Hanukkah in the Hood: East Dallas

East Dallas

This Family Meet-Up will give our families an opportunity to celebrate the joy of Hanukkah together! Enjoy a home-hosted Hanukkah-themed brunch complete with a family scavenger hunt and dreidel spinning. If you live in East Dallas, or even if you don't, we hope to see you there!

December 9: Shabbat Morning Service

Temple Emanu-El Lefkowitz Chapel

with Rabbi Michael Lewis and Randy Pearlman, Cantorial Soloist Supplemental materials can be found here

Hanukkah Pajama Party Parents’ Night Out

Temple Emanu-El Weiss Youth Wing

Come celebrate Hanukkah with a Youth Emanu-El Pajama Party! We'll enjoy dinner, treats and special Hanukkah activities. Kids can be dropped off starting at 5:45 p.m. in the Weiss Youth Wing and can be picked up between 8 and 8:30 p.m. This is a drop off program for K-4th, so parents can enjoy a night...

Songs and Spirit for Israel

Temple Emanu-El Stern Chapel

Join together for an evening of music, hope, and community with local Israeli singers and Cantors Vicky Glikin and Leslie Niren. We’ll light the Hanukkah candles and have the opportunity to support Nir Yitzhak kibbutz, Israel home of Aya Margalit, Jewish Agency community sh’licha for Temple Emanu-El.

Hanukkah in the Hood: McKinney, Allen, Frisco and Plano

Home-Hosted | Address Shared Upon Registration

Celebrate Hanukkah with families from McKinney, Allen, Frisco and Plano. Enjoy pizza and fun with dreidels. Make sure to bring a menorah for candle lighting and get ready to have a spinning time! The address will be sent out to registrants on December 10.

Event Series ECEC Visiting Days

ECEC Visiting Days

Temple Emanu-El

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. Sign up to visit.

Israel and the War in Gaza with Paul Liptz

Online on Zoom

This Lunch 'n' Learn Israel session will look at events preceding the attack on Jewish towns and kibbutzim on October 7. An analysis of Hamas in the context of Islamic fundamentalism and the failures of the Israeli army to take advantage of intelligence warnings enable us to better understand the tragic events of the last...

ATiD Home-Hosted Hanukkah

Home-Hosted | Address Shared Upon Registration

Join your ATiD, 20s and 30s, community for a Hanukkah celebration. Enjoy latkes, candle lighting and the warmth of coming together. Location address shared upon registration.

December Tot Shabbat

Enjoy a short, lively service led by Rabbi Michael Lewis and song leader Cara Freedman, geared toward families with children up to age 5.