Temple Emanu-El
Meredith J Fried is an accomplished Executive Director at Temple Emanu-El since August 2019, with a robust background in event management and leadership cultivated during a 14-year tenure at EY. At EY, Meredith served in several key roles, including Associate Director of Americas Meetings & Events, overseeing a departmental budget exceeding $200 million and managing logistics for a $40 billion global organization. Accomplishments include implementing policies for global consistency, leading a team of over 35 professionals, and creating a charitable initiative that facilitated nearly 100 events. Earlier experience includes roles at The Westin New York at Times Square as a Catering Sales Manager, where Meredith received the “2005 Catering Individual Top Producer Award,” and a corporate sales management trainee position at Hyatt Regency San Francisco. Meredith graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Hotel, Restaurant & Institutional Management from the University of Delaware in 2001.
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Temple Emanu-El
Temple Emanu-El is a vibrant Reform Jewish community that strives to be a place of sacred encounter. It is a place where learning, prayer and deeds change people’s understanding of themselves, of their world and their responsibilities in it. At Temple Emanu-El, the creation of a vibrant and meaningful community is both an enduring value and an ongoing endeavor. For us, community means a sense of warm welcome, meaningful relationships, and mutual responsibility. We affirm a sense of both valued boundaries and a great respect for diversity. We celebrate our identity as a multi-generational community. We envision the relationship between congregants, rabbis and staff as a partnership based upon mutual respect, shared Jewish commitment, and ongoing Jewish growth. That relationship is manifest in a governance structure which is democratic and reflects the diversity of our congregation. Our synagogue's history is nearly as old as Dallas itself, founded in 1875 as the first Jewish congregation in North Texas. Though our location has changed a few times, we found our final home at the corner of Hillcrest and Northwest Highway in 1957 and completed a $38 million dollar expansion and renovation in 2016. Our spaces were reimagined and redesigned to put interaction at the forefront: interaction with nature, interaction with each other and interaction with God. We welcome over 2,500 families with diverse backgrounds and lifestyles through our doors and help them find their Jewish path through prayer, music, learning, food and community.