Rabbi Barry Cohen - bio

Rabbi Emeritus
A. David Packman - bio

Rabbi Emeritus
Joseph Levenson - bio

President
David Donchin

First Vice President
Jim Moore

Second Vice President
Ann Dee Lee

Treasurer
Rick Black

Secretary
Lou Barlow

Sisterhood President
Joan Gerson and Pauli Loeffler

Brotherhood President
Lou Barlow

ICSS Educator
Sarah Sorrell

NFTY Youth Advisor 
Barbie Greer

Hebrew School Coordinator
Janiece Gratch

Administrator
Marsha Greiner

At Temple B'nai Israel we aspire to be a congregation whose members find meaning and fulfillment in the practice of Reform Judaism. We rejoice that we are a diverse group of all ages, many ethnicities and various kinds of families. We look to our members to enrich our Jewish life through their voluntary efforts. Together we are committed to the ongoing work of building a congregation shaped by the Jewish values of:

Enriching spirituality	Kedushah
Building community	Kehillah
Lifelong Learning	Torah Lishmah
Repairing the World	Tikkun Olam
Sustaining Jewish Continuity	Brit Olam

Adopted by the congregation on December 18, 2002

As a member of Temple B'nai Israel you get a wide variety of services, including those of the Union of Reform Judaism with which we are affiliated. Your membership includes:

• ticket(s) to High Holiday services
• the Bulletin, the monthly congregational newsletter
• eligibility to register in the Religious School & Hebrew School
• access to the "Members Only" section of our website
• What's Nu, our weekly e-mail
• participation in congregational activities
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We welcome you to this friendly and dedicated fellowship of Jewish men, women and children who are our Temple B'nai Israel family.

"An institution is the lengthened shadow of a man," wrote a perceptive scholar. Temple B'nai Israel is the lengthened shadow of the women and men, the lay people and rabbis, the volunteers and donors who vested it with more than a century of love, sacrifice and Jewish devotion.

Our Temple building is not a cathedral nor is it a monument. It is meant to be used, to be worn, and to be adapted to the specific needs of each generation of our members. We value our facility not by how perfectly it is preserved, but by how thoroughly it is used. We hope that you will feel at home in our Temple and use it as much as possible.

Our Temple is more than building and grounds. It is an abundance of activities that reflect the creativity and striving of us all to make the Temple a hub of Jewish living. Beyond that, we believe, our Temple must be acceptable to G-d, in whose name we have dedicated it. We hope that you will be part of this activity that involves equal parts of sociability and learning and spiritual striving.

Our hands are open to you in friendship, our minds are open to ideas. What unites us all is the conviction that just as Jews have preserved our Temples, so have our Temples preserved us as Jews. We invite you to join in this high purpose.