Thank you for expressing interest in becoming part of the Temple Emanuel community! We are a vibrant, diverse and inclusive Reform congregation, based in the Merrimack Valley, committed to opening our hearts and our doors to all who wish to celebrate Jewish life. Thanks to our dynamic clergy, talented staff, and committed and enthusiastic congregants and lay leaders, we are a thriving synagogue and maintain a robust calendar of spiritual, social, cultural, and educational programs and opportunities to engage in Judaism. We come together to learn and grow, educate our children, deepen our spirituality, rejoice in music, care for one another, celebrate life’s milestones, connect with Israel and shape a just world.
If you would like to learn more about Temple Emanuel, please contact us or call (978) 470-1356 for additional information and a prospective member packet which includes a newsletter, calendar of upcoming events, schedule of services and school brochures. You can also download our membership registration form for more information.
As a member of Temple Emanuel, you will be part of a supportive family, a connected group of friends, and a warm, welcoming and vibrant Jewish community. Your Temple Emanuel membership also includes:
- High Holy Day tickets for adult members
- Clergy to officiate at life-cycle events, and pastoral counseling and care
- Shabbat services each Friday night and Saturday morning, a Sunday morning community service when religious school is in session, and a full range of holiday services and celebrations
- Access to religious education for students in grades pre-K through 12 (additional fee applies)
- Divers adult education programming
- Special member rates for plots at the Temple Emanuel cemetery
- Rich connections to a warm and welcoming Jewish community, opportunities for involvement in tikkun olam (social action and social justice work to help repair our world), a subscription to the Temple Bulletin and so much more.
Dues
The dues structure is an essential component of maintaining our religious institution. Temple Emanuel is committed to accessibility for all regardless of financial circumstances. If the cost of membership presents a financial hardship, please contact our executive director by email or at (978) 470-1356 to confidentially discuss how we can help.
A Note from Rabbi Wilfond:
I want to personally welcome you and thank you for expressing interest in joining our “family of families.” We are a diverse congregation consisting of young families, empty nesters, singles, Jews by birth, Jews by choice and interfaith families. We are a congregation of seekers: people searching for meaning in their lives and ways to find purpose in our swiftly-changing, often chaotic world. We celebrate holidays together, learn together, and support each other in times of sorrow and joy.
We believe the Jewish way of life offers us direction, whether it is planning a bar/bat mitzvah or wedding, or volunteering at a local soup kitchen. Mostly we are committed to opening our doors wide so that we can warmly welcome all who wish to become a part of our community.
I invite you to join us for Shabbat or an event that interests you to meet Temple members as well as our clergy. I would like to get to know you; please feel free to reach out to me so we can get to know each other. Welcome to our congregation.