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Personnel

Professional Staff

Rabbi: Larry Edwards
Cantorial Soloist: Judith Golden
Administration: Lynn Young

Officers:

Co-Presidents: Bill Wahler and Lilli Kornblum
Vice President: Michael Helfgott
Secretary: Susan Jacobson
Treasurer: Carol Goldbaum

Directors and Other Volunteers:

Director of Communications: Ethel Meyer
Director of Social Action: Laurie Grauer
Director of Ritual: Mindy Stillman
Director of Membership: Elise Miller
Director of Development: Beth Snyder
Director of Education: Howie Aronson
Board Member at Large: Jay Gelles
Immediate Past-President: Robin Sampliner

Webmaster: Marvin Levin
Chesed Brigade: Sara Fischer
Oneg Coordination: Burl Covan

Contact Us

Call to ask questions, to get membership information and to hear about additional services, educational programs and social events:

773-271-2148, Hotline & Voice-mail.

If you would like to receive our bulletins via e-mail, please join the Or Chadash group on Yahoo called "OrChadashWeekly" by emailing: OrChadashWeekly-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Congregation Or Chadash office@orchadash.org General Information about the congregation
Membership Information membership@orchadash.org
Rabbi Edwards RabbiEdwards@orchadash.org

Our Mission

The Mission of Congregation Or Chadash is to provide a warm and affirming community where all Jews 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 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

Frequently Asked Questions

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