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Dear Beloved Temple Emanu-El Community:

For those of you who filled out Requests for Artifacts online or who spoke with Carol Ann Goldberg to have her write up your family requests, the Board has now approved for you to pick up your artifacts.

Please use the link HERE to schedule a time for you to come to the temple so that we can prepare, in advance, your bundle of Yahrzeit plaques, dedication plaques and precious artifacts (some Tuesday evenings and Sunday afternoons are available).

Reminder: only families who are joining Temple Emanuel Andover are allowed to bring their Yahrzeit plaques with them for display in the Andover temple.

Placement in Andover:  For those coming to Andover, your Yahrzeit plaques will be hung in alphabetical order on the Cohen and Paul boards. You do not need to pick up your plaques, but we need to you to contact us to confirm what plaques are coming to Andover.

For those of you who have not been in touch with us, you must do so immediately.  The movers are coming on June 27, 2025, so we need to know of your plans. Note that we must fully be out of the building by July 31, 2025.

For those of you who still wish to pick up your Yahrzeit and dedication plaques, please call Carol Ann Goldberg at 917.539.1701 or
e-mail [email protected], and fill out the Request for Artifacts form HERE . Carol will work with you to write up a report.  Please note that within a family, the eldest in the generation is entitled to take plaques. In rare cases where families live a few thousand miles away, we can make arrangements with families to send the plaques. Each plaque is 1lb/5oz. We ask that the families pay for the shipping and packaging costs.

In filing out forms, remember that it was common tradition for women to create Yahrzeit plaques for their parents, even though the parents lived in different communities. So please remember to request plaques with your mother's maiden surnames! And sometimes plaques go back to many generations. Families have discovered great grandparents on the boards!

For plaques of families who sadly have no descendants and for those who do not wish to take their plaques, the remainder will be stored in the chapel at the Children of Israel Cemetery. Plaques will not be buried.  We will store plaques according to the boards on which they currently reside: Paul, Watnick, Cohen, Starensier, Fingold, Mordecai, Apteker, Brams. Our goal, however, is to distribute as many plaques as possible.

Thank you for your help and understanding of this project. We look forward to seeing you soon!

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About Temple Emanu-El

Temple Emanu-El is a dynamic Reform congregation with a traditional, yet creative, orientation serving a community of diverse needs and backgrounds. Since 1937, members of the Jewish community of Greater Haverhill have joined together to express our Jewish identities through worship, education, social action, friendship, and socializing. As a congregation, we foster a deep commitment to a Jewish way of life and to the future of our community.

From the celebration of new life to the recitation of Kaddish, Temple Emanu-El is your spiritual family for honoring life cycle events as well as the Jewish holy days. Rabbi Ashira Stevens, our members, and our staff assist in the preparation and celebration of b'nei mitzvah and confirmation, weddings, brit milah, and baby namings, and provide support in times of need. During the year, you will enjoy participating in our ritual services, including weekly Shabbat services as well as annual observances of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Sh'mini Atzeret, Simchat Torah, Purim, and other events which honor and celebrate the history of our people. We also have special community interfaith services commemorating Yom HaShoah and the life of the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. that bring us together to strengthen our ties with the community outside our temple.

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Antiracism resources: The killing of George Floyd and the protests it has sparked remind us of the importance of educating ourselves on issues of racism and white privilege in America. A list of resources (websites, books, articles, television programming, film, organizations) that may be of interest to adults and children can be found on HaSifriyah's webpage.

Shabbat and Holiday Melodies

Singing together is an exciting way to make holy community together. Hear melodies for Shabbat prayers and songs at home and in the synagogue, as well as many of the congregational tunes we use for our High Holy Day services!