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Professional Staff
Rabbi: Larry Edwards
Cantorial Soloist: Judith Golden
Administration: Rich RoeckerOfficers:
President: Carol Goldbaum
Vice President: Robin Sampliner
Secretary: Susan Jacobson
Treasurer: Mike SimonDirectors and Other Volunteers:
Director of Communications: open
Director of Social Action: Mindy Stillman
Director of Ritual: John Griffith
Director of Membership: Laurie Grauer
Director of Development: Irwin Drobny
Director of Education: Jay Gelles
Board Member at Large: Beth Snyder
Immediate Past-President: Lilli KornblumWebmaster: Marvin Levin
Chesed Brigade: Sara Fischer
Oneg Coordination: Burl Covan
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773-271-2148, Hotline & Voice-mail.
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Congregation Or Chadash office@orchadash.org General Information about the congregation
Membership Information membership@orchadash.org
Rabbi Edwards RabbiEdwards@orchadash.org
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Congregation Or Chadash is a Jewish religious organization whose purpose is to provide a warm, affirming, Jewish community where all people can feel welcome. To accomplish this mission, Or Chadash will:
Remember that it was founded as an answer to the prejudice that gay and lesbian Jews experienced in other synagogues;
Strive to ensure that no Jew experiences prejudice within our community;
Maintain affiliations with the Union for Reform Judaism and the World Congress of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Jews : Keshet Ga'avah;
Build strong ties within the greater Jewish community of the metropolitan Chicago area;
Dedicate itself to the basic obligations of Jewish life, including:
- Respecting the contributions of people of all generations
- Sharing the life-cycle events of its members
- Celebrating Shabbat and the holidays
- Fostering prayer with sincerity
- Visiting the sick
- Comforting the bereaved
- Encouraging the study of Torah
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