Temple Emanu-El
Religious InstitutionsTexas, United States201-500 Employees
Temple Emanu-El is a Reform Jewish congregation and religious institution based in Dallas, Texas. The community emphasizes learning, prayer, and deeds as pathways to personal growth and responsibility, and it fosters warmth, mutual responsibility, and respect for diversity within a multi-generational setting. Its governance is described as democratic and reflective of the congregation's diversity; the synagogue traces its origins to 1875 as North Texas's first Jewish congregation, and it has occupied its Hillcrest-area site since 1957, with a major expansion completed in 2016. The temple serves more than 2,500 families from diverse backgrounds, guiding them along Jewish paths through prayer, music, learning, food, and community. The spaces were redesigned to encourage interaction with nature, with others, and with God, on a campus in Dallas. It maintains a sizable staff to support its activities and operates a website at tedallas.org.