Jewish Connection Partnership
 

New York (1)

Albany, New York

CONGREGATION BETH EMETH (R)

100 Academy Road
Albany, NY 12208
(518) 436-9761

Institutional Membership: 1100
Percent Intermarried:

Programs: Introduction to Intermarriage; Preparation for Conversion; Hebrew Classes; Jews by Choice; Holiday "how to" Workshops; Outreach/Learner's Shabbat; Discussions on Intermarriage; "December Dilemma" Discussions; Yours, mine, and ours.
Contact: Rabbi Alan Litwak, Cathy Kimmel, Head of Outreach Committee.

Amherst/Buffalo, New York

TEMPLE BETH ZION (R)

700 Sweet Home Road
Amherst, NY 14226
(716) 836-6565
Fax: (716) 831-1126
E-mail: TBZ@TBZ.Org

Institutional Membership: 1,300 families
Percent Intermarried: members - approx. 30%; board - 10%

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation for Conversion; Hebrew Classes; Mentor Program; Interfaith Couples Group; Parents of Intermarrieds; Times and Seasons; Holiday "how to" Workshops; Outreach/Learner's Shabbat; Discussions on Intermarriage; Couples Support Group; Melton Mini-School; Havurot; Counseling; Extensive Adult Education; "December Dilemma" Discussions.
Contact: Cindy Komm, Outreach Chair; Rabbi Gary Pokras (RabbiPokras@TBZ.Org); Rabbi Harry Rosenfeld (RabbiHarryRosenfeld@ATTGlobal.Net)

TEMPLE SHAAREY ZEDEK (C)

621 Getzville Road
Amherst, NY 14226
(716) 838-3232

Institutional Membership: 650 units
Percent Intermarried: members - less than 5%; board - 0%

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation for Conversion; Hebrew Classes; Interfaith Couples Group; Havurot; Holiday "how to" Workshops; Holiday Celebrations.
Contact: Rabbi Charles Shalman

TEMPLE SINAI (REC)

50 Alberta Drive
Amherst, NY 14226
Phone & Fax: (716) 834-0708
Email: TempleSinai@juno.com

Institutional Membership: 258 households
Percent intermarried: members - 10% (16% recent affiliates); board - 7%.

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Hebrew Classes; Discussion of Intermarriage; Jews By Choice; Melton Mini-School; Counseling; Holiday "how to" Workshops; Preparation for Conversion; "Exploring Judaism"; Make Your Own Tallit; Discussion of Same Sex Commitment Ceremonies; Youth Group Programming.
Other Programs: "Gesher" Religious School (Combined school with a Conservative temple); High School of Jewish Studies at the Jewish Center; Affirmation Class for post B'nei Mitzvah Students; Junior Congregation; Social Action "Make-A-Lunch" program to provide lunches for shelters; "Yachad" Pot Luck Shabbatot, including Barbeque Shabbatot in the summer; Conversion classes; Learner's Minyan and Beit Midrash; Introduction to Reconstructionist Judaism; Extensive Adult Education.
Forthcoming Program: Joint Introduction to Judaism Course With Two Reform Congregations.
Contact: Rabbi Jerry Seidler; Adrienne Crandall (President)

Armonk, New York

CONGREGATION B'NAI YISRAEL (R)

#2 Banksville Road, Box 7
Armonk, NY 10504-0007
(914) 273-2220

Institutional Membership: 290 families
Percent Intermarried: NA

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation for Conversion; Hebrew Classes; Holiday "how to" Workshops; Discussions on Intermarriage; Adult Education; "December Dilemma" Discussions.
Contact: Rabbi Douglas E. Krantz

Briarcliff Manor, New York

CONGREGATION SONS OF ISRAEL (C)

1666 Pleasantville Road
Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510
(914) 762-9299
Fax: (914) 941-3465
Email: rabbi@csibriarcliff.org
or RABCSI@AOL.Com

Institutional Membership: 580 families
Percent Intermarried: members - 7.5%; board - 4%.

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Hebrew Classes; Family Oriented Programming; Counseling; Adult Education; Holiday "How-To" Workshops; Outreach Learners Shabbat; Preparation for Conversion; Parents-Children Programming.
Contact: Rabbi Steven Kane

Bronx, New York

RIVERDALE TEMPLE (R)

4545 Independence Avenue
Bronx, NY 10471
(718) 548-3800
E-mail: rivtemple@aol.com

Institutional Membership: 550 families
Percent Intermarried: members - NA; board - 0%.

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes (UAHC); Preparation for Conversion; Hebrew Classes; Times and Seasons; Havurot; Holiday "how to" Workshops; Outreach Seder; Adult Education.
Contact: Maxine Halpern

CONGREGATION TEHILLAH

3424 Kingsbridge Avenue, Suite 1H
Bronx, NY 10463
(718) 884-4839
Email: Tehillah5761@aol.com

Institutional Membership: 300
Percent Intermarried: 8 families.

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Hebrew Classes; Mentor Program; Derekh Torah; Discussion of Intermarriage; Extensive Adult Education; Preparation for Conversion; Holiday "How-To" Workshops; Outreach Seder; Counseling; Introduction to Jewish Mysticism classes; Introduction to Jewish Prayer classes; Adult-Ed classes on the Yamon Noraim and other Chagim; Bikkur Cholim (visiting the sick) program; Social action projects and events; Supplemental Hebrew school, K-7
Contact: Executive Director Patty Goldstick; or Rabbi Eric M. Solomon

Brooklyn, New York

CONGREGATION BETH ELOHIM (R)

Garfield Place and 8th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11215
(718) 768-3814
Fax: (718) 768-7414
Email: cdlyehhdi@aol.com

Institutional Membership: 550+ families
Percent Intermarried: members - 5%; board - 25%.

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation for Conversion; Hebrew Classes; Interfaith Couples Group; Parents of Intermarrieds; Times and Seasons; Havurot; Holiday "how to" Workshops; Counseling; Discussions on Intermarriage; Extensive Adult Education; "December Dilemma" Discussions.
Contact: Rabbi Gerald I. Weider; Rabbi Talia Feldman, Rabbi - Education

Cold Spring Harbor, New York

CONGREGATION KEHILLATH SHALOM (REC)

58 Goose Hill Road
Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724
(631) 367-4589
Email: kehillathshalom@juno.com

Institutional Membership: 190 families
Percent Intermarrieds: members - 15%; board - 20%

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation for Conversion; Adult Education; "December Dilemma" Discussions.
Contact: Rabbi Arthur Schwartz

Commack, New York

COMMACK JEWISH CENTER (C)

83 Shirley Court
Commack, NY 11725
(631) 543-3311
Fax: (631) 543-3349

Institutional Membership: 330 families
Percent Intermarried: members - less than 10%; board - 0%

Programs: Couples Support Groups; "FLAME" - Parent-Child Education; Havurah; "December Dilemma" Discussions.
Contact: Christine Goldberg

SAJES

777 Larkfield Road
Commack, NY 11725
(631) 462-8600
Fax: (631) 462-4990
Email: sdickstein@sajes.org

Institutional Memebership: NA
Percent Intermarried: memebers - NA; board - NA

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Hebrew Classes; Mentor Program; Parents of Intermarried; Extensive Adult Education; Melton Mini-School; Holiday "How-To" Workshops.
Other Programs: Bagel, Blocks and Beyond - Jewish Parenting; Celebrations - Holiday programming in the Market Place; On the Same Page - Community-wide reading project; Meah - Adult Learning; The Art of Jewish Grandparenting - Series of workshops for grandparents; Community Library, Storyhours for parents of pre-schoolers; Morasha - Adult Learning and Teacher Education; Jewish Educational Resource Center.
Contact: Shellie Dickstein, Coordinator of Educational Services

SUFFOLK Y JCC
INTERFAITH FAMILY NETWORK

74 Hauppauge Road
Commack, NY 11725
(631) 462-9800

Number of Clients: JCC- 10,000; IFN- 150
Percent Intermarried: members - 20%

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Hebrew Classes; Interfaith Couples Group; Parents of Intermarrieds; Melton Mini-School ; Family Oriented Programming; Couples Support Group; Holiday "how to" Workshops; Staff Sensitivity Training; Special Holiday Celebrations; Discussions on Intermarriage; "December Dilemma" Discussions.
Contact: Barak Hermann, Jewish Program Specialist

THE HILLEL INSTITUTE (C)

74 Hauppauge Road - Room 53
Commack, NY 11725
(631) 462-4455
Email: Hillel@mindspring.com

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

Programs: Preparation for Conversion.
Contact: Susan Lustig, Administrator

Croton-on-Hudson, New York

TEMPLE ISRAEL OF NORTHERN WESTCHESTER (R)

31 Glengary Road
Croton-on-Hudson, NY 10520
(914) 271-4705
Fax: (914) 271-0032
Email: tinw@optonline.net


Institutional Membership: 480
Percent Intermarried: members - 22%; board - 16%

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Hebrew Classes; Havurot; Discussion of Intermarriage; Extensive Adult Education; "December Dilemma" Discussions; Preparation for Conversion; Holiday "How-To" Workshops.
Contact: Rabbi Jennifer Jaech

Dewitt, New York

JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SYRACUSE

5655 Thompson Road
Dewitt, NY 13214
(315) 445-2360
Fax: (315) 445-4539

Institutional Membership: 2000 clients
Percent Intermarried: members - 35%; board - 11%; staff - 5%.

Programs: Parents of Intermarrieds; Family Oriented Programming; Discussions on Intermarriage; Holiday "how to" Workshops.
Contact: Marci Erlebacher, Executive Director

CONGREGATION BETH SHOLOM -
CHEVRA SHAS
(C)

18 Patsy Lane
PO Box 271
Dewitt, NY 13214
(315) 446-9570
Fax: (315) 446-3630
Email: RabbiAin@twcny.rr.com

Institutional Membership: 300
Percent Intermarried: members - 10%; board - 0%.

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Havurot; Discussion of Intermarriage; Extensive Adult Education; Preparation for Conversion; Holiday "How-To" Workshops; Lectures on Intermarriage.
Contact: Rabbi Rachel Ain

Elmira, New York

CONGREGATION B'NAI ISRAEL (R)

P.O. Box 3481
900 West Water Street
Elmira, NY 14905
(607) 734-7735
Fax: (607) 734-7816

Institutional Membership: 150 units
Percent Intermarried: members - 35%; board - NA

Programs: Preparation for Conversion; Hebrew Classes; Jews by Choice; "December Dilemma" Discussions.
Contact: Rabbi Miriam Biatch

Floral Park, New York

TEMPLE SHOLOM (R)

263-10 Union Turnpike
Floral Park, NY 11004
(718) 343-8660

Institutional Membership: 160 units
Percent Intermarried: members - 40%; board - 5%

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes & Preparation for Conversion with LIARRS; Raising a Jewish Child in an Interfaith Home; Holiday "how to" Workshops; Outreach/Learner's Shabbat; Lectures on Intermarriage.
Contact: Fran Smith