Welcome to Temple Ahavat Achim
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Welcome
We are Temple Ahavat Achim in Gloucester, MA. For more than 100 years we have been, quite simply, the center of Jewish Life on Cape Ann and surrounding North Shore towns.
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Our teen programming is based on experiential learning and gimilut hasadim (acts of loving kindness). We learn to be Jewish is to do Jewish!
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We are the only Jewish congregation on Cape Ann. We have been an integral part of the community for over a century. There is a real sense that each one of us is needed to nurture and sustain Jewish life here.
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Our lively, creative synagogue school is for students K-8th grade, and we have Shabbat and Sunday morning programs for 0-preschool ages, too!
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We invite you to join us!
Events
Adult Torah Study with Rabbi Lewis
Thursdays at 11 am
Neighborhood Shabbat
Click here for details.
TAA 2025: Planning for Our Future
THIS SUNDAY, March 24th from 10 am-12 pm
"Meet, Eat and Dream" Strategic Planning Breakfast
BABYSITTING PROVIDED!
We will come together as a community to dream and plan for our future. Click here to Sign up!
SECOND NIGHT TAA PASSOVER SEDER
SATURDAY, APRIL 20th AT 6 PM
Please join us for the traditional TAA second night of Passover Seder! EARLY BIRD SPECIAL: REGISTER AND PAY by Friday, April 5th - and pay $36/person. AFTER April 5th - $40/per person.
Please register early for what is always a sold-out event, so our chefs can cook delicious food for the correct number of guests.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
News
Rabbi Myron and Eileen Geller Endowment Campaign Updates
CLICK HERE
SAVE THE DATES FOR OUR EXCITING SPRING-SUMMER 2019 EVENTS!
Sunday, April 28th
"For Our Fathers": A wonderful program in conjunction with the Gloucester Meetinghouse Foundation
Time and details to follow
Friday, May 3rd
Musical Shabbat with Pre-neg and Oneg
Friday, June 21st
Pot Luck Dinner and Service at Stage Fork Park
Friday, July 19th
Dinner and Service on Good Harbor Beach
Connect
TAA WEEKLY NEWSLETTER - CLICK HERE
Donations & Dues
Make a donation or pay your dues online.
Click Here for the Photo Gallery
See images from recent events, and a record of our past
Hebrew Calendar
Weekly Torah Portion
Eric and Cynthia Kaplan
Cynthia and I came to TAA 12 years ago when we moved part-time to Gloucester. TAA is a "Hamish" place and the Rabbi is a big part of why we enjoy it.
I am a retired pediatrician having practiced for 40 years in Lowell and Westford. We lived in Chelmsford and raised our two daughters there. My wife Cynthia loves plants and has worked at Cavicchio Greenhouses for many years. One of our daughters is a lawyer in Massachusetts and the other owns a scene design shop for off Broadway shows in Brooklyn, NY.
I enjoy the many opportunities to engage and help out at TAA. I have joined the kitchen "crew", the Torah study class, and am a regular at Shabbat services and Sunday minyan. Having been a board member at my previous shuls for 25 years, I hope to have something to offer the TAA board of directors.