Congregation Beth Israel is a vibrant, traditional, yet egalitarian Conservative synagogue. The synagogue features an innovative religious school, with classes for youngsters ages three years old through 12th grade. Congregation Beth Israel has an active sisterhood, men’s club, and adult education program.

CONGREGATION B’NAI AHAVATH SHALOM
2035 Vauxhall Road
Union, NJ 07083
908-686-6773 T | 908-686-6765 F
Contact: Oizer Neuman, Spiritual Leader; Jackie Baranoff, administrator

B’nai Ahavath Shalom is a warm and hamische Traditional (non-egalitarian) Conservative Shul on Vauxhall Road in Union, NJ.  We are proud to say that we offer daily Minyan Monday – Friday at 7:30 am, Sunday at 8:30 am. We have an active Men’s Club, Sisterhood and our ever popular Yiddish Club. Folks come from miles and miles away to sit amongst friends telling stories, jokes and singing songs, all in Yiddish.  Yiddish Club traditionally meets on the first Wednesday of each month.

CONGREGATION B'NAI ISRAEL
40 Whitenack Road
Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
908-204-1412 T | 908-204-1887 F
Contact: Rabbi John Schechter, Shana Onigman, Cantor; Carole Klein, Executive Director

Congregation B'nai Israel, an egailitarian Conservative synagogue in the Somerset Hills, is a center for spiritual growth in the Jewish tradition. CBI is a warm and welcoming community engaged in joyous and meaningful tefilah (prayer), Torah study, and Jewish education beginning with our children and continuing for a lifetime.

We are a committed Jewish community working towards tikkun olam (repair of the world) through tzedakah (charity), social action, and acts of loving-kindness. We seek to support one another by providing comfort during difficult times and by celebrating the simchas (joys) of life together.

TEMPLE BETH-EL MEKOR CHAYIM
338 Walnut Avenue
Cranford, NJ 07016
908-276-9231 T | 908-276-6570 F
Contact: Rabbi Akiba Lubow, Cantor Fortunee Belilos
Temple Beth-El Mekor Chayim is an active egalitarian Conservative congregation that offers a full range of programs for families and individuals: Friday night and Saturday morning and evening services, as well as daily minyanim morning and evening. Junior Congregation/Mini-Minyanim and Torah for Tots Shabbat services are also provided. The temple has a growing religious school, a nursery school, USY and Kadima youth groups, a sisterhood and men’s club, and a couples’ group called Beth-El Lites.

TEMPLE BETH O'R | BETH TORAH
111 Valley Road
Clark, NJ 07066
732-381-8403 T | 732-381-1389 F
Contact: Cantor Steven Stern; Julia Vinokurov, administrator
A vibrant 200-family Conservative congregation, the temple offers a daily morning minyan, Friday night services (including a monthly Friday Night Alive!) at 8pm, and Shabbat and Holiday services at 9:30am. It has outstanding Sisterhood and Mens Clubs, as well as award-winning pre-Hebrew School, Hebrew School and Hebrew High School programs.

TEMPLE BETH AHM YISRAEL
60 Temple Drive
Springfield, NJ 07081-1521
973-376-0539 T | 973-376-5478 F
Contact: Rabbi Mark Mallach; Cantor Ron Sucher; Cantor Melissa Berman; Bruce Kesselman, Executive Director; Tim Plattner, President
A full-service synagogue with a membership of approximately 200 families from Union and surrounding communities. Temple Israel offers traditional religious services, sisterhood, men’s club, and Hebrew school. Oneg Shabbat services begin on Friday evenings at 8. Other services are held Monday through Friday at 7 am (9 am on Federal Holidays); Sunday at 8:55 am followed by brunch.

CHABAD JEWISH CENTER AT BASKING RIDGE
3048 Valley Road
Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
908-604-8844 T | 908-604-0771 F
Contact: Rabbi Mendy Herson, Director; Rabbi Yossi Lazaroff, Cantor; Rabbi Yitzchok Moully, Youth Director
The Chabad Jewish Center is founded on the principle that, while Jews embrace many levels of observance in their personal lives, there should be a place for all Jews — no labels, no “afflictions” — to develop a sense of community, to enhance the experience of being Jewish, to learn, and to enjoy their Jewish identity. The center’s services are consistent with 3,300 years of tradition, but they’re user-friendly and relevant to the modern, intelligent Jew.

CHABAD OF UNION COUNTY
193 South Avenue
Fanwood, NJ 07023
908-790-0008 T
Contact: Rabbi Avrohm and Malky Blesofsky, Directors

CONGREGATION ANSHE CHESED
1000 Orchard Terrace
Linden, NJ 07036
908-486-8616 T | 908-486-8888 F
Contact: Rabbi Aryeh Stechler; Cantor Shimon Vogel; Sandy Springer, administrator
Congregation Anshe Chesed is a Modern Orthodox shul in the beautiful community of Linden. The shul has an open, “out-of-town” warmth and has a unique character of diversity in terms of age, background, and levels of religious observance. In the past several years, many young couples and families have moved in (and continue to move in) and have ignited a major revival of the 90-year-old congregation.

CONGREGATION SHOMREI ISRAEL OHEL YOSEF YITZCHOK (BRIS AVROHOM)
910 Salem Avenue
Hillside, NJ 07205
908-289-0770 T | 908-289-9422 F
Contact: Rabbi Mordechai Kanelsky, Rabbi Baruch Lepkivker
Congregation Shomrei Torah Ohel Yosef Yitzchok is an active congregation with daily morning, afternoon, and evening minyanim. Shabbat services are held Friday evening and Saturday mornings at 9 a.m., followed by a kiddush; Minha is followed by a shalosh seudos with learning and then Ma’ariv. There are weekly classes for men and for women. Bris Avrohom offers a variety of classes in Judaic studies in Russian and ESL and citizenship classes for Russian immigrants.

CONGREGATION SINAI TORAH CHAIM
1531 Maple Avenue
Hillside, NJ 07205
973-923-9500 T

ELMORA HEBREW CENTER
420 West End Avenue
Elizabeth, NJ 07202
908-353-1740
Contact: Rabbi Samuel B. Rosenberg
The Elmora Hebrew Center is an intimate dynamic haimishe shul, reaching out to serve the needs of all members of the Jewish faith, regardless of their personal level of commitment. Services include Shabbat and festival religious services with kiddushim, seuda shlishit, daily services that include Sunday breakfast, a lunch and learning program, festival and social programs, learning havurot, pastoral services, and a Hebrew school-synagogue affiliation that is recommended but not required.

UNION COUNTY TORAH CENTER
509 Central Avenue
Westfield, NJ 07090
908-789-5252 T | 908-789-5959 F
Contact: Rabbi Levi Block
The Union County Torah Center offers a full range of programs, including Shabbat and Jewish holiday services, Hebrew school, junior congregation for children age three and older, and family holiday celebrations. Adult education is provided through classes and public lectures. All programs of the Torah Center are open to the public.

CONGREGATION ADATH ISRAEL
1391 North Avenue
Elizabeth, NJ 07208
908-354-7318 T | 908-289-5245 F
Contact: Rabbi Dr. Jonathan Schwartz
Adath Israel is a vibrant family synagogue with daily and Shabbat services as well as special services on all Jewish holidays. Kiddush and Seuda Shlishit are held each Shabbat. The shul also boasts an active adult education program with classes and shiurim geared to all levels and ages. An energetic youth program runs weekly Shabbat groups, a lively teen minyan, and events throughout the year.

CONGREGATION ADATH YESHURUN
200 Murray Street
Elizabeth, NJ 07202
908-355-6723 T
Contact: Rabbi Elazar M. Teitz

CONGREGATION BAIS YITZCHOK CHEVRAH T’HILIM
153 Bellevue Street
Elizabeth, NJ 07202
908-354-4789 T

ELMORA HILLS MINYAN INC.
961 Magie Avenue
Union, NJ 07083
908-820-8822 T
Contact: Rabbi Yakov Dombroff

JEC ELMORA SYNAGOGUE
330 Elmora Avenue
Elizabeth, NJ 07208
908-355-4850 T | 908-289-5245 F
Contact: Rabbi Avrohom Herman

MINYAN S’FARDIM AT CONGREGATION ADATH ISRAEL
1391 North Avenue
Elizabeth, NJ 07208
908-354-7318 T | 908-289-5245 F
Contact: Rabbi Dr. Jonathan Schwartz
Minyan S’fardim at Adath Israel is a family oriented Orthodox service steeped in the rich cultural Sefardic heritage of its members. Founded as an educational service for the youth, Minyan S’fardim encourages participation from both youth and adults. It is a vital part of Adath Israel.

UNITED ORTHODOX SYNAGOGUE
526 West Seventh Street
Plainfield, NJ 07060
908-755-0043 T

TEMPLE EMANU-EL
756 E. Broad Street
Westfield, NJ 07090
908-232-6770 T | 908-233-3959 F
Contact: Senior Rabbi Douglas Sagal; Carolyn Shane, Executive Director

Temple Emanu-El of Westfield is a Reform synagogue drawing members from an extensive area of Union County and beyond. We seek to combine progressive Jewish ideals with a continuing and abiding respect and appreciation for the traditions of Judaism. Our diverse membership of over 1,100 households is made up of people of all different Jewish backgrounds, interfaith families, singles, a well as those seeking Jewish spirituality.

We have a diverse clergy made up of both men and women from a variety of backgrounds, available for individual couseling.

On the first Friday of every month, our Shabbat Hallelu service draws hundreds. Our traditional 8:15 Friday night service is well-attended and well-received on the other Fridays of the month.

Founded in 1970, Temple Har Shalom is a warm and caring congregation of 450 families serving the Warren, Basking Ridge, Watchung, and Berkeley Heights region. Affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism, we provide an educational, social, and religious center for Central Jersey.

Temple Sholom is a Reform congregation that welcomes all traditional and non traditional Jewish families. Founded in 1913, Temple Sholom is among the oldest Reform congregations in NJ. Its approximately 230 member families come from communities throughout Union, Middlesex, and Somerset counties.

Family services are held at 7 p.m. the first Friday of each month. Second Fridays are Torah Explorers for Pre-Schoolers and their families at 5:45 p.m., and Gates of Prayer services at 8 p.m. Third Fridays are Shiru Ladonai in the folk/rock tradition at 7:30 p.m. and fourth Fridays are Kabalat Shabbat, a meditative service, at 6:30 p.m.

Erev Shabbat services are held at 8 p.m. on the first, second, and fourth Fridays of each month. On the third (and fifth) Fridays, services are held at 6:30 p.m. and include Kids Connection, a program for elementary school students during the sermon. Emanu-El welcomes interfaith families, Jews-by-choice, gay and lesbian Jews, and singles.

Three Fridays a month, services begin at 8 p.m. The first Friday of the month, a tot Shabbat service begins at 7 p.m. and the last Friday of the month kabalat Shabbat is at 6:30, instead of the 8 p.m. service. The Shabbat morning service begins at 10. A lay-led minyan is held concurrently once a month.

For more than 50 years, Temple Sha’arey Shalom has celebrated Jewish life in a challenging style. Family Shabbat is generally observed the first Friday of the month with an alternative-style Friday night service. Shabbat morning features three separate prayer experiences.

Temple Shalom, serving more than 500 families, welcomes all who seek to share a contemporary Jewish experience. Temple Shalom is dedicated to the principles of Reform Judaism and is affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism. Adhering to the tenets of religious traditions through its many committees, programs, activities and educational facilities, the Temple provides opportunities for studying, appreciating, and experiencing, our Jewish heritage.

Shabbat services are held each Friday at 7:30 p.m. The first Friday of the month is designated as a family service and the second is a festive musical service. On the first and third Shabbat of each month, there is an additional 6 p.m. kabalat Shabbat.

Temple Sholom is affiliated with the Union of Reform Judaism. Erev Shabbat services are on Friday at 8 p.m. and an early service begins at 6:30, the first Friday of each month.

Temple Sinai is a center for worship and educational, intellectual, cultural, and social activities. The congregation is committed to a tradition of tolerance, civility, modesty, social responsibility, and political awareness. It welcomes all families, including interfaith families and those interested in becoming Jews.