More About Congregation Or Chadash

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Professional Staff

Rabbi: Larry Edwards
Cantorial Soloist: Judith Golden
Administration: Rich Roecker

Officers:

President: Carol Goldbaum
Vice President: Robin Sampliner
Secretary: Susan Jacobson
Treasurer: Mike Simon

Directors 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 Kornblum

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

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.

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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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