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.
Please join us for a Special Shabbat Service on Friday night September 6th at 7 pm to welcome our Shinshinim!
Lihi and Yoav will be on the North Shore for a year of service.
Please come welcome them to the TAA Community and hear about their lives in Israel and hopes for the year on the North Shore.
TAA is a partner for this amazing program.
SoulCollage Workshop with Nancy Bain!
Sunday, September 8th at 1 pm at TAA
Join us for an afternoon of SoulCollage® to explore your heart, relationships and community! Through the use of images, imaginations and intuition, we will create collaged cards and then journal with them to learn what the images are saying to us. No artistic ability is required. If you can use scissors and glue, you can SoulCollage®.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
This is a FREE event. Donations are welcome.
A MAH JONGG EXTRAVAGANZA!
Thursday, October 17th at 5:30 pm
THE LINE-UP:
5:30 pm - Registration, welcome & snacks
6:30 pm - Dinner & movie
"The Tiles that Bind" - a 32-min entertaining film on the history of Mah Jongg in America
7-9 pm - Play Mah Jongg!
Don't know how to play? Come and learn!
Bring your own mah jongg set (one per table)!
Don't forget your cards!
Groups and single players welcome!
$18 PER PERSON
SPACE IS LIMITED!!
CLICK HERE TO RSVP by MONDAY, OCTOBER 7th!
TAA Book Club: My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel by Ari Shavit
Thursday, October 24t at 7 pm
This is a free event. Everyone is welcome. Please RSVP to Barbara Kaplan.
News
Eat, Pray, Sing! A light supper, Havdallah and a special evening of music with Rabbi Deborah Zecher
Saturday, August 24th at 7:30 pm
$18/per person - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
If you're paying with a credit card, please CLICK HERE only.
FALL & WINTER EVENTS at TAA!
Please save the dates!
September 6th - TIME TBD
Friday Night Kabbalat Shabbat Service with our new Shinshinim!
September 8th at 1 pm
Soul Collage Workshop with Nancy Bain
October 17th at 5:30 pm
Mah Jongg Extravaganza!
November 15th at 5:30 pm
Friday Night Musical Kabblalat Shabbat Service w/pre-neg and oneg
December 14th at 5:30 pm
The Great Gelt Giveaway and Hanukkah Extravaganza!
January 3, 2020 at 5:30 pm
Friday Night Musical Kabblalat Shabbat Service w/pre-neg and oneg
Rabbi Myron and Eileen Geller Endowment Campaign Updates
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Connect
TAA WEEKLY NEWSLETTER:
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DONATIONS & MEMBERSHIP DUES:
CLICK HERE to make a donation or pay your dues online
If you are paying with a CREDIT/DEBIT CARD ONLY, please CLICK HERE instead.
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.