Jewish Connection Partnership
 

Connecticut (2)

New Milford, Connecticut

TEMPLE SHOLOM (R)

122 Kent Road N.
Box 509
New Milford, CT 06776
(860) 354-0273
Fax: (860) 350-9732
Email: nokora@aol.com

Institutional Membership: 156 families
Percent Intermarried: members - 15%; board - 17%.

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation for Conversion; Jews by Choice; Interfaith Couples Group; Hebrew Classes; Discussions on Intermarriage; Counseling; Holiday "how to" Workshops; "December Dilemma" Discussions.
Contact: Rabbi Norman Koch

Ridgefield, Connecticut

TEMPLE SHEARITH ISRAEL (R)

46 Peaceable Street
Ridgefield, CT 06877
Email: JonRab@aol.com

Institutional Membership: 325
Percent Intermarried: members - 30-40%; board - NA

Programs: Introduction to Judaism classes, Preparation for Conversion, Hebrew classes, Jews by Choice, Parents of Intermarrieds, Times and Seasons, Holiday "how to" Workshops, Outreach Seder, Discussions of intermarriage, Adult Education, Lectures on Intermarriage, Films on intermarriage, "December Dilemma" discussions.
Contact: Rabbi Jon Haddon

Simsbury, Connecticut

TEMPLE EMEK SHALOM (R)

55 Bushy Hill Road
Simsbury, CT 06070
(203) 658-1075

Institutional Membership: 420 families
Percent Intermarried: members - 33%; board - 5%

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes (With Five Synagogues); Preparation for Conversion; Interfaith Couples Support Group; Interfaith Havurah-social and educational, Prayer Instruction classes, "December Dilemma" Discussions.
Contact: Rabbi Howard S. Herman

Southington, Connecticut

GISHREI SHALOM JEWISH CONGREGATION (R)

PO Box 777
Southington, CT 06489
(860) 276-9113
E-mail: gsjc777@aol.com

Institutional Membership: 37
Percent Intermarried: members - 43%; board - 57%.

Programs: Discussion of Intermarriage; "December Dilemma" Discussions; Holiday "How-To" Workshops; Outreach Seder; Films on Intermarriage.
Other Programs: Annual community-wide Chanukah party held at a member's house and publicized broadly; Annual summer picnic at a member's house publicized broadly.
Contact: Lew Slotnick, President

South Windsor, Connecticut

TEMPLE BETH HILLEL (R)

20 Baker Lane
PO Box 1164
South Windsor, CT 06074
(860) 282-8466
Fax: (860) 282-8466
E-mail:RabbiG@Juno.Com

Institutional Membership: 213 families
Percent Intermarried: members - 30%; board - 20%

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation for Conversion; Holiday "how to" Workshops; Hebrew Classes; Derekh Torah; Outreach/Learner's Shabbat; Discussions on Intermarriage; Extensive Adult Education; Jews By Choice; Couples Support Groups; Counseling.
Contact: Rabbi Jeffrey Glickman

Stamford, Connecticut

TEMPLE SINAI (R)

485 Lakeside Drive
Stamford, CT 06903-5098
(203) 322-1649
Fax: (203) 329-7741
Email: Rabbi@TempleSinaiStamford.Org

Institutional Membership: 350 Families
Percent Intermarried: members - 33%; board - NA

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation for Conversion; Hebrew Classes; Derekh Torah; Counseling; Extensive Adult Education; Holiday "how to" Workshops.
Contact: Rabbi Liz Rolle

STAMFORD JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER

1035 Newfield Avenue
Stamford, CT 06905
(203) 322-7900
Fax: (203) 329-7546

Number of Clients: 5000 families
Percent Intermarried: members - 12%; board - NA

Programs:Introduction to Judaism Classes; Derekh Torah; Holiday "How to" Workshops; Adult Education; "December Dillema" Discussions.
Contact: Shelly Buxbaum

UJF OF GREATER STAMFORD, NEW CANAAN AND DARIEN

1035 Newfield Avenue
Stamford, CT 06905
(203) 321-1373 x.112
Fax: (203) 322-3277
Email: bridges@ujf.org


Number of Clients: n/a
Percent Intermarried: all (in the BRIDGES program)

Programs: Parents of Intermarried; Discussion of Intermarriage; "December Dilemma" Discussions; Interfaith Couples Group; Couples Support Group; Holiday "How-To" Workshops; Outreach Seder; Counseling; Lectures on Intermarriage.
Contact: Elise Klein, Program Director, BRIDGES Program

Vernon, Connecticut

CONGREGATION B'NAI ISRAEL (C)

54 Talcott Avenue
Vernon, CT 06066
(860) 871-1818
Fax: (860) 871-1855
Email: rabbiblumenthal@gmail.com

Institutional Membership: 120 families
Percent Intermarried: members - Unknown; board - Unknown

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Parents of Intermarried; Times and Seasons; Discussion of Intermarriage; Extensive Adult Education; "December Dilemma" Discussions; Preparation for Conversion; Holiday "How-To" Workshops; Outreach Seder; Counseling.
Contact: Rabbi Kim Blumenthal

West Hartford, Connecticut

CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL (R)

701 Farmington Ave.
West Hartford, CT 06119
(860) 233-8215
Fax: (860) 523-0223

Institutional Membership: 1145 families
Percent Intermarried: members - 33%; board - 7%

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation for Conversion; Hebrew Classes; Jews By Choice; Parents of Intermarrieds; Holiday "how to" Workshops; Outreach/Learners Shabbat; Staff Sensitivity Training; Discussions of Intermarriage; Adult Education; "December Dilemma" Discussions; Taste of Judaism.
Contact: Barbara Blechner, Interfaith Outreach Chair

JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER HARTFORD

333 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
(203) 232-4483
Fax: (203) 232-5221
Email: sbayer@jon.cjfny.org

Number of Clients: NA
Percent Intermarried: NA

Programs: Couples Support Groups, "December Dilemma" Discussions.
Contact: Stephen Bayer, Associate Executive Director

MANDELL GREATER HARTFORD JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER

335 Bloomfield Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117
(860) 236-4571
Fax: (860) 233-0802

Number of Clients: 8000

Programs: Hebrew Classes; Adult Education; Early Childhood Education; Parenting Center; Camping.
Contact: Elana MacGilpin, Adult Programs ext. 327, emacgilpin@mandelljcc.org; Jamie Klein, Early Childhood ext. 310, jklein@mandelljcc.org; Karen Wyckoff, Youth and Camping ext. 317, kwyckoff@mandelljcc.org

THE EMANUEL SYNAGOGUE (C)

160 Mohegan Drive
West Hartford, CT 06117
(860) 236-1275
Fax: (860) 231-8890
Email: francene@emanuelsynagogue.org

Insitutional Membership: 690 units
Percent Intermarried: 10%

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Mentor Program; Preparation for Conversion; Hebrew Classes; Parents of Intermarried.
Contact: Francene Weingast, Connections Coordinator

JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF GREATER HARTFORD

740 North Main Street
West Hartford, CT 06117
(860) 236-1927
Fax: (860) 236-6483
Email: jrothstein@jfshartford.org


Insitutional Membership: 2000 clients served per year
Percent Intermarried: 20%

Programs: We offer individual and couples counseling as well as groups on many aspects of intermarriage, for both parents of intermarried couples and the intermarried themselves.
Contact: Janice Rothstein, Director of Clinical Services

Westport, Connecticut

TEMPLE ISRAEL (R)

14 Coleytown Road
Westport, CT 06880
(203) 227-1656 or 227-1293
Fax: (203) 454-2292

Institutional Membership: 850 families
Percent Intermarried: members - 20%; board - NA

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation for Conversion; Intrefaith Couples; Stepping Stones, Times and Seasons; Havurot; Holiday "how to" Workshops, Newsletter ("Connections") about Interfaith Issues; "December Dilemma" Discussions.
Contact: Wendy Sobelman, Coordinator of Continuity Programming

Willimantic, Connecticut

TEMPLE BNAI ISRAEL (REC)

345 Jackson Street
Willimantic, CT 06226
(860) 423-3743
Fax: (860) 423-7594
Email: office@templebnaiisrael.org

Institutional Membership: 110 households
Percent Intermarried: members - 30%; board - 30%.

Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Hebrew Classes; Outreach Learners Shabbat; Extensive Adult Education; Preparation for Conversion; Holiday "How-To" Workshops; Outreach Seder; Counseling.
Contact: Rabbi Jeremy Schwartz

Woodbridge, Connecticut

JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER NEW HAVEN

360 Amity Road
Woodbridge, CT 06514
(203) 387-2522
Fax: (203) 397-1162
Email: ScottC@Mail.JCCNH.Org

Number of Member Units: 5,500
Percent Intermarried: clients - NA ; staff - NA ; board - NA

Programs: Hebrew Classes; Stepping Stones; Holiday "how to" Workshops; Staff Sensitivity Training; Discussions of Intermarriage; "December Dilemma" Discussions.
Contact: Scott Cohen, Program Director