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Massachusetts
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489 Lowell Street
Peabody, MA 01960
(978) 535-2100
Fax: (978) 536-3115
Email: Rabbi@TempleBethShalom.org
or JGershaw@TempleBethShalom.org
Institutional Membership: 350 family units
Percent Intermarried: members - 20%; board - 10%.
Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation
for Conversion; Hebrew Classes; "December Dilemma" Discussions;
Times and Seasons; Holiday "how to" Workshops;
Counseling; Outreach/Learners' Shabbat; Staff Sensitivity
Training; Extensive Adult Education; Jews By Choice.
Contact: Jo Ann Gershaw, Administrator
235 East Street
Pittsfield, MA 01201
(413) 442-4360, Ext. 12
Fax: (413) 443-6070
Email: JFB@Berkshire.net
Institutional Membership: 1350 Families
Percent Intermarried: members - 20%; board - 5%.
Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation
for Conversion; Hebrew Classes; Jews by Choice; Interfaith
Couples Group; Holiday "how to" Workshops; Outreach Seder;
Discussions on Intermarriage; "December Dilemma" Discussions.
Contact: Arlene D. Schiff, Executive Director
201 Central Street
Somerville, MA 02145
(617) 625-0333
Institutional Membership: 190 households
Percent Intermarried: members - 20%; board - 20%.
Programs: Couples Support Groups; Lectures on Intermarriage.
Contact: Lisa Gregerman, Executive Director
979 Dickinson Street
Springfield, MA 01108
(413) 733-4149/4140
Fax: (413) 739-3415
Institutional Membership: 875
Percent Intermarried: members - 11%; board - 8%.
Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation
for Conversion; Jews by Choice; Interfaith Couples Group;
Parents of Intermarrieds; Stepping Stones; Holiday
"how to" Workshops; Discussions on Intermarriage; "December
Dilemma" Discussions; Counseling.
Contact: Rabbi Herbert N. Schwartz
1100 Dickinson Street
Springfield, MA 01108
(413) 736-3619
Institutional Membership: 570
Percent Intermarried: members - NA; board - 8%.
Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparationfor
Conversion; Interfaith Couples Group; Couples Support
Groups; Lectures on Intermarriage.
Contact: Rabbi Mark Dov Shapiro
445 Central Street
Stoughton, MA 02072
(781) 341-2016
Fax: (781) 341-2340
Number of Clients: 3000 households
Percent Intermarried: clients - 20%.
Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Hebrew
Classes; Family Oriented Programming; Discussions on Intermarriage;
Introduction to Synagogues; Parents & Grandparents of
Intermarrieds; Couples Support Groups; Holiday "how to"
Workshops; Lectures on Intermarriage.
Contact: Carole Neitlich, Interfaith Outreach;
Nina Bloomstein, Jewish Family Educator
c/o 66D Brian Drive
Stoughton, MA 02072-1250
(781) 341-1810
Email: elaine@shir-tikvah.com
or
info@shir-tikvah.com
Number of Clients: 7 families (over 100 families on mailing list).
Percent Intermarried: members - 75%; board - N/A.
Programs: Hebrew Classes; Derekh Torah; Discussion of Intermarriage; Jews by Choice; Holiday "How-To" Workshops; Outreach Seder; Counseling.
Other Programs:
Course on Humanistic Judaism -- Beginning programs in Adult Education.
Other Programs in the Community: Monthly Shabbat; Monthly Family Shabbat Dinners; Holiday Celebrations; Weekly Sunday School; Bar & Bat Mitzvah training; Adult Bar & Bat Mitzvah.
Contact: Elaine Kamieny, Madrikha (Founder, spiritual and community leader).
105 Hudson Road
Sudbury, MA 01776
(978) 443-9622
Institutional Membership:450 families
Percent Intermarried: members - 9%; board - 6%;
staff - 1%.
Programs: Preparation for Conversion; Hebrew classes;
Jews by Choice; Mentor program; Holiday "how to" workshops;
Havurot; Outreach/Learner's Shabbat; Staff Sensitivity
Training; Discussions on Intermarriage; Extensive Adult
Education; "December Dilemma" Discussions; Parents of
intermarrieds; Interfaith Couples Group.
Contact: Jim Ball, Jim Billings, Co-Chairs - Outreach
Committee
PO Box 826
Taunton, MA 02780
(508) 822-3230
Fax: (508) 822-3230. Please call first before faxing.
Email: rabbi.taunton@verizon.net
Institutional Membership: 120 households
Percent Intermarried: members - 25%; board - 10%.
Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation
for Conversion; Hebrew Classes; "December Dilemma" Discussions.
Contact: Rabbi/Cantor Anne Heath
TEMPLE SHIR TIKVA (R)
141 Boston Post Road
Wayland, MA 01778
Institutional Membership: 350 families
Percent Intermarried: members - 20%; board - NA.
Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Hebrew
classes; Holiday "how to" Workshops; Discussions on Intermarriage;
Outreach/Learner's Shabbat; Extensive Adult Education;
"December Dilemma" Discussions.
Contact: Sue Busch, Outreach Chair
10 Bethel Road
Wellesley Hills, MA 02481
(781) 235-8419
Fax: (781) 431-1638
Email: elawrence@bethelohim-wellesley.org
Institutional Membership: 725
Percent Intermarried: members - 14%; board - 2%.
Programs: Preparation for Conversion; Hebrew Classes;
Havurot; Holiday "how to" Workshops; Extensive Adult Education;
"December Dilemma" Discussions.
Contact: Elaine Lawrence, Executive Director
West Newton, Massachusetts
60 Highland Street
West Newton, MA 02465
(617) 965-0330
Email: info@dorsheitzedek.org
Institutional Membership: 170 households
Percent Intermarried: members - 25%; board - NA.
Programs: Adult Education; Hebrew Classes; Holiday Celebrations; Support for Interfaith Families; Social Action; Religious School.
Contact: Susannah Zisk, Membership Chair
34 Vine Street
Winchester, MA 01890
(781) 729-1263
Fax: (781) 729-1363
Email: office@shir-tikvah.org
Institutional Membership: 335
Percent Intermarried: members - NA; board - NA
Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Hebrew
Classes; Discussions of Intermarriage; Extensive Adult Education; "December Dilemma" Discussions; Preparation for Conversion; Interfaith Couples Group; Holiday "How-To" Workshops; Counseling.
Contact: Sharon Solomon, Administrator
646 Salisbury Street
Worcester, MA 01609
(508) 755-3101
Number of Clients: 1000 families
Percent Intermarried: clients - NA; staff - 10%;
board - 6%.
Programs: Interfaith Couples Group; Counseling;
"December Dilemma" Discussions.
Contact: Deborah Fins or James Black
280 May Street
Worcester, MA 01602
(508) 755-1257
Fax: (508) 795-0417
Institutional Membership: 800
Percent Intermarried: members - 15%; board - 0%;
staff - 5%.
Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Interfaith
Couples Group; Parents of Intermarrieds; Holiday "how
to" Workshops; Outreach/Learner's Shabbat; "December Dilemma"
Discussions.
Contact: Rabbi James Simon, Senior Rabbi
661 Salisbury Street
Worcester, MA 01609
(508) 755-2519
Institutional Membership: 285 families
Percent Intermarried: members - 44 converts; board
- 10%.
Programs: Introduction to Judaism Classes; Preparation
for Conversion; Parents of Intermarrieds; Lectures onIntermarriage;
"December Dilemma" Discussions.
Contact: Rabbi Seth L. Bernstein
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