Passover Seder

Please let us know if you have room at your Seder table or if you would like to attend a Passover Seder. We will try our best to handle your request. Please call the main office at 770-395-1340 ext. 204, and leave your name, number of attendees and contact information.
 

Chametz Drive

The Temple Emanu-El Chametz Drive is going on now through April 16th. Bring non-perishable, non-Passover food items (oatmeal, grains, pasta, cereal, etc) to the temple administrative entrance.  The mitzvah of readying our homes for Passover can lead us to care for those more in need.
 

Journey to Passover 

Watch our website and take a daily Journey to Passover.  Rabbi Julie Schwartz, Rabbi Scott Colbert and Cantor Benjamin Adler will be taking you through this Journey - just go to our website www.te-atl.com and follow the link…JOURNEY TO PASSOVER.
 

30th Anniversary Shabbat Celebration Service

A CD of the 30th Anniversary Shabbat Celebration Service held on Friday, March 14th, is now available for purchase for $15.95.  Order forms are located in the lobby and the main office.  CDs can also be purchased in the Judaica Shop.
 

30th Anniversary Gala

Pictures from the 30th Anniversary Gala are now available for viewing and purchasing. If you have any further questions, please contact Janet Stone jbstone1222@bellsouth.net or call the main office at 770-395-1340. To access pictures, visit:
 http://credentialedmedia.photostockplus.com/event_169319
 

Friday, April 11:

• 8:00 PM – Shabbat Service. Services will include a Marriage Reconsecration ceremony for those celebrating an anniversary of a multiple of five.

 
Shabbat Service, Shabbat Schmooze…
Shabbat is about community. Feel welcome to arrive as early as 7:30 PM for snacks and socializing as we prepare for Shabbat Services.
 

Saturday, April 12:

• Chevrah Torah at 9:00 AM. – Shabbat Metzora - Leviticus 14:33-15:33. All are welcome.
• Tot Shabbat Passover Service in the Brill Youth Sanctuary at 9:30 AM.
• Casual Shabbat Service in the Chapel at 10:00 AM.
• Shabbat Service in the Sanctuary at 10:00 AM. During services we will celebrate the B’nai Mitzvah of Joshua Shailer and Eric Wallach.

 

Sunday, April 13:

• Minyan in the Chapel – 9:15 - 9:30 AM
• Religious School and 8th Grade ONEG - 9:15 AM
• Adult Advanced Hebrew Class in Room 133 – 9:30 AM
• Model Seder Grades K-2 in the Social Hall – 9:50 AM
• Back to Bible Class in Room 133 - 10:30 AM
• Tapestry - Jewish Survival Guide for Interfaith Families – Passover Preparation and Discussion, and Children’s Crafts at 11:00 AM and Model Seder and luncheon in the Social Hall #3 – 12:00 PM
• Adult Advanced Beginners Hebrew Class in Room 133 – 11:15 AM
• Focus Group  at the Synagogue - 12:00 - 2:00 PM 
• Women’s Seder – Journey to Pesach - in the Social Hall – 5:30 PM. Led by Rabbi Schwartz and Rabbi Nemhauser, women are invited to gather as a community to share the story of a timeless journey. Confirmation points are available. Prices: $18/Sisterhood members; $24/Non-members; $12/Daughters under 18. Please make checks out to Temple Emanu-El Sisterhood.  RSVP to templeemanuelsisterhood@gmail.com or evite***

 

Focus Groups

Celebrating the past and looking towards the future…
         
As Temple Emanu-El celebrates its 30th birthday, this is the perfect opportunity to reflect upon where we have been and where we will go into the future.  We invite you to participate in one of the many focus groups being conducted at Temple Emanu-El.
 
Help us discover: 

• how we are strongest as a congregation
• ways that we can strengthen our community
• how to effectively provide interesting programs and activities
• how to best allocate our resources
• our ritual behaviors and standards

 
Your input is vital and enables us to continue to shape the congregation so that we all have a voice in our strategic planning process.  
 
All we need now is YOU.
 
Please share your thoughts and ideas with us at one our many convenient focus group meetings.  Contact Beverly Brown at bbrown@temple-emanuel.net or 770-395-1340 x255 to sign up or for more information.
 

Jazzercise at Temple Emanu-El

These 1-hour classes are held on Mondays and Wednesdays in the social hall at 9:00AM.  RSVP to Nikkia Wright, Certified Jazzercise Instructor, at jazz4nikkia@comcast.net.  Single class sessions are available at $9/session.  Come prepared to have fun!
 

Tapestry

Our next event is a Tapestry Passover Preparation Discussion and Model Seder which will be held in the Social Hall. All are invited!

 

Journey to Passover Book Fair

It’s a One for Me, One for You Book Sale - sponsored by And Thou Shall Read, the new Jewish book dealer for Atlanta.  There will be lots of Passover book choices for kids and adults, as well as Haggadot for your Pesach shopping.
 
Make sure you stop by the table to purchase a book for Temple Emanu-El…and some for yourself, too as we work in partnership to grow our library!
April 13 – 16, during religious school hours, and April 17, during preschool hours.
 

What Does Judaism Say About...

Thursday, April 17 at 7:30 PM -- “What Does Judaism Say about … The Last Supper and Passover Seder?”  Was that matzoh on the table where Jesus and his disciples ate dinner for the last time?  Were they reading from their Haggadahs?  Did they recite the four questions, and review the 10 plagues God brought to the Egyptians?  And, did they read “One Kid, One Kid” after supper, without taking a breath?
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