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Emet VeShalom
The Emet veShalom, also known as the Emet V'Shalom, is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 1 Keren Hayesod Street, in Nahariya, in the Haifa District, in the western Galilee region of Israel.

Overview

The congregation was established in 1963 by a group of people, mainly Jewish immigrants from Germany and Central Europe, who sought a more liberal form of Judaism. Emet veShalom is one of the oldest Reform communities in Israel and is now the only non-Orthodox synagogue in Nahariya. The congregation is affiliated with the Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism.

The part-time rabbi, since c. 2015, is Rabbi Ariella Graetz-Bartuv.

Congregation Emet VeShalom holds services on Friday evenings, bar/bat mitzvah Shabbat morning services and celebrations on Jewish holidays. It also offers bar/bat mitzvah training, conversion, and a variety of Jewish educational and cultural activities in several languages for adults and children.

Twinning

Emet VeShalom has twin relationships with a number of other congregations, including:

The Congregation also has a long-standing relationship with Temple Sinai of Milwaukee, Wisconsin as well as a relationship with Temple Beth El, Madison, Wisconsin.

See also

References

  1. ^ "W & DS Twinned Community In Israel". Wimbledon and District Synagogue. Archived from the original on January 2, 2013. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
  2. ^ Mann, Sharon (June 17, 2015). "Yes, We Have a Female Rabbi: Religious Pluralism in Israel". Reform Judaism. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  3. ^ "Kehilla Emet v'Shalom Nahariya's Reform Congregation". KBY Congregations Together. Archived from the original on September 7, 2011. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
  4. ^ Mann, Sharon (August 22, 2012). "WRJ Twinning: Emet veShalom, Nahariya and Temple Emanu-El, Tucson". Women of Reform Judaism. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
  5. ^ "Kesher Committee". Temple Beth, Madison, WI.


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