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Maryland
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1909 Hidden Meadow Lane
Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 266-6006
Institutional Membership: 95 family units
Percent Intermarried: members - 25%.
Programs: Information available upon request
Contact: Howard Salob, President
5802 Roland Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21210
(410) 464-9402
Email: info@BeitTikvah.org
Institutional Membership: 105 households
Percent Intermarried: members - 25%; board - 10%.
Programs: Introduction to Reconstuctionist Judaism Classes;
Preparation for Conversion; Holiday "how to" Workshops; Outreach/Learner's
Shabbat; Lectures on Intermarriage; "December Dilemma" Discussions.
Contact: Rabbi Elizabeth Bolton
5750 Park Heights Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21215
(410) 843-7404
Fax: (410) 664-0551
E-mail: jashkin@jfs.org
Number of Clients: 5000 families
Percent Intermarried: clients - NA; staff - 5%; board - NA.
Programs: JEWISH OUTREACH NETWORK - Introduction to Judaism;
Jews by Choice; Interfaith
Couples Group;
Holiday "How-To" Workshops; Staff Sensitivity Training; Outreach Learners Shabbat; "December Dilemma" Discussions; "Building a Jewish Future When You Don't Have a Jewish Past" workshop; Brief Consultation; Counseling.
Contact: Jacki Post Ashkin, LCSW-C, Coordinator
7310 Park Heights Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21208
(410) 358-0105
Institutional Membership: 1,075 families
Percent Intermarried: members - 20% ; board - 3.4%.
Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation for
Conversion; Hebrew Classes; Stepping Stones; Holiday "how to"
Workshops; Lectures on Intermarriage.
Contact: Rabbi Steven M. Fink, D. Min., D.D.
Center for Jewish Education
5708 Park Heights Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21215
(410) 735-5000
Fax: (410) 735-5001
Email: lamazaltov@cjebaltimore.org
Programs: Lamazal Tov offers several programs for first-time
expectant parents and young families:
- Six Week Series: Comprehensive childbirth education series, taught
by an experienced childbirth educator, in conjunction with Jewish
communal professionals, to prepare families for childbirth and parenting.
- Joys & Oys of Childbirth and Parenting: Single session shares
the basics about welcoming babies, and parenting from a Jewish perspective.
This class is appropriate for parents AND expectant couples. A great
compliment to other childbirth preparation classes.
- Shalom Baby: Shalom Baby packets are for families with a child
age one year and under and include unique baby gifts, as well as
resources and discounts on products and services in the Jewish community.
Contact: Caron Blau Rothstein, Coordinator
7401 Park Heights Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21208
(410) 764-1587
Fax: (410) 764-7948
Email: jwindman@bhcong.org
Programs: "December Dilemma" Discussions; Derekh Torah; Taste of Judaism; Adult Children and Grandchildren of Intermarriage; Adult Education; Beginner Hebrew Classes; Inclusion and Accessibility; Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender (GLBT); Holiday "How-To" Workshops; Interfaith Couples Group; Melton Mini-School; Mentor Programs; Multiracial and Jews of Color; PJ Shabbat; Single Parents;
Youth and Young adult programming
; Conversion classes;
Rosh Hashanah Under the Stars;
Downtown Shabbatot; Outreach Seder;
Active auxiliaries for Sisterhood, Brotherhood and Prime Timers;
Social Action participating in Habitat for Humanity in Maryland and New Orleans;
Active team to Green the synagogue
$500 off first time membership for full dues paying congregant;
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Contact: Jo Ann Windman, Executive Director
Beallsville, Maryland
19520 Darnestown Road
Beallsville, MD 20839
(301) 349-2799
Fax: (301) 349-2744
Email: info@am-kolel.org
Institutional Membership: hundreds
Percent Intermarried: members - 40%; board - 20%.
Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Hebrew Classes; Mentor Program; Parents of Intermarried; Times and Seasons; 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: Retreats.
Other Programs in Your Community: JCC of Greater Washington DC, 301-881-0100
Contact: Rabbi David Shneyer
BETHESDA
JEWISH CONGREGATION
(Independent Liberal, combining Reform, Reconstructionist, and Jewish
Renewal principles)
6601 Bradley Blvd.
Bethesda, MD 20817-3042
(301) 469-8636
Fax: (301) 469-9529
Email: BJC@erols.com
Number of Clients: 145 households
Percent Intermarried: clients - 44%; staff - 0%; board - 33%.
Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Havurot; Times
and Seasons; Derekh Torah; Staff Sensitivity Training;
Couples Support Group; Counseling; Preparation for Conversion; Hebrew
Classes; Interfaith Couples Group; Parents of Intermarrieds; Holiday
"how to" Workshops; Discussions on Intermarriage; "December Dilemma"
Discussions.
Other Community Programs: Interfaith Outreach Program of Greater
Washington, contact - Tracy Dorfman (301) 881-0100; Interfaith Families
Project, contact - Julia Jarvis (301) 270-0514.
Contact: Sunny Schnitzer, Hazzan and Kol Bo
2901 Mitchellville Road
Bowie, MD 20716
(301) 249-2424
Fax: (301) 249-7516
Email: Rabbi@TemplelSolelMD.org
Institutional Membership: 215 households
Percent Intermarried: members - 25%; board - 5%
Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Hebrew Classes; Mentor Program; Havurot; Outreach Learners Shabbat; Discussion of Intermarriage; Extensive Adult Education; "December Dilemma" Discussions; Preparation for
Conversion; Jews by Choice; Interfaith Couples
Group; Holiday "How-To" Workshops; Counseling; Lectures on Intermarriage.
Contact: Meredith Pscherer, Rabbi Steve Weisman
8401 Grubb Road
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
(301) 587-2273
Fax: (301) 588-2273
Email: Info@TempleShalom.Net
Institutional Membership: 520
Percent Intermarried: members - approx. 30% (40% or more at
the school); board - 3 out of 40.
Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Couples Support
Groups; Hebrew Classes, Havurot; Outreach/Learner's Shabbat;Staff
Sensitivity Training; Discussion of Intermarriage; Extensive Adult
Education; "December Dilemma" Discussions; Preparation for
Conversion; Jews By Choice; Interfaith Couples Group; Holiday "how
to" Worskshops; Counseling; Lectures on Intermarriage.
Contact: Michael L. Feshbach, Rabbi
107 West Union Street
Cumberland, MD 21502
(301) 722-5688
Institutional Membership: 70 families
Percent Intermarried: members - 30-40%; board - 30%.
Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation for
Conversion; Interfaith Couples Group; Programs similar to Stepping
Stones and Times and Seasons; Holiday "how to" Workshops;
Pre-marital workshops with rabbi; Films on Intermarriage; "December
Dilemma" Discussions.
Contact: Rabbi Stephen L. Sniderman
CONGREGATION B'NAI ABRAHAM (R)
53 E. Baltimore Street
Hagerstown, MD 21740
(301) 733-5039
Institutional Membership: 100 households
Percent Intermarried: members - NA; board - NA.
Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation for
Conversion; Hebrew Classes; Holiday "how to" Workshops; National Jewish
Outreach Programs; Lectures on Intermarriage; "December Dilemma" Discussions.
Contact: Rabbi Janice Garfunkel
8 N. Earlton Road Ext.
Havre de Grace, MD 21078
(410) 939-3170
Fax: (410) 939-1159
Email: RabRob2000@Yahoo.Com
Institutional Membership: 230 households
Percent Intermarried: members - NA; board - NA.
Programs: Introduction to Judaism; Preparation for Conversion;
Hebrew Classes; Jews by Choice; Holiday "how to" Workshops; Outreach/Learner's
Shabbat; Outreach Seder; Staff Sensitivity Training; Counseling; Discussions
on Intermarriage; Times and Seasons; Havurot; "December Dilemma"
Discussions.
Contact: Rabbi Robert A. Jacobs
10101 Connecticut Avenue
Kensington, MD 20895
(301) 942-2000
Fax: (301) 942-9488
Email: TempleEmanuel@erols.com
Institutional Membership: 550 families
Percent Intermarried: members - 15-20%; board - 15%.
Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Interfaith Couples
Group; Parents of Intermarrieds; Couples Support Groups; Havurot;
Holiday "how to" Workshops; "December Dilemma" Discussions.
Contact: Rabbi Warren Stone
PO Box 42014
Washington, DC 20015
(202) 686-1881
Email: Roz@machar.org
Institutional Membership: 125 households
Percent Intermarried: members - 25%; board - 35%
Programs: Introduction to Secular Humanistic Judaism; all may
participate fully, no conversion required; Shabbat speakers; Discussion
of Intermarriage; Extensive Adult Education; December Holidays Discussions;
Community Seder; Jewish Cultural School, Pre-K through B'Nei Mitsvah;
Teen Programs; Counseling.
Contact: Roz Seidenstein, Executive Director
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