RSVP below by November 15.

November 23: Grant Staub Bar Mitzvah
2024-11-23 16:30 - 18:00 | Temple Emanu-El Stern Chapel

November 29: Shabbat Evening Service
2024-11-29 18:05 - 20:00 | Temple Emanu-El Stern Chapel
with Rabbi David Stern and Cantor Vicky Glikin | Sermon by Rabbi Debra Robbins

November 30: Shabbat Morning Service
2024-11-30 10:20 - 12:00 | Temple Emanu-El Lefkowitz Chapel
with Rabbi David Stern and Randy Pearlman, Cantorial Soloist
Supplemental materials found here.

Who Knows One?
2024-12-04 19:00 - 20:30 | Temple Emanu-El Stern Chapel
Enjoy a fun evening with Micah Hart, creator of “Who Knows One?,” a live touring show with interactive games and storytelling. Think “Six Degrees of Separation” meets Jewish geography for this fun game showing us how interconnected we are.
