Temple Shalom

Having been raised in the christian faith I have had limited interaction with other religions and the ceremonies they have. When I was working on (finally) finishing my Bachelors Degree– I was attending Emmanuel College in Boston and one of the classes all students had to take was a religion class (being a catholic college and all). So I chose the world religions class because I felt this would be a broad view of many religions and the history of them. This is what lead me to Temple Shalom. One assignment of the class was that we had to go to a service for a religion other than what you were brought up in. So, having been raised methodist (I know i was at a catholic college!) I have always been interested in Judaism so I figured I would check out this temple down the street from where I live.
The members were so welcoming. I went to a friday night service right around Passover time so it was good to hear about the Shabbat (Sorry if I am not spelling it right) dinners, and people were very welcoming and friendly and introduced themselves. There was a very diverse group there– more then I expected. I guess I didn’t know what to expect. After the service they had tea and cookies in the common room meeting area– a social hour of sorts I guess? I would go back for sure.