Welcome to Temple Chaverim
1050 Washington Avenue Plainview, New York 11803
Tel (516) 367-6100 Fax (516) 692-0208
"A Temple of Friends"
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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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Fellow Members,
By now, you all know that Rabbi Lobel and his family will be relocating to the west coast in July as he assumes the Assistant Rabbi position at Congregation Shir Hadash in Los Gatos, California. While we will miss him and deeply value all he has contributed to our Temple, we also wish him our very best and are certain that this will be a wonderful adventure for him and his family. Please join me at breakfast on June 10th at 10am where we will formally recognize his accomplishments at Temple Chaverim. You can now register for this event right through this website -- click here or go to the registration tab at the top option bar.
 Also, we are very excited to be soon welcoming Rabbi Debra Bennet as our new Assistant Rabbi, starting July 1, 2012. Rabbi Bennet will be bringing a wealth of new ideas, programs and energy to our congregation, particularly as we launch our brand new Youth Engagement initiative and all-new Hebrew High School curriculum. Watch for a more formal announcement about Rabbi Bennet and mark your calendars for Friday night, June 15 at 8pm, to formally welcome Rabbi Bennet during our Shabbat Services (following our wonderful end-of-year Bar-B-Q, too!)
Shalom,
Allen Greenbaum
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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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