Jewish Connection Partnership
 

Indiana

Bloomington, Indiana

BETH SHALOM (R)

PO Box 6835
Bloomington, IN 47407
(812) 334-2440
Email BJCC@Indiana.Edu
or Rabbi@BethShalom-BJC.Org

Institutional Membership: 187 families
Percent Intermarried: members - 20%; board - 58%.

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation for Conversion; Hebrew Classes; Holiday "How-To" Workshops; Outreach Learners Shabbat; Counseling; "December Dilemma" Discussions; Outreach Seder.
Contact:
Eileen Katz, Administrator

Fort Wayne, Indiana

ACHDUTH VESHOLOM (R)

5200 Old Mill Road
Ft. Wayne, IN 46807
(219) 744-4245

Institutional Memberhsip: 260 families
Percent Intermarried: members - 30%; board - 20%.

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation for Conversion; Interfaith Couples Group; Holiday "how to" Workshops; Outreach/Learner's Shabbat.
Contact: Rabbi Sandford Kopnick.

Gary, Indiana

TEMPLE ISRAEL (R)

601 North Montgomery
Gary, IN 46403
(219) 938-5232
Fax: (219) 938-5244
Email: MillerTemple@AOL.Com

Institutional Membership: 165 family units
Percent Intermarried: members - 29% of total membership (42% of the married congregants); board - 18%.

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation for Conversion; Times and Seasons; Jews By Choice; Couple Support Groups; Counseling; Mentor Program; Holiday "how to" Workshops; Discussions on Intermarriage; Extensive Adult Education; "December Dilemma" Discussions.
Contact: Rabbi Stanley Halpern

Indianapolis, Indiana

BETH EL ZEDEK CONGREGATION (C-REC)

600 W 70th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46260
(317) 253-3441
Email: bez613@bez613.org

Institutional Membership: 900 families
Percent Intermarried: members - 15% ; board - 10%.

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; "First Steps" Program; Preparation for Conversion; Jews by Choice; Havurot; Holiday "How-To" Workshops; Family Oriented Programming; Staff Sensitivity Training; Counseling; Discussion of Intermarriage; Lectures on Intermarriage; Extensive Adult Education; Films on Intermarriage; "December Dilemma" Discussions.
Contact: Shari Lipp-Levine.

INDIANAPOLIS HEBREW CONGREGATION (R)

6501 N Meridian Street
Indianapolis, IN 46260
(317) 255-6647
Fax: (317) 254-2187
Email: jona@ihcindy.org

Institutional Membership: 1150
Percent Intermarried: members - 50% or more; board - 18%.

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Hebrew Classes; Derekh Torah; Havurot; Extensive Adult Education; Preparation for Conversion; Jews by Choice; Holiday "How-To" Workshops; Counseling.
Contact: Rabbi Jon Adland

Munster, Indiana

TEMPLE BETH-EL (R)

10001 Columbia Avenue
Munster, IN 46321
(219) 934-9600
Fax: (219) 934-9663
E-mail: TBE@SurfnetInc.com

Institutional Membership: 200 families
Percent Intermarried: members - 15% ; board - 15%.

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation for Conversion; Hebrew Classes; Counseling; Jews By Choice; Holiday "how to" Workshops; Discussion of Intermarriage; Outreach/Learners Shabbat; Extensive Adult Education; "December Dilemma" Discussions.
Contact: Rabbi Michael N. Stevens

Terre Haute, Indiana

UNITED HEBREW CONGREGATION (R)

540 S. Sixth Street
Terre Haute, IN 47807
(812) 232-5988

Institutional Membership: 120 families
Percent Intermarried: members - 12%; board - 10%.

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; "December Dilemma" Discussions.
Contact: Paul Tuchman