Rabbi Dr. Michael Shire Joins CRT 

Use the links below to learn more about Rabbi Dr.  Michael Shire, our new part-time rabbi. We are excited to welcome him and begin the next phase of our journey together as a community.

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Multicast
Shabbat​
Service

Friday, August 12, 6:30pm
Join us in Lindsey Chapel at our home at Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street or on Zoom.  For information on ​how to join the service on Zoom email
info@centralreformtemple.org

Shabbat Service Zoom Only

Friday, August 26, 6:30pm
Join us in Lindsey Chapel at our home at Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street or on Zoom.  For information on ​how to join the service on Zoom email
info@centralreformtemple.org

​Torah Study

​with Rabbi Shire

Saturday, August 27, 10:00am
Join  Rabbi Shire as he leads his first Torah Study at CRT as our rabbi. Whether you're a regular or want to join for the first time,
​all are welcome! Email
​info@centralreformtemple.org
for information on how to join.
Central Reform Temple is a uniquely welcoming community that embraces the richness of the Jewish tradition. Our worship, conducted primarily in English, is inclusive and accessible. We offer a warm, unconditional welcome to all who seek to join us in worship, study, and service, without regard to religious background or beliefs. One need not be born Jewish, be able to read Hebrew, or convert to Judaism to be a full, participating member of Central Reform Temple. Interfaith families and people of all faiths, including the unaffiliated, are fully embraced. Members of the LGBTQ community are a vibrant part of our Temple family.
With a focus on adult programming and social justice, we strive to be engaged with each other both within and outside our Shabbat, Festival, and High Holy Day Services. Our one-of-a-kind covenant relationship with Emmanuel Episcopal Church with whom we share our spiritual home, integrates us both physically and ideologically within the Back Bay interfaith community.
Wherever you are on your spiritual journey,
the focus of Central Reform Temple is always to provide everyone with a home
for growth and new horizons.
We are a house of prayer for all people.

Our Rabbi

Rabbi Dr. Michael Shire joined Central Reform Temple of Boston as part-time rabbinic leader on July 1, 2022. Rabbi Shire also holds the title Rabbi in Residence at Emmanuel Church in the city of Boston. He is  Professor of Jewish Education at Hebrew College.

From the Rabbi's Study

I am delighted to introduce myself to you as your Rabbi and mark this moment of transition for the community and this change in leadership for the congregation.

What is the difference between change and transition? William Bridges writes that change happens naturally and continuously, often out of our control and influence. Transition is the means by which we manage change and bring it into our control in order to be able cope and deal with those forces swirling around us...
Social Action 
Central Reform Temple of Boston meets at our home in Lindsey Chapel at Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street in Boston, Massachusetts.  We welcome you to join us!

Guests who would like to join our online activities please email us.

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Inaugural Shabbat Service on July 1, 2022 conducted by our new rabbinic leader,  Rabbi Dr. Michael Shire.  The service featured music by Wes Hunter, cantorial soloist joining Ed Swanborn, accompanist, assisted by Nancy Swanborn. Download Service II and CRT Songbook to pray and sing along with the service.  
We enthusiastically welcome Rabbi Shire as he begins his leadership at CRT as the third rabbi in our history.
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Shabbat Service on June 17,  2022 led by Rabbi Howard A. Kosovske. This was Rabbi Kosovske's last Shabbat service as our rabbi. We thank him and Janet Kramer, his partner, for their love and leadership over the past two years. The services feature music by Andrew Mattfeld, our Music Director and accompanist with Angelynne Hinson as cantorial soloist. Download Service I and CRT Songbook to pray and sing along with the service.  
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