Temple Emanu-El is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 2550 Pali Highway, in Honolulu, Hawaii, in the United States.
Founded in 1938, the congregation joined the Union for Reform Judaism in 1952, and the synagogue building was consecrated in 1960 under the spiritual leadership of Rabbi Roy A. Rosenberg.
[2] In addition to providing religious services on Shabbat and on holidays, Temple Emanu-El offers various educational programs for children and adults.
The House of Kawānanakoa would lend the scroll to the Honolulu Jewish community for High Holy Day services[5] until 1925 and possibly through the 1930s[6] or into the 1940s.
The location of the Torah had remained publicly unknown for 13 years after the donation of the yad, but was discovered in 1972 when Homer told Temple Emanu-El member Samuel Landau about the scroll.