About Us

Mission Statement

Temple Shaari Emeth is a vibrant, inclusive Reform Synagogue Community. We are engaged in lifelong learning and spiritual searching, called by Torah to justice and social responsibility. We are bound together by Jewish heritage and traditions, while embracing our diversity. We seek to foster meaningful relationships within our congregation, with the Jewish people, with Israel and with humanity. We honor the past and joyously celebrate in the present in order to nourish a Jewish future.

What is Reform?

What is Reform Judaism? Throughout history, Jews have remained firmly rooted in Jewish tradition, even as we learned much from our encounters with other cultures. Nevertheless, since its earliest days, Reform Judaism has asserted that a Judaism frozen in time is an heirloom, not a living fountain.