Jewish Connection Partnership
 

California (3)

Northridge, California

TEMPLE AHAVAT SHALOM (R)

18200 Rinaldi Place
Northridge, CA 91326
(818) 360-2258
Fax: (818) 360-5947
Email: Brown@TASNorthridge.org (Senior Rabbi Jerry Brown)
Lutz@TASNorthridge.org (Rabbi Barry Lutz)
Manager@TASNorthridge.org (Administration)
Schools@TASNorthridge.org (Hebrew School)
ECEC@TASNorthridge.org (Early Childhood Education Center)



Institutional Membership: 700 Family Units
Percent Intermarried: members - 15%; board - 5%.

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation for Conversion; Hebrew Classes; "Gesher" - Pathways to Enhanced Jewish Living; Holiday "how to" Workshops; Jews by Choice; Mentor Program; Havurot; Outreach/Learner's Shabbat; Parents of Intermarrieds; Staff Sensitivity Training; Extensive Adult Education; Discussions on Intermarriage; Counseling; Lectures on Intermarriage; "December Dilemma" Discussions.
Forthcoming Programs: Support Groups for Intermarried Couples with Children in Religous School.
Contact: Senior Rabbi Jerry Brown; Rabbi Barry Lutz (Rabbi and Educator)

Oakland, California

TEMPLE SINAI (R)

2808 Summit Street
Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 451-3263 ext. 211
Fax: (510) 465-0603
Email: gabby@oaklandsinai.org


Institutional Membership: 975
Percent Intermarried: members - 45%; board - 35%.

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Hebrew Classes; Havurot; Staff Sensitivity Training; Discussion of Intermarriage; Extensive Adult Education; "December Dilemma" Discussions; Preparation for Conversion; Jews by Choice; Counseling; Lectures on Intermarriage.
Contact: Gabby Volodarsky

BUILDING JEWISH BRIDGES: OUTREACH TO INTERFAITH COUPLES
JEWISH FEDERATION OF THE GREATER EAST BAY

401 Grand Ave., Suite 500
Oakland, CA 94610
(510) 839-2900 x.347
Fax: (510) 839-3996
E-mail: dawn@eb.jfed.org

Institutional Membership: Served all 60,000 East Bay Jews.
Percent Intermarried: members - NA; board - 50%.

Programs: Parents of Intermarried; Oureach/Learner's Shabbat; Discussion of Intermarriage; "December Dilemma" Discussions; Jews by Choice; Interfaith Couples Group; Holiday "How-To" Workshops; Lectures on Intermarriage; Films on Intermarriage.
Contact: Dawn Kepler, Director

Pacific Palisades, California

KEHILLAT ISRAEL RECONSTRUCTIONIST CONGREGATION (REC)

16019 Sunset Blvd.
Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
(310) 459-2328
Fax: (310) 573-2098
Email: Info@KehillatIsrael.Org

Institutional Membership: 950
Percent Intermarried: members - 25%; board - 0.

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation for Conversion; Holiday "how to" Workshops; "December Dilemma" Discussions; Hebrew Classes; Discussions on Intermarriage; Extensive Adult Education; Jews By Choice.
Contact: Sheri Vinneaour, Membership Director; Steven Carr Reuben, Rabbi

Palo Alto, California

ALBERT L. SCHULTZ JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER

655 Arastradero Rd.
Palo Alto, CA 94306
(650) 493-9400
Fax: (650) 493-1187

Institutional Membership: 2000
Percent Intermarried: clients - NA; board - NA

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Hebrew Classes; Interfaith Couples Groups; Discussions on Intermarriage; Interfaith Couples Workshops; Holiday "how to" Workshops; "December Dilemma" Discussions.
Contact: Leah Bernstein, Assistant Director, Adult Department

THE PALO ALTO SCHOOL FOR JEWISH EDUCATION

655 Arastradero Rd.
Palo Alto, CA 94306
(650) 855-9063
Fax: (650) 855-9063
Email: Director@PASJE.Org

Number of Students: 150 families
Percent Intermarried: clients - 50%; board - 30%.

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Hebrew Classes; Holiday "how to" Workshops; Mentor Program; Parents of Intermarrieds; Times and Seasons; Derekh Torah; Extensive Aduly Education; Staff Sensitvity Training; Discussions on Intermarriage; "December Dilemma" Discussions; Passover Seder; Hanukkah Celebration; Purim Carnival; Megillah of Esther Reading; Entire School Enrichment Day.
Contact: Cathy Taylor, Director

Pasadena, California

PASADENA JEWISH TEMPLE AND CENTER (C)

1434 North Altadena Drive
Pasadena, CA 91104
(626) 798-1161

Institutional Membership: 400 members
Percent Intermarried: members - NA; board - NA

Programs:Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation for Conversion; Havurot; Counseling; "December Dilemma" Discussions.
Contact: Rabbi Gilbert Kollin

Pleasanton, California

CONGREGATION BETH EMEK (R)

3400 Nevada Court
Pleasanton, CA 94566
(925) 931-1055
Fax: (925) 931-1054
E-mail: bethemek@bethemek.org

Institutional Membership: 228
Percent Intermarried: members - 40%; board - 10%.

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Hebrew Classes; Times and Seasons; Derekh Torah; Havurot; Outreach Learners Shabbat; Staff Sensitivity Training; Discussion of Intermarriage; Extensive Adult Education; "December Dilemma" Discussions; Preparation for Conversion; Jews by Choice; Holiday "How-To" Workshops; Outreach Seder; Counseling; Lectures on Intermarriage.
Other Programs: Youth Group; Social Action; World Jewry; Senior Programming; Tot Shabbat; Preschool; Adult B'nai Mitzvah; Summer Day Camp.
Contact:
Rabbi Richard Winer (rabbi@bethemek.org); Carolyn Arndt, President (president@bethemek.org) ; Ellen Kiefer, Administrator (bethemek@bethemek.org)

Poway, California

TEMPLE ADAT SHALOM (R)

15905 Pomerado Road
Poway, CA 92064
(858) 451-1200
Fax: (858) 451-2409
Email: Info@AdatShalom.com

Institutional Membership: 650 families
Percent Intermarried: members - approx. 30%; board - 10%.

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Hebrew Classes; Parents of Intermarried; Derekh Torah; Counseling; Staff Sensitivity Training; Extensive Adult Education; Preparation for Conversion; Jews By Choice; Havurot; Outreach/Learner's Shabbat; Holiday "how to" Workshops; "December Dilemma" Discussions; Stepping Stones/Pathways (in the community); Melton Mini-School (in the community).
Other Programs: Ganon Gil Early Childhood Center (858) 451-6558; Mosad Shalom Religious Center (858) 451-8480.
Contact: Rabbi Deborah R. Prinz; Helen Sabo, Chairwoman, Outreach Committee

Rancho Palos Verdes, California

CONGREGATION NER TAMID OF SOUTH BAY (C)

5721 Crestridge Road
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275
(310) 377-6986
Fax: (310) 541-4964
Email: info@nertamid.com

Institutional Membership: 600 families
Percent Intermarried: members - 15%; board - 5%.

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation for Conversion; Hebrew Classes; Havurot; Counseling; Extensive Adult Education.
Contact: NA

Redondo Beach, California

TEMPLE MENORAH (R)

1101 Camino Real
Redondo Beach, CA 90277
(310) 316-8444

Institutional Membership: 430 families
Percent Intermarried: members - NA; board - 0%.

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; The Shalom Club; Extensive Adult Education; "December Dilemma" Discussions.
Contact: Selda Berstein, Administrator

Redwood City, California

TEMPLE BETH JACOB (C)

1550 Alameda De Las Pulgas
Redwood City, CA 94061
(415) 366-8481

Institutional Membership: 450 families
Percent Intermarried: members - 15%; board - 1%.

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Interfaith Couples Group; Havurot; Holiday "how to" Workshops; Family Shabbat Dinner.
Contact: Rabbi Nathaniel Ezray