- Source: Emet veShalom
The Emet veShalom, also known as the Emet V'Shalom, is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 1 Keren Hayesod Street, in Nahariya, in the Haifa District, in the western Galilee region of Israel.
Overview
The congregation was established in 1963 by a group of people, mainly Jewish immigrants from Germany and Central Europe, who sought a more liberal form of Judaism. Emet veShalom is one of the oldest Reform communities in Israel and is now the only non-Orthodox synagogue in Nahariya. The congregation is affiliated with the Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism.
The part-time rabbi, since c. 2015, is Rabbi Ariella Graetz-Bartuv.
Congregation Emet VeShalom holds services on Friday evenings, bar/bat mitzvah Shabbat morning services and celebrations on Jewish holidays. It also offers bar/bat mitzvah training, conversion, and a variety of Jewish educational and cultural activities in several languages for adults and children.
= Twinning
=Emet VeShalom has twin relationships with a number of other congregations, including:
Temple Emanu-El in Tucson, Arizona, United States
Wimbledon Synagogue in London, England, United Kingdom
The Congregation also has a long-standing relationship with Temple Sinai of Milwaukee, Wisconsin as well as a relationship with Temple Beth El, Madison, Wisconsin.
See also
History of the Jews in Israel
List of synagogues in Israel
References
External links
Official website (in Hebrew)
Official website (in English)
