A warm inviting intellectually spiritual environment. The educational programming is particularly…read morewell done with good community involvement.

Not at all what I expected in an Orthodox Jewish synagogue. Rabbi Plotkin is a most engaging,…read morewarm, and approachable individual who is able to integrate Orthodox Judaism into modern times and issues. He manifests all the attributes of a rabbi, a spiritual teacher.

It's beautiful. The people are nice. And the gatherings are nice too. The drag show was beautiful!!read more

#17 on a list of Statesville's Historic places. Completed in 1893 the Romanesque Revival brick…read moresynagogue is the second oldest house of worship in Statesville, and the oldest which is still used for its original purpose. The four supporting buttresses terminate in tin caps, each sporting the Star of David. The temple has been serving the area for 125 years with a brief period of reduced activity around 1940. Originally constituted as a reform congregation, at the re-dedication in 1954 it became a conservative congregation.

I live in a very small town with no nearby Synagogue, so my family has been searching for quite…read moresome time to find a nice, friendly synagogue in a neighboring town. We finally ended our search a year ago when we found congregation Emmanuel! We are not regular attendees by any means, but when we do go then we are always impressed by the intimate and friendly atmosphere, coupled by intelligent conversation and a pride in Judaism which is often hard to find in the Deep South. I definitely look forward to attending again in the future!

The people are warm and inviting. I had never been to a Messianic Synagogue before and they weee…read morehappy to answer all of my questions and show me around. The Rabbis gave a message that left me wanting to learn more. They even had lunch afterward where everyone could eat and spend time together.

it is a great place to worship together and have Shabbat service and then oneg afterwards.read more

This is a congregation where the warm embrace of community…read moretouches everyone - no matter how old, no matter from where. Simply no matter. Across the life cycle and in all the nooks and crannies in between, there is a divine sense of acceptance, observance, and joy.

I attended Shabbat Friday night services two weeks ago, as an out of town visitor, only to be…read morestruck by the hostility from the Bimah, attacking anyone that believes (as I do) that men cannot be women, and women cannot be men. The words of the junior Rabbi were "there is a war on Transgenders." In fact, the war is not on Transgenders, but rather by Transgenders on women and girls, our daughters and mothers. That weekend, I wrote an email to the Rabbis, and received a hostile response, this time attacking me personally, from the Senior Rabbi. I've been to many Shabbat services at many synagogues, and I've never experienced anything like this. These Rabbis' beliefs are not Torah based, nor rooted in the Talmud or science, yet the captive audience at a family service (i.e. children and their parents) of all places, that were there to pray on Shabbat, was force fed their alternate universe viewpoints. antithetical to Judaism and biology itself. And as I experienced it, Judea Reform is a radical outpost of non-Jewish ideas, marked by hostility towards anyone that has read and believes in the Torah; as in Bereshit (Genesis), it clearly is not a man that created man (Adam) and woman (Eve), but rather, G-d; and thus, for the biological women in our lives, Judea reform is not a place of comfort, sanctity and intellectual (nor biblical) honesty. The biological women of the Torah, including the matriarchs, Sarah, Rebekah, Leah and Rachel, would turn over in their graves if they were forced to sit in silence as the Rabbis of Judea Reform preached non-sense.

This is the Jewish Temple in Winston. The Rabbi and congrigation are very nice and welcoming.read more