Welcome to Temple Emanuel!

We are a warm, friendly, Reform congregation, located in Kensington, Maryland. Temple Emanuel, the oldest Reform Congregation in Montgomery County, was formally organized with 28 member families in August 1952, and affiliated with the Reform Movement in March 1953.  Rabbi Leon Adler became its first full-time rabbi in July 1953, and he continued to serve the congregation until his death 35 years later.  In 1988, Temple Emanuel installed its second spiritual leader, Rabbi Warren Stone.

The congregation is in many respects a partnership between its members and its professional staff.  Neither could function without the other.   Volunteers serve on Temple committees dealing with the range of Temple activities:  fund raising, publicity, the Religious School, the Early Childhood Center, buildings and grounds, religious services, adult education, social action, Green Shalom and others, as well as Women of Reform Judaism and the Temple Brotherhood.  For our teenage members there is KESTY with a youth adviser and its own lounge on the lower level.  Whatever the talents or interests you bring with you, there is a place for you in the Temple family.

The Temple Emanuel community, together with Rabbi Warren Stone, Cantor Rosalie Boxt, Religious School Educator, Dr. Itzik Eshel, Early Childhood Director, Madeline Lowitz Gold, and Executive Director, Susan Neiman, welcomes you to join in our services and other activities.

MEMBERSHIP: Our vision at Temple Emanuel is to fully engage our diverse families and circles in an active Jewish life. We hope to serve as a bridge to your homes. Click HERE for membership information.

RELIGIOUS SCHOOL and EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER: Click here to find out more about our Religious School. Registration for the Temple Emanuel Early Childhood Center for 2010-2011 is now open! Click here to see the Early Childhood Center page and registration information.

TEMPLE EMANUEL COMMUNICATIONS: We hope you enjoy the Temple Emanuel newsletter, Kol Kore. We recommend that you print the current issue (on recycled paper, of course) and keep it handy. It contains important information about Temple Emanuel events, services and programs that will be coming up in the next few months. If you have comments or suggestions, please be in touch with our editor, Ian DeWaal, at kolkore@templeemanuelmd.org. To advertise in our newsletter, please contact the Temple office at 301-942-2000.

It is very easy to join our listserve to keep current with events, services and activities.  Enroll on the listserve page of our website.  Also, join the conversation on the Temple Emanuel group on Facebook! Are you a Twitter enthusiast? A blogger extraordinaire? We are always looking for interesting new ways to communicate! Be in touch with our Executive Director, Susan Neiman, to discuss ideas for improving and modernizing our congregation's communications.

TEMPLE EMANUEL PHOTO ALBUM: Please enjoy these photos taken over the years at Temple Emanuel as we have celebrated holidays, events and programs together. Click here to view our Temple Emanuel photo album.

TEMPLE EMANUEL AND OUR COMMITMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT: Temple Emanuel is the recipient of many awards pertaining to the environment.

• Caring for Creation Award of the National Religious Partnership for the Environment
• "Green Menorah" Environmental Award
• EPA Energy Star Congregation
• National awards for our Solar, Wind and Environmental Policies
• Manna Certificate for the Religious School March Mitzvah Madness Ton of Food Drive

To learn more about Temple Emanuel's commitment to the Environment, please visit our Environment page.

Do you shop at Safeway? Let your grocery dollars earn money for Temple Emanuel! Go to www.escrip.com/program/welcome.jsp, click the top left "sign up" link, select "Group ID" and type our #, 1038814, in the appropriate box. Click on Temple Emanuel, and link your Safeway cards to us. 

Giant gift cards are available for purchase in $100 denominations from the Temple office. The Temple receives 5% of your purchase.

Please call 301-942-2000 to order your cards.

The Jewish National Fund (JNF) and ARZA are partnering with Temple Emanuel to help our environment and support Israel by participating in the JNF/ARZA GoNeutral Synagogue Affiliate Program. The Temple benefits from outstanding educational resources, speakers, and activities available to us as program participants. To find out more and to participate, visit the Israel and ARZA page of the Temple website.