Temple Emanu-El in Haverhill, MA

04/29/2025

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04/25/2025

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04/23/2025

Celebrating 88 years of Temple Emanu-El - join us the weekend of May 16-17, 2025

Dear Temple Emanu-El Community and Friends, past and present,

We are thrilled to invite you to a special weekend of events celebrating our 88 years as Temple Emanu-El at 514 Main Street. Please join us for a series of meaningful and joyous gatherings on Friday, May 16, and Saturday, May 17.

Friday Evening, May 16
● 6:00 pm: Dinner with an evening Shabbat service to follow (~7:00 pm)
● Dinner will be a potluck cookout. We have Hebrew National hot dogs at the temple and will be soliciting Pareve, nut-free side dishes.

Saturday Morning, May 17
● 9:30 am: Service
● 12:00 pm: Kiddush
● Kiddush will include bagels, schmears, lox, kugels, etc.

Saturday Evening, May 17
● 6:30 pm: Gala and Havdalah
● Featuring appetizers, desserts, and fun mocktails.
● Recognition and appreciation of the many groups of people who have made Temple Emanu-El the wonderful community it has been.
● Havdalah to acknowledge the transition of the community.

We would like to recognize all who have made the Temple what it has been. The list of groups we brainstormed for recognition is at the bottom of this email. However, we do not believe we have identified every group, so please review this list and contact me ([email protected]) if you have additional groups to include!

We also invite you to bring items to the Temple for others to peruse on Saturday night. For all, please label anything you want back, as we will not be saving additional materials. The items we encourage you to bring include:

● Supplemental Holiday Prayerbooks used on various holidays
● Photos of events
● Any awards given to you or your children that you might want to share
● Any gifts received from the Temple that you want to share
● Any religious school artifacts or children’s projects that you might want to share
● Any posters or advertisements of the Temple or Temple events
● Anything else that you think will serve to reminisce about the Temple

All events are free of charge, but to orchestrate this weekend, we need your help!
● Any and all monetary donations can be made by contacting Lisa Anthony at [email protected].
● Additionally, you can sign up to bring food or help with setup or cleanup through SignUp Genius.
● To RSVP, please contact Lisa in the office or use this Google form to reply.

We look forward to celebrating with you and honoring our rich history! Please feel free to reach out for any questions.

Warm regards,
Jenn Lampron

Groups we brainstormed who have contributed to the Temple:
● Clergy/Pulpit Team members (Including Rabbis and Cantors)
● Teachers/Religious School Staff
● Solomon Schechter Day School (Kadima)
● Board of Directors
● Executive Board of Directors
● Professional Staff (including Administrators, Directors, Custodians, Bookkeepers, etc.)
● Bingo
● Chesed
● Lotsa Helping Hands
● Farmers Funeral Home (& Chevra Kadisha)
● Sisterhood
● Brotherhood
● Haverhill Cemetery Association
● B’nai B’rith
● Office Volunteers
● Adult Education
● Anti-racism committee
● Budget committee
● Dues committee
● Library/Hasifriyah
● Investment committee
● Membership Outreach
● Music committee
● PTO
● Religious Practices committee
● Religious School committee
● Renovations committee
● Building committee
● HEFTY
● BBYO
● Haverhill Scholarship Loan Association
● Social Action Committee

02/20/2025

Dear Greater Temple Emanu-El Haverhill Community,

As the temple prepares to close our doors officially at the end of June, we are looking to make arrangements for the allocation of our precious artifacts. To accomplish this, the precious artifacts committee, the merger committee, and the breakout committees (Torah and yahrzeit) have been working to determine where each of these most precious items will reside: if they will come with us as we plan to join Temple Emanuel in Andover, or if there is more appropriate new home for these artifacts.

Additionally, the precious artifacts committee has done an amazing job cataloging these items, so that we can accurately account for all the artifacts in the building and preserve these records as an archive. The already completed reports for these can be located in the Google drive: Precious Artifacts.

We know that many of you would like to take certain artifacts with you, especially yahrzeit, dedication, and memorial plaques. Evaluating requests and distributing artifacts will be done after they are photographed by Historic New England at the end of this month. If you are requesting an artifact, please complete the Google form linked below, specifying the artifact and your family’s connection to it. Also, please indicate on the form if you would like to see any yahrzeit plaques go over to TE Andover if your plan is to affiliate there.

The board of directors and precious artifacts committee will discuss all requests and reply with the intended disposition of the artifact (to you, another congregation, or other disposition). For approved requests, items can be picked up from the office by appointment only starting in March or April. Item retrieval must be done in organized manner so that the office can continue to function through the end of June.

PLEASE NOTE: Completing this form DOES NOT guarantee that you will receive the artifact(s) requested. All decisions will be made by the board of directors as they determine what is best for our congregation as a whole. That could include selling, donating, or otherwise relocating items. All artifacts will be treated with appropriate respect and care.

We will be using a different system for books in HaSifriyah. Please do not use this form to request books.

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me at [email protected].

L’Shalom,
Jenn Lampron

Artifact request form:
Precious Artifacts: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1YX1RQ0n_5zT2EARh3XJYu7T4xCA8FYDr?usp=sharing

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