Temple Emanuel is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue located in Kensington, Maryland, in the United States.

[5] In January 1955, the congregation purchased five acres (2.0 ha) on Connecticut Avenue in Kensington, to build a sanctuary, religious school, and social hall.

[1][6][7] In 1998 Temple Emanuel purchased an historic Torah, initially owned by a Jewish congregation in Slonim, Russia.

The Torahs remained there when, on June 25, 1941, Nazi soldiers marched Slonim's Jewish residents to the same field and murdered them there.

[31] In 1995, forty members of Temple Emanuel cooked and served turkeys to people who were homeless as part of an ecumenical Christmas dinner with So Others Might Eat.

[32] In October 2007, members of Temple Emanuel collected and donated 5,742 pounds (2,605 kg) of groceries to local food banks.

[33] In 1971, Temple Emanuel resolved that President Richard Nixon "set and announce a complete withdrawal of all American forces operating in and over Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia by March 1972".

[35] The Soviet Union accused Sharansky of giving the Central Intelligence Agency lists of over 1,300 refuseniks, many of whom were denied exit visas because of their knowledge of state secrets.

[44] In 2005, Temple Emanuel was one of many Jewish congregations organizations that demanded the United States act to end the genocide occurring in Darfur, Sudan.

[45] In 2012, Temple Emanuel encouraged its members to support the Civil Marriage Protection Act, to allow people of the same sex to marry in Maryland.