55+
The 55+ Group at Temple Emunah promotes friendship and bonding among seniors in the community within the framework of a Jewish temple. Our programs include monthly Sunday morning breakfasts with programs of interest or entertainment, trips to interesting places, a 55+ Shabbat, and services to our members including a Break-the-Fast Meal immediately following the shofar blowing ending Yom Kippur.
For membership information, contact Arthur Orenberg at (781) 862-0620 or just come to the next Sunday morning breakfast.
A summary of upcoming events may be seen by clicking here.
The latest bulletin column by Lester Macklin may be seen by clicking here.
You may click on one of the links below for more information on our activities.
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55+ Board
55+ Officers
| Lester Macklin | President |
| Anita Feld | Vice President, Trips |
| Arthur Orenberg | Financial Secretary |
| Gershon Goldberg | Recording Secretary |
| Stanley Kaplan | Treasurer |
| Joseph Canter | Webmaster, Cor. Sec |
55+ Directors
| Marsha Camac | Kitchen |
| Morton Camac | Mailing Group |
| Rose-Billie Canter | Movie Matinees |
| Karen Ferber | Trips |
| Barbara Hantman | Trips |
| Shelby Kashket | Audio/Video |
| Melvin Kaster | 55+ Shabbat |
| Debbie Kivel | Program Chair |
| Roger Kravett | Setup Chair |
| Mickie Leff | Reservations |
| Ellen Macklin | Book Club Chair |
| Barbara Newman | Trips |
| Annabelle Orenberg | Kitchen |
| Edith Paster | Reservations |
| Phyllis Rand | SAGE Representative |
| Jerry Wasserman | 55+ Shabbat |
| Maxine Wasserman | Program, Trips |
55+ Book Group
55+ sponsors a book group that is now in its fourth year. We meet on a monthly basis to discuss a book of Jewish interest. By now we have amassed quite a selection of books:
| BOOK TITLE | AUTHOR |
| The Ladies Auxiliary | Tova Mirvis |
| In My Brother's Image | Eugene Pogany |
| Tender at the Bone | Ruth Reichl |
| A Marriage Sabbatical | Sabina Shalom |
| Everything Is Illuminated | Jonathan Safran Foer |
| Journey To The Vanished City | Tudor Parfitt |
| Katterskill Falls | Allegra Goodman |
| The Last Jew | Noah Gordon |
| Postville | Stephen G.Bloom |
| Snow In August | Pete Hamill |
| Outwitting History | Aaron Lansky |
| A Palestine Affair | Jonathan Wilson |
| The Plot Against America | Philip Roth |
| The Coffee Trader | David Liss |
| False Prophet | Faye Kellerman |
| About Schmidt | Louis Begley |
| Seven Blessings | Ruchama King |
| Up From Orchard Street | Eleanor Widmer |
| A Thread of Grace | Mary Doria Russell |
| The Kill Artist | Daniel Silva |
| Those Who Save Us | Jenna Bloom |
| The Autobiography of God | Julius Lester |
| A History of Love | Nicole Kraus |
| A Tale of Love and Darkness | Amos Oz |
| Love with Noodles | Harry Freund |
| Suite Francaise | Irene Nemirovsky |
| In The Image | Dara Horn |
| Water For Elephants | Sara Gruen |
| The Outside World | Tova Mirvis |
| Middlesex | Jeffrey Eugenides |
| Journey from the Land of No | Roya Hakakian |
| The Gilded Chamber | Rebecca Kohn |
| Disobedience | Naomi Alderman |
| Turbulent Souls | Stephen J. Dubner |
| Ordinary Heroes | Scott Turow |
For further information, please contact Ellen Macklin (781)275-2327 or Rose-Billie Canter (781)862-6710.
55+ Breakfasts
The next breakfast, on January 11 at 9:45, will feature Daniel M. Kimmel, a Boston area film reviewer and the Jewish Advocate's "Movie Maven", speaking on "Sex, Love and Comedy: A Short History."
Details are in the flier, which you may see by clicking here.
55+ Bridge Group
The 55+ Bridge Group meets every Thursday from 1 - 3 pm in the Social Hall.
For information call Mort Camac at 781-861-8834.
55+ Movie Matinees
The next free Movie Matinee, on January 22 at 1:30 in the Social Hall, is Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi, a delightful Israeli comedy. See the flier by clicking here. Where else can you get free popcorn and soda?
Suggestions for future movies for this season are encouraged. Please contact Rose-Billie Canter at (781) 862-6710 with your ideas.
55+ Trips
On December 7th, we'll visit the Harvard Museum of Natural History. If you are interested and its not past the 7th, call Barbara Hantman at 781-899-5364. Full details can be seen by clicking here
In past years, 55+ has sponsored day trips to the Moakley Courthouse to see an exhibit on Jewish Boston, downtown Boston to see the original production of "Golda's Balcony", we've gone to Giggles to see a revue by the "Blue-Haired Troupe" and to the JCC for a variety of shows. Most recently, in July we enjoyed a performance of "Annie" by the Reagle Players and, in August, travelled to Lenox for a Tanglewood concert, stayed at the Williamstown Inn and went to the Clark Art Institute. A few photos taken on that trip are below, together with some earlier shots.
In the Shed at Tanglewood before the performance
At the Clark Art Museum
The Bridge of Flowers (on the way home)
Shaar Hashomayim in Montreal
A "cruise" in New Hampshire