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.
HIGH HOLIDAY SMOKED SALMON SALE!
A deliciously fabulous TAA fundraiser!
KOSHER SALMON (VACUUM-PACKED) FOR ONLY $36/PER PACKAGE (Each Package is 2-2.5 lbs)
PLACE YOUR ORDERS BY FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23rd!*
The salmon is pre-sliced, restaurant quality, fresh, and never frozen (but freezes well)!
*Pick-up date will be firmed up after September 23rd.
CLICK HERE to place your order or contact Natalia at (978) 281-0739.
Erev Rosh Hashanah Services
Sunday, October 2nd at 7 pm
Rosh Hashanah Day 1 Services
Monday, October 3rd at 9 am
Rosh Hashanah Day 2 Services
Tuesday, October 4th at 9 am
Kol Nidre Services
Tuesday, October 11th at 7 pm
Yom Kippur Services
Wednesday, October 12th at 9 am
Break-the-Fast to follow in the evening - CLICK HERE TO RSVP
News
5777 High Holiday Schedule is Now Available!
Click here
Twenty Jewish Family Sundays: School embraces new family learning model
Sunday mornings are not just for kids any more. Parents are invited for a full range of activities each Sunday, while their kids are in school.
- 9:00 to 9:30 participatory family minyan.
- 9:30 to 10:00 what’s the meaning behind the prayers, with Rabbi Lewis.
- 10:00 to 11:00 yoga through a Jewish lens
- 11:00 to 11:45 good coffee and schmooze.
- 11:45 to noon closing circle
Sylvia Cohen Religious School Graduation 5776
Click here to view the slide show that our Sylvia Cohen Religious School Director Phoebe Potts put together! Mazel Tov to our students!
Connect
CLICK HERE FOR THE THIS WEEK'S TAA NEWSLETTER - September 20, 2016
CLICK ON THE PIC BELOW FOR THE SCRS NEWSLETTER:
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
Beverly and Steve Bookin
Steve and Beverly Bookin recently moved to Gloucester full time in June 2016 to live closer to their children's families who have settled permanently in the Boston area. The Bookins have spent most of their married life, 43 of 46 years, in Portland, Oregon. Steve is a retired endocrinologist and Beverly is an urban planner who continues to work remotely at her Portland consulting firm on a part-time basis. The Bookins were active members at Congregation Neveh Shalom, a Conservative congregation where Beverly served for many years on the Board of Directors and as Chair of the Long-Range Planning Committee. Last year, while still living part-time in Portland and Boston, the Bookins joined TAA because they value the religious, social and educational benefits of synagogue membership in their lives and as an opportunity to meet new friends and neighbors and become more integrated into the greater Jewish community.