Facilities and Rentals
The Emanuel is a handicap-accessible facility.
For Worship Services
The Emanuel has a beautiful main sanctuary that expands to comprise a large, integrated room that can accommodate our entire congregation during High Holiday services. The bimah is wheelchair-accessible. In addition, our chapel provides an intimate atmosphere for daily minyan. Our outdoor Goodman Banks Garden offers a lovely setting for Shabbat evening services during summer.
For Parties, Events, Meetings and Conferences
Our Silverman Auditorium and Koret Banquet Hall offer a large and attractive setting for simhas such as weddings, Bar/Bat Mitzvah parties, and other celebrations. Adjoining the hall, our patio areas also offer a relaxed setting for gatherings and an outdoor area for our sukkah.
Classrooms
The Religious School provides dedicated classrooms in various sizes, and a Resource Room for students with special needs.
Library
The glass-domed Vivian and Robert Spivak Library offers a rich a collection of Jewish literature, videos, periodicals, and research materials.
CONTACT Beth Polebaum, Librarian, (860) 236-1275 Ext. 124, library@emanuelsynagogue.org
Display Cases
Our Display Cases, updated several times a year, exhibit fascinating Judaica from around the world
Gift Shop
The Synagogue Gift Shop offers attractive gifts of Jewish interest. It is operated by Sisterhood, and open Sunday mornings during Religious School. At other times, it is open by appointment or asking the office staff to open it.
Cemetery
Since 1921, The Emanuel Cemetery has offered a peaceful and honored resting place for burial of our dead. The cemetery is carefully maintained and available for burials, unveilings, and visitation year round. Members and non-members may purchase burial plots subject to the rules and by-laws of The Emanuel.
The Emanuel Cemetery is located at 1360 Berlin Turnpike, the corner of Jordan Lane and the Berlin Turnpike, in Wethersfield, CT. Link to Google Map.
Cemetery hours are 9:00 a.m. to sundown Monday through Friday and Sunday. The cemetery is not open on Shabbat or Jewish holidays.
CONTACT Executive Director Suzanne Connell, (860) 236-1275 Ext. 112, suzanne@emanuelsynagogue.org
Here you can download rules and policies governing the cemetery.
For traditions and rituals of Jewish burial and mourning practices, download our Guide to Burial and Mourning Practices available in pdf.
