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Temple Shaaray Tefila
250 East 79th Street  (at Second Avenue)
New York, NY 10075
 
Phone
(212) 535-8008
 
Fax
(212) 288-3576
 
Religious School phone
(212) 535-0912
 
Nursery School phone
(212) 535-2146
 
Email
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  PROFESSIONAL STAFF      
  Staff Member/Title Phone Ext.   Email  
         
 
Rabbi Jonathan Stein
 
 
 
 
 
Senior Rabbi
240
 
 
Cantor Judith Rowland
 
 
 
 
Senior Cantor
250
 
 
Rabbi Marci Bellows
 
 
 
 
Assistant Rabbi
241
 
 
Cantor Todd Kipnis
Assistant Cantor
Rabbi Joshua Strom
 
261
 
 
 
Assistant Rabbi
266
 
 
Nancy Schneider
 
 
 
 
Executive Director
225
 
 
Hope Chernak
Director of Youth and Informal Education 
 
270
 
 
Sari Schneider
Early Childhood Director
 
236     
 
 
 
Mindy Davids
 
 
 
 
Director of Religious School
229
 
 
Laura Greene
Adult Program Director
 
265
 
 
  Ann Targownik      
 

Development Director

271

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Whom to Contact for:
 
Activity
Person(s) Responsible
 


 
Worship services, pastoral needs, Bar/Bat Mitzvah program, weddings, baby naming, funerals.

Rabbi Jonathan Stein
or his Assistant, Trudy Wallace, ext. 239
Assistant Rabbi Marci Bellows, ext. 241  

Adult Education, Social Action, Congregational Involvement
Laura Greene,
Adult Program Director,
ext. 265
 
 


 
 
Administration, Endowment, Property Management, Insurance, Budget & Finance, Calendar
Nancy Schneider, Executive Director, ext. 225 or her Assistant May-Ling Agosto, ext. 256
 
 


 
 
Religious School
Mindy Davids, Director of Religious School,
ext. 234
Elizabeth Gross, Registrar ext. 231
 
 


 
 
Temple-Wide
Programs/Event Reservations
Temple Office 
(212) 535-8008
 
 


 
 
Bar/Bat Mitzvah Training
  
Adult Chorale, Music
Cantor Judith Rowland, ext. 250
 
 


 
 
Membership
Terry Schirok,
Manager of Facilities & Member Services,
ext. 227
 
 


 
 
Facilities & Events Planning, Bar/Bat Mitzvah
Date  Setting, Oneg Sponsorship
Terry Schirok, 
Manager of Facilities & Member Services, ext. 227
 
 


 
 

Youth Programs

Hope Chernak,
Director of Youth and Informal Education, ext. 270 
 
 
 High School Social Action,
 
 
 
JJS (Jewish Journeys) - 5/6 Grade Youth Group,
 
 
 
J3O (Jewish Journeys Just Older) - 7/8 Grade Youth Group.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 


 
 
Early Childhood Education
Sari Luck Schneider, Early Childhood Director,
ext. 236

Bonnie Blanco, Early Childhood Associate Director, ext. 238
 
Ethel Alhale, Admin. Assistant, ext. 235
 
 


 
 
Accounting/Business Office:
Accounts Payable/ Receivable,
Stock Transfers
Merlie Elizes, Comptroller, Ext. 224
Evelyn Casiano, Bookkeeper, ext. 223
 
 


 
 
Contributions,
Yahrzeits
Rhona Berkow, Administrative Assistant,
ext. 222
 
 


 
 
Soup Kitchen
Rita Wahl (call Temple to leave message.)
 
 


 
 
Sandwich Saturday
Betty Shulman (call Temple to leave message.)
 
 

Seniors Program

Nancy Fink (call Temple to leave message.)
 
 

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Kesher

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Hal Gutstein (call Temple to leave message.)
 
 


Religious School Staff