Location Nahariya
Israel Status Active | Affiliation Reform Judaism | |
Leadership Rabbi Ariella Graetz Bar-Tuv | ||
Emet VeShalom is a synagogue in Nahariya, Israel. It was established in 1963 by a group of people, mainly immigrants from Germany and Central Europe, who sought a more liberal form of Judaism. Emet v'Shalom is one of the oldest Reform Judaism communities in Israel and is now the only non-Orthodox synagogue in Nahariya. It is affiliated to the Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism.
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Clergy
Rabbi Ariella Graetz- Bartuv works with Emet VeShalom on a part time basis.
Services
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 Vehalom is twinned with Temple Emanu-El in Tucson, Arizona, United States, and with Wimbledon and District Synagogue in London, 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.Temple Beth, Madison, WI Website (information on Kesher Committee)