Jewish Connection Partnership
 

California (2)

Glendale, California

TEMPLE SINAI OF GLENDALE (R)

1212 North Pacific Avenue
Glendale, CA 91202
(818) 246-8101

Institutional Membership: 280 families
Percent Intermarried: members - 30%; board - 10%.

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation for Conversion; Hebrew Classes; Jews by Choice; Interfaith Couples Group; Havurot; Holiday "how to" Workshops; Outreach/Learner's Shabbat; Counseling; Discussions on Intermarriage; Extensive Adult Education; "December Dilemma" Discussions.
Contact: Rabbi Carole Mayers

Irvine, California

UNIVERSITY SYNAGOGUE (REC)

3400 Michelson Drive
Irvine, CA 92612
(949) 553-3535
Fax: (949) 553-4034
Email: rabbi@universitysynagogue.org

Institutional Membership: 625 households
Percent Intermarried: members - 20%; board - 7%.

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Hebrew Classes; Mentor Program; 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.
Contact: Rabbi Arnold Rachlis

CONGREGATION SHIR HA-MA'ALOT (R)

3652 Michelson Blvd
Irvine, CA 92612
(714) 857-2226
Fax: (714) 857-2115

Institutional Membership: 340 members
Percent Intermarried: members - 50%; board - 15%.

Programs: Introduction to Judaism; Hebrew Classes; Havurot; Holiday "how to" Workshops; Outreach/Learner's Shabbat; Outreach Seder; Extensive Adult Education; "December Dilemma" Discussions.
Contact: Fran Brumlik, Director

Lafayette, California

TEMPLE ISAIAH (R)

3800 Mount Diablo Blvd.
Lafayette, CA 94549
(510) 283-8575
E-mail: rabbishanks@aol.com

Institutional Membership: 730 families
Percent Intermarried: members - 35%; board - 25%.

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation for Conversion; Hebrew Classes; Jews by Choice; Mentor Program; Parents of Intermarried; Times and Seasons; Havurot; Holiday "How-To" Workshops; Staff Sensitivity Training; Counseling; Discussion of Intermarriage; Extensive Adult Education; "December Dilemma" Discussions; "September Situation" Discussion about High Holidays.
Contact: Rabbi Judy Shanks

La Jolla, California

LAWRENCE FAMILY JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER
JACOBS FAMILY CAMPUS

4126 Executive Drive
La Jolla, CA 92037
(858) 457-3030
Fax: (858) 457-2422
E-mail: webmaster@lfjcc.com

Institutional Membership: 2100 households
Percent Intermarried: members - NA; board - NA

Programs: Wide range of cultural programs through the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture.
Contact: Michael Stern, Director of Marketing

CONGREGATION BETH EL (C)

8660 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92037
(858) 452-1734 ext. 222
Fax: (858) 452-5578
E-mail: programdirector@congregationbethel.org

Institutional Membership:
Percent Intermarried:

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Extensive Adult Education.
Other Programs: Healing and Bereavement Service; Family-style Purim Dinner; Purim Shpiel, Megillah Reading and Wine Tasting; Purim Festival of Fools; Tot Shabbat; Exploring Jewish Identity in the Diaspora; Pajama Shabbat; Chai Services.
Contact: Emily Bartell, Program Director

Lakewood, California

CONGREGATION SHIR CHADASH(C)

6440 Del Amo Blvd.
Lakewood, CA 90713
(562) 429-0715
Email: rhol@aol.com (Home)
or rabhol@dslextreme.com (Work)

Institutional Membership: 280 members
Percent Intermarried: Members - 0%: board - 0%.

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation for Conversion; Hebrew Classes; Times and Seasons; Havurot; Holiday "how to" Workshops; Outreach/Learner's Shabbat; Outreach Seder; Counseling; Extensive Adult Education.
Contact: Rabbi Howard Laibson

Lancaster, California

BETH KNESSET BAMIDBAR

1611 East Avenue J
Lancaster, CA 93535-4247
(661) 942-4415
Fax: (661) 723-9752
E-mail: NA

Institutional Membership: 164 families
Percent Intermarried: members - 50%; board - 33%.

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation for Conversion; Hebrew Classes; Parents of Intermarrieds; Jews by Choice; Outreach/Learner's Shabbat; Couples Support Groups; Holiday "how to" Workshops; Discussions on Intermarriage; Interfaith Couples Group; Outreach Seder; Extensive Adult Education; "December Dilemma" Discussions.
Contact: Tom & Robin Headrich

Long Beach, California

TEMPLE BETH SHALOM (C)

3635 Elm Avenue
Long Beach, CA 90025
(562) 426-6413
Fax: (562) 427-7824
Email: tbs.longbeach@gte.net

Institutional Membership: 165 families
Percent Intermarried: members - 10%; board - 10%.

Programs: Hebrew Classes; Havurot; Outreach Learners Shabbat; Discussions of Intermarriage; Extensive Adult Education; Preparation for Conversion; Jews by Choice; Counseling.
Contact: Rabbi Ilana Berenbaum Grinblat

TEMPLE ISRAEL OF LONG BEACH (R)

3538 E Third Street
Long Beach, CA 90814
(562) 434-0996
Fax: (562) 434-0252
E-mail: rabmbg@tilb.org

Institutional Membership: 487
Percent Intermarried: members - 25%; board - 10%.

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Hebrew Classes; Mentor Program; Parents of Intermarried; Havurot; Outreach Learners Shabbat; Staff Sensitivity Training; Discussion of Intermarriage; Extensive Adult Education; "December Dilemma" Discussions; Preparation for Conversion; Jews by Choice; Interfaith Couples Group; Couples Support Group; Holiday "How-To" Workshops; Outreach Seder; Counseling; Lectures on Intermarriage.
Contact: Rabbi Mark B. Goldfarb

Los Altos Hills, California

CONGREGATION BETH AM (R)

26790 Arastradero Road
Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
(650) 493-4661
Fax: (650) 494-8248
Email: info@betham.org

Institutional Membership: 1492
Percent Intermarried: members - Not tracked; board - Not tracked.

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Hebrew Classes; Mentor Program; Havurot; Discussion of Intermarriage; Extensive Adult Education; "December Dilemma" Discussions; Preparation for Conversion; Holiday "How-To" Workshops; Outreach Seder; Counseling; Films on Intermarriage.
Other Programs: Mothers Circle (for non-Jewish mothers raising Jewish children); Jewish Living Group (for those in the process of conversion).
Contact: Rabbi Janet Marder

Los Angeles, California

BETH CHAYIM CHADASHIM (BCC) (R)

6000 W Pico Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90035
(323) 931-7023
Fax: (323) 931-1490
Email: bcc@bcc-la.org

Institutional Membership: 250
Percent Intermarried: members - 25 - 35%; board - 15%.

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Mentor Program; Havurot; Preparation for Conversion; Jews by Choice; Counseling.
Contact: Felicia Park-Rogers, Executive Director

JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF LOS ANGELES

6505 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 500
Los Angeles, CA 90048
(323) 761-8800 ext. 1255
Fax: (323)761-8801
Email: SWeber@JFSLA.org

Institutional Membership: NA
Percent Intermarried: NA

Programs: Information and referral to community programs.
Contact: Sally Weber, Director of Jewish Community Programs

UNIVERSITY SYNAGOGUE (R)

11960 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90049
(310) 472-1255
Fax: (310) 476-3237
E-mail: rabbiallenf@unisyn.org

Institutional Membership: 900+ families
Percent Intermarried: members - 25% ; board - 5%.

Programs: Preparation for Conversion; Hebrew Classes; Jews by Choice; Mentor Program; Parents of Intermarrieds; Counseling; Couples Support Group; Interfaith Couples Group; Derekh Torah; Havurot; Holiday "how to" Workshops; Staff Sensitivity Training; Discussions on Intermarriage; Lectures on Intermarriage; Extensive Adult Education; "December Dilemma" Discussions.
Contact: Rabbi Allen I. Freehling; Ellen and Jim Stang, Outreach Coordinators.

TEMPLE BETH AM (C)

1039 South La Cienega Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90035
(310) 652-7353
Fax: (310) 652-2384
E-mail: ravnetter@aol.com

Institutional Membership: 1,000 Families
Percent Intermarried: members - 1%; board - 0%.

Programs: Hebrew Classes; Havurot; Holiday "how to" Workshops; Extensive Adult Education.
Contact: Rabbi Perry Netter, Associate Rabbi

STEPHEN S. WISE TEMPLE (R)

15500 Stephen S. Wise Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90077
(310) 476-8561
Fax: (310) 476-3587
Email: wiseclergy@wisela.org

Institutional Membership: 3,200
Percent Intermarried: members - 15% ; board - 0%.

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Hebrew Classes; Havurot; Discussion of Intermarriage; Extensive Adult Education; Preparation for Conversion.
Contact: Rabbi Brett Krichiver

WILSHIRE BLVD. TEMPLE

3663 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90010
(213)-388-2401

Institutional Membership: 2200 families
Percent Intermarried: members - NA ; board - NA

Programs: Preparation for Conversion; Interfaith Couples Group; Couples Support Groups.
Contact: Rabbi Hershenson

TEMPLE ISRAEL OF HOLLYWOOD (R)

7300 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90046
(323) 876-8336
Fax: (323) 876-6341
E-mail: shalom@tioh.org

Institutional Membership: 820 families
Percent Intermarried: members - 30%; board - 15%.

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation for Conversion; Hebrew Classes; Discussions on Intermarriage; Extensive Adult Education; "December Dilemma" Discussions; A group for people who are intermarried to meet every other month with the rabbis to discuss the issues around internmarraige and the non-Jews' role in the synagogue.
Contact: Rabbi Michelle Missaghieh

LEO BAECK TEMPLE (R)

1300 North Sepulveda Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90049
Email: LBTOffice@aol.com

Institutional Membership: 680 members
Percent Intermarried: members - 25%; board - NA.

Programs: Hebrew Classes; Times and Seasons; Havurot; Discussions on Intermarriage; Extensive Adult Education; "December Dilemma" Discussions; Groups for Couples of Different Races.
Contact: Rabbi Sanford Ragins

THE BRANDEIS-BARDIN INSTITUTE

1101 Peppertree Lane
Brandeis, CA 93064
Email: jflores@thebbi.org

Programs: FREE weekend retreats for Intermarried newlyweds to celebrate Shabbat, meet other intermarried couples and learn about ways to incorporate Judaism into the new home you are creating together; FREE weekends for in-married newlyweds where intermarried couples are welcome; other weekend retreats featuring scholars, speakers, authors; family weekends; overnight summer camp including specialty sports and arts programs; day camp; summer college program for 18-26 year olds. Intermarried families and children of intermarried families welcome at all programs.
Contact: Jordanna Flores, Program Director

Los Gatos, California

CONGREGATION SHIR HADASH (R)

20 Cherry Blossom Lane
Los Gatos, CA 95032
(408) 358-1751
Fax: (408) 358-1753
E-mail: office@shirhadash.org

Institutional Membership: 580 families
Percent Intermarried: members - 55%; board - 40%.

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Mentor Program; Parents of Intermarried; Havurot; Outreach Learners Shabbat; Staff Sensitivity Training; Discussion of Intermarriage; Extensive Adult Education; "December Dilemma" Discussions; Preparation for Conversion; Jews by Choice; Interfaith Couples Group; Melton Mini-School at local JCC; Couples Support Group; Holiday "How-To" Workshops; Counseling; Lectures on Intermarriage; Films on Intermarriage.
Contact: Rabbi Melanie Aron

Mission Viejo, California

CONGREGATION EILAT (C)

22081 Hidalgo
Mission Viejo, CA 92691-1435
(714) 770-9606
E-mail: artson@ni.net

Institutional Membership: 460 families
Percent Intermarried: members - 10-20%; board - 0%.

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation for Conversion; Hebrew Classes; Jews by Choice; Havurot; Holiday "how to" Workshops; Counseling; Discussions on Intermarriage; Extensive Adult Education; "December Dilemma" Discussions.
Contact: Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson