Welcome to Our Temple

Building Update

    • August 2022 – Current: Visted potential contractor job site and communicate with additional contractors
    • July – August 2022: Outreach to independent consultants
    • July 2022: Followup with proposed contractors regarding bids
    • June 2022: RFPs returned and considered
    • May 2022: Meeting with architect to address plan revisions, Request For Proposal (RFP) released, and professional estimate enlisted
    • March 2022: Letter to Community

Upcoming Events

We are requesting contributions to our meal. You may drop off items at FUSF (First Universalist Society of Franklin) any time between 1:30 and 5:00 pm on Wednesday, October 5th.

If you’d like to donate, but cannot join us for break-fast, please contact Andrew Rubenstein to make alternate arrangements.

Please note, this is a dairy meal, so please, no meat products!

Let us know how you can help out

Join us for a Sukkot celebration! This event is graciously sponsored by the Brotherhood, so there is no fee to attend, but please do RSVP so we know how much pizza to order. Please also let us know if you have any allergies or dietary concerns.

After dinner we’ll have services outside in the Sukkah at 7:00, so dress weather appropriate! Kiddush will follow – please consider bringing a sweet treat to share!

If you’d like to visit Israel with your very own Rabbi, email Adrianne for more information about this Temple trip.
Thursday June 22 – Sunday July 2, 2023

Upcoming FUNdraisers

More events at Temple Etz Chaim . . .

Building Update

    • August 2022 – Current: Visted potential contractor job site and communicate with additional contractors
    • July – August 2022: Outreach to independent consultants
    • July 2022: Followup with proposed contractors regarding bids
    • June 2022: RFPs returned and considered
    • May 2022: Meeting with architect to address plan revisions, Request For Proposal (RFP) released, and professional estimate enlisted
    • March 2022: Letter to Community

 

Temple Etz Chaim

From the Union For Reform Judaism / Reform Movement

Rebuilding After the Storms of Life: An Interview with Rabbi Joseph Meszler

Rebuilding After the Storms of Life: An Interview with Rabbi Joseph Meszler jemerman September 22, 2022

Children's Books
purple book cover with book title
We sat down with Rabbi Joseph Meszler, author of "The Sukkah in the Storm: A Sukkot Story," to discuss the ways this story teaches children about strength, resilience, community, and asking for help.

Keeping Family Close, Regardless of Distance

Keeping Family Close, Regardless of Distance jemerman September 21, 2022

Israel
a laptop on a table with apples and honey, kiddish cup, candle sticks and flowers
As I boarded the plane to Israel in the summer of 2002 for my first year of rabbinical school at HUC in Jerusalem, my mother said, "Please, just don't meet an Israeli." As soon as the plane touched down at Ben Gurion airport, I knew that I was home. A few months later, I met that Israeli. From our first conversation, he understood that I was studying to be a rabbi, and I understood that he wanted to live only in Israel.

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