Temple Emanuel McAllen Outreach

05/21/2021

Mazel Tov to our High School Graduates. Wonderful scholarship ceremony tonight at Temple Emanuel.

Thank you to Stephanie G., Pat, Debra and Rabbi Farb for organizing a very special event.

05/07/2021

Mazel Tov, Ilanit! So proud of our Temple Emanuel member and MISD 2021 Teacher of the Year!

08/11/2020

Please subscribe to our Temple Emanuel Youtube Page. Join us weekly for Friday Erev Shabbat Services, Torah Study and Saturday Shabbat Morning Services with Rabbi Farb live on Facebook and Youtube.

Join us here for live streaming services, classes, and online-exclusive content. The official channel of Temple Emanuel in McAllen, TX.

03/20/2020

Message from our Temple President:

We have been working together and with Rabbi Farb to make a full assessment of how best to proceed with events and rituals at Temple Emanuel. While we are faced with phrases like “social distancing” and “quarantined,” many of us are searching for spiritual strength and trying to process the why of this pandemic. In light of this, we wanted to be sure to continue to offer the spiritual experience and a space for worship and community.

Effective immediately and until further notice, all in-person events at Temple Emanuel are being suspended. This includes our Hebrew and Sunday Schools and our Passover Community Seder. We feel the need to take the guidance from the CDC as well as Hidalgo County Judge Richard Cortez to heart, and ensure the safety of our congregation and greater community.

We are so pleased to share that Rabbi Farb’s current congregation, Congregation Schaarai Zedek has offered us the opportunity to join in on their Friday evening services and Rabbi Farb’s Saturday morning Torah Study. We will also offer two options for Saturday morning services—a camp style Shabbat with Rabbi Farb and a Temple Emanuel Shabbat morning service, led by Paulette Gindler-Bishop. The schedule is listed below, along with the links to access the various services.

Like everyone else, we are disappointed that the world is facing these issues. We are heartbroken over the things so many will miss out on. But we also understand the need to flatten the curve and do whatever is necessary to protect our community.

We offer Mi Shebeirach for those in need of healing—both physically and emotionally. And remind you, in the words of Rabbi Aron Moss to “Wash your hands well. And every time you do, remember whose hands you are in.”
During this very difficult time, we want to make sure that you have a place to worship and while we can’t meet in person, we can meet spiritually and virtually.

Here are a few options:

Friday Shabbat Services, 6 pm CST, Congregation Schaarai Zedek (CSZ)

Can be accessed via their website at https://www.zedek.org/ondemand/streaming/ or by connecting on Facebook Live https://www.facebook.com/CSZtampa

Saturday Torah Study with Rabbi Farb
This week, Torah Study will be held at 8:15 am CST (though usually, it is at 8:00 am CST).

Link to be shared, but will be via Zoom. Please be sure to download this app to your phone and/or computer!
CSZ

Camp Style Saturday Shabbat Service with D'Var, 9:30 am CST.
Can be accessed via their website at https://www.zedek.org/ondemand/streaming/ or by connecting on Facebook Live https://www.facebook.com/CSZtampa

Temple Emanuel Saturday Shabbat Service with Paulette Gindler-Bishop, 10:30 am CST
Can be accessed via Zoom https://us04web.zoom.us/j/320728022

In addition, CSZ will have Zoom presentations available for their classes and special programming--and we will share that information as we receive it.

Shabbat Shalom!

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03/20/2020

Enjoy these creative videos from URJ Greene Family Camp. Airing Live for the next few weeks. Shabbat Shalom.

02/28/2020

Our Temple Emanuel Confirmation Class ready for their trip to Washington DC for RAC L’Taken 2020.

09/21/2019

Enjoy a musical weekend at Temple Emanuel with Joe Buchanan on Saturday, Sept. 21 at 10:30 am for Shabbat Morning Services and then for a Selichot service and concert on Saturday at 8 p.m. All welcome.

Shaaaabos!
What a fantastic start to Shabbat and our weekend with Joe Buchanan!

07/31/2019

It is with sadness that I announce the passing of Lisa Levine. Lisa grew up in McAllen and will be greatly missed by her husband, Martin Kastenbaum, her brother and sister-in-law, Mark and Allison Levine and their children, Sarah, Rachel and Ari and by many cousins and loved ones. May her Memory always be for a Blessing.

09/20/2018

Beautiful services today at Temple Emanuel. May our Jewish community continue to thrive at Temple Emanuel.

Join us on Sunday, 9/23 at 9:00 a.m. for our Temple Sukkah Build and our annual Barbecue Lunch at 11:30 a.m.

09/16/2018

Our Temple Emanuel Youth Group volunteered today at the Catholic Respite Center. Tikkun Olam 💙