Emet veShalom

Emet veShalom
Emet veShalom
Religion
Affiliation	Reform Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Synagogue
Leadership	Rabbi Ariella Graetz-Bartuv
Status	Active
Location
Location	1 Keren Hayesod Street, Nahariya, Haifa District, Western Galilee
Country	Israel
	Location of the synagogue, north of Haifa
Geographic coordinates	33°00′17″N 35°05′49″E / 33.00474879734359°N 35.09707718412447°E
Architecture
Type	Synagogue architecture
Date established	1963 (as a congregation)
Website
	emetveshalom.com (in Hebrew)

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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.^[3]

Twinning

Emet VeShalom has twin relationships with a number of other congregations, including:

Temple Emanu-El in Tucson, Arizona, United States^[4]
Wimbledon Synagogue in London, England, United Kingdom^[1]

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.^[5]