Our 30,000 square foot facility includes a magnificent sanctuary, 10 classrooms on our school wing, a library, meeting space and a beautiful refurbished bridal suite and social hall and multi-purpose room with the most up-to-date high-tech audio visual capabilities.
Stop by anytime to tour our building and grounds. We'll show you around with great pride!
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 Thank you to everyone who recently participated in our Membership Survey. We received feedback from SO MANY members -- and the Long Range Planning Committee is in the process of reviewing and analyzing the data. A synthesis of the results will be shared with the congregation soon. Thank you, again, for helping us chart our bright future!
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Temple Chaverim's IMPRESSIONS OF ISRAEL nationally award-winning exhibit will be on display (again!), this time at the Plainview-Old Bethpage Library on Old Country Road during the month of February. Join us for the reception on Monday, February 13, 2012 in the Gallery from 6pm until 8pm.
This exhibit is open to the entire public and is FREE, so bring your chaverim and show your temple pride!
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by Evelyne Klein When our (fabulous) Membership Director asked if I would host a Shabbat dinner at our house, as a way to have long-standing members meet new members, I thought: What a terrific idea!! There were so many new members we did not know, and members we saw at temple events only. What better way to bring old and new together, get to know other members better, than around the Shabbat dinner table? I was amazed at the synergies between the old and new members who came: the conversation flowed around the table, with everyone introducing themselves, and topics ranging from the impact of Hillel on college students to training for boards, to activities for disabled youngsters and numerous other topics, both personal and otherwise. The conversation was lively and vigorous the entire evening. When our kids were young, my father would insist we come for Shabbat dinner on [...]
by Craig Parks I am a very rare breed in the Reform Movement. Out of over 900 congregations I am one of the very few full time Directors of Youth Programming that has been in my job over ten years. I have now spoken at my third national Biennial in a row and do so with great fervor. When those attendees come to my presentations and hear about the 60 -70 kids coming to our Teen Shabbat Jam 2 hour Friday night service once a month or our well over 100 9-12 graders participating in our programs such as the social action youth group Tikkun Project, or the summer camp that brings in gobs of kids and teens who work on staff I sometimes have to reach for napkins to wipe the drool off the faces. I can’t even tell you how many times I have heard the phrase “Can [...]
The Obama’s dog? No, it’s not that “Bo” my friend We’re talking Torah! In this week’s portion Pesach observance described A law for all time Kids are gonna ask What’s this seder mean to you? You must answer them Exodus 12:26-27 Your children may ask you, ‘What is this service to you?’ You must answer, ‘It is the Passover service to God. He passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians, sparing our homes.’
by Rabbi Henry Jay Karp In my first installment in this series, I spoke about the merger discussions between our congregation and the Tri City Jewish Center. At that time I stated that since I addressed institutional reasons for why the resulting congregation should affiliate with the Reform movement in my answers to the Merger Task Force’s questionnaire, therefore in this series I would restrict the focus of these articles to personal ideological reasons for my love of and commitment to Reform Judaism. However, as I now conclude this series, I wish to remove that self-imposed restriction and revisit why I feel so strongly about our congregation’s connection to the institutions and organizations of Reform Judaism. While ideology, practice, culture, all are important, they do not exist in a vacuum. They do not spring up overnight, born of thin air. Rather they are the product of like-minded people coming together [...]
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Welcome to Temple Chaverim! We are a warm, inclusive and engaging, URJ-affiliated Reform congregation serving Eastern Nassau and Western Suffolk counties including the Long Island, NY communities of Plainview, Old Bethpage, Woodbury, Syosset, Jericho, Dix Hills and Melville. Please browse through our pages to learn more about the Temple Chaverim family and the many ways in which we are known as "a Temple of Friends."
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In the event of inclement weather or another emergency please tune in to 1010 WINS Radio or Cablevision's News Channel 12 (Mon.-Sun.). We follow the direction of the Plainview-Old Bethpage School District. When the school is closed, a message will be left on the Religious School answering machine 516-367-6100 ext. 4. In the event that inclement weather requires us to close the building for other daytime or evening activities (meetings, etc.), a notice will be posted in this news box on our website.
Our class parents will do their best to notify you of any school closings via a phone chain. In addition, you will receive an e-mail from us.
Note: News Channel 12 can also be accessed via the internet @ www.news12.com/LI/closings.
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Fellow Members,
It is an honor to have the opportunity to serve, once again, as President of Temple Chaverim. Over the past five or six years, it is amazing and wonderful how we have truly blossomed. Not only have the programs we offer our young people grown exponentially, but there is also so much more available for our adult members.
I have always found that the heritage of our people contains a lot wisdom that can guide us as we all face important issues and decisions. We live in a busy world with many pressures on our time, but I urge you to take just a few hours and experience one of the many adult programs our Temple offers. I am sure it will be rewarding.
I wish all of our families a healthy and restful upcoming winter holiday and a warm and bright Chanukah celebration!
Shalom,
Allen Greenbaum
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