Wherever you are on your spiritual journey,
the focus of Central Reform Temple of Boston is to provide everyone
with a home for growth and new horizons.
We are a house of prayer for all people.
Rabbi Shire leads the procession carrying the Torah scrolls to the new Ark on Rosh Hashanah followed by Michael Scanlon and Jill Silverstein.
Photos by Jesse Kiefer
The word rabbi means "teacher" and our rabbi embodies that title in a very special way. Reading his sermons is a wonderful way to reach a deeper understanding of the ethics that support our faith tradition.
Shabbat In The GardenFriday, June 12 at 6:30pm
Join us in the Public Garden for our informal Summer Shabbat service (in person ONLY). There will be NO Shabbat Schmooze this week. Rabbi Shire will lead us in readings, poetry, prayers, and song. Contact [email protected] for directions to the meeting location.
Keep up with everything going on at CRT, including Zoom links to multicast services, by reading "The Week Ahead," our weekly newsletter. Want to join the email list? Email info@centralreformtemple.org |
Torah StudySaturday, June 13 at 10:00am
Join us for Torah Study onsite or online. We will meet face to face in the Emmanuel Room and also online. Coffee and pastries will be available. It is always great to study with Rabbi Shire. Everyone is welcome.
Keep up with everything going on at CRT, including Zoom links to multicast services, by reading "The Week Ahead," our weekly newsletter. Want to join the email list? Email info@centralreformtemple.org |
Sukkah Painting
Thursday, June 18 at 2:00pm
We are especially proud of our Sukkah outside on Newbury Street each year. Passers-by watch us working to build it and then celebrating in it. They often want to come and join in by waving the lulav and etrog. We want to make it even better this year!
Come help paint a wall covering for the Sukkah making it more attractive, more artistic, and warmer inside. We need people who love splashing around with paint and maybe have no artistic skill. There is a lot of wall to cover with simple colors and fill-in sections as directed. We will also need artists who are willing to paint some Jewish symbols on the wall covers depicting Sukkot. We will provide the brushes and paint, snacks, and music-to-paint-by! You bring some old clothes or an apron and lots of enthusiasm. NO ART EXPERIENCE NEEDED! RSVP REQUIRED |
Movie NightThursday, June 18 at 7:00pm
Our next movie night will be on Thursday, June 18th at 7:00pm. We will be discussing the recent film, "The Room Next Door". We are pleased to welcome two guest facilitators, The Rev. Brett Johnson, rector of Emmanuel Church in Wakefield, MA and a second-career priest who came to ordained ministry through hospital chaplaincy and The Rev. Bethany Myers, an ordained deacon in the Episcopal Church and Director of Social Work and Spiritual Care for the Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine at MGB.
SUMMARY: Ingrid and Martha were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. Ingrid went on to become a novelist while Martha became a war reporter. Separated by the circumstances of life and after years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation. |
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Central Reform Temple of Boston 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.
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March 13th marks our return to Multicast Shabbat services (in person and online). We will celebrate being together in person with a Shabbat Potluck supper after services. We will start with a Shabbat Schmooze with the rabbi and CRT members at 5:40 in the Emmanuel Room. Rabbi Shire will lead us in worship and we will be accompanied by our musicians.
Everyone is welcome. If you would like to be on the newsletter list at CRT, email info@centralreformtemple.org |
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.
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From the Rabbi's Study
Perhaps the single most practical thing Judaism has offered to the world, is the distinction between the working week and a day of rest. This concept of Shabbat first conceptualized in the Hebrew Bible and then spun into a myriad forms has been applied by every Civilization through the ages to provide a cessation in the unceasing drive to have, to own and to obtain more!
For as Abraham Joshua Heschel stated in his Classic work, ‘The Sabbath’, Shabbat is rather a time to be, to become, to be open to wonder...
For as Abraham Joshua Heschel stated in his Classic work, ‘The Sabbath’, Shabbat is rather a time to be, to become, to be open to wonder...
We've survived another New England winter and were cozy and warm for our first meeting of 2026 n Lindsay Chapel at our home at 15 Newbury Street. Rabbi Shire leads the service with music by Angelynne Hinson and our music director, Andrew Mattfeld. The service leaflet used for Service III (3) which can be found at this link: https://www.crtboston.org/service-pdf... The songbook with words for songs not in the prayerbook can also be found there. Visit CRTBoston.org for more information on Central Reform Temple of Boston services and events.
Rabbi Shire leads the service and is joined by congregational reader Richard Perlmutter, with Richard and granddaughter Nina lighting candles. Recorded music by Angelynne Hinson and Andrew Mattfeld. For our final winter service online, CRT member Josette Huang shares her journey to CRT and her work shining a light on sexual abuse.Her work is inspirational and he journey enlightening. . The service leaflet used for Service II (2) which can be found at this link: https://www.crtboston.org/service-pdf... The songbook with words for songs not in the prayerbook can also be found there. Visit CRTBoston.org for more information on Central Reform Temple of Boston services and events.
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Enjoy CRT Shabbat Services “on demand” on the temple YouTube channel. When you subscribe you will be notified by email each time a new video is uploaded. Experience CRT services for the first time, review a service you missed, or relax into prayer and meditation in the middle of the week. Enjoy!
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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 receive our weekly email with information on service dates, activities, and more please email us at [email protected].
CRT members lighting shabbat candles on Simchat Torah at The Ark - Pinner and Northwood Liberal Synagogue in UK
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CRT members study ancient Jewish manuscripts at
The Bodleian Library in Oxford, UK
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Many photos courtesy of Jesse Kiefer.
