“Every Jew needs to feel connected and every Jew needs to feel at home.”

WELCOMING SYNAGOGUES

Below is a list of synagogues where we as Jewish multiracial families and individual Jews of color have personally attended, felt comfortable, and are now recommending to others.

Conservative
Adath Israel of Riverdale, Bronx, NY
Arden Heights Boulevard Jewish Center, Etz Chaim, Staten Island, NY (Egalitarian Conservative)
Congregation Beth Tikvah Bnai Jeshurun, Erdenheim, PA
Beth Shalom B’nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation, Chicago, IL (773) 476-2924
Congregation Temple Beth-El, West Oak Lane, Philadelphia, PA (Conservadox) (215) 276-4330
Germantown Jewish Centre, Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, PA
Kol Shalom, Rockville, MD
Park Slope Jewish Center, Brooklyn, NY
Temple Beth Abraham, Oakland, CA

Humanistic
The City Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, New York, NY

Reconstructionist
Congregation Darchei Noam, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Kol Tzedek, West Philadelphia Synagogue, Philadelphia, PA
Leyv Ha-Ir, Philadelphia, PA
Mishkan Shalom, Philadelphia, PA
SAJ-Society for the Advancement of Judaism, Upper West Side Manhattan, NY
Temple Hillel B’nai Torah, West Roxbury, MA
West End Synagogue, New York, NY

Reform
Congregation Beth Or, Maple Glen, PA
Congregation Rodeph Shalom, Philadelphia, PA
Falmouth Jewish Congregation, Cape Cod, Falmouth, MA
Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation, Indianapolis, IN
Metropolitan Synagogue, New York, NY
Temple Anshe Hesed, Erie PA
Temple Beth El, Bakersfield, CA
Temple Beth Shalom, New Albany, Ohio
Temple Israel, Boston, MA
Temple Israel Reform Congregation of Staten Island, Staten Island, NY

Renewal (Jewish Renewal – JR)
Kehilla Community Synagogue, Piedmont, CA

Traditional/ Orthodox
Adath Shalom, 8 rue George Bernard Shaw, 75015 Paris, France (near to the Eiffel Tower) +33(0)1 45679796
Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath Congregation (BCMH), Seattle, WA
B’nai David-Judea Congregation, Los Angeles, CA (Mordern Orthodox)
B’nai Israel, Baltimore, MD (Modern Orthodox)
Chabad of Harlem, NY, NY
Congreation Ahavas Achim, Highland Park, NJ
Congregation Anshe Chesed, Linden, NJ
Congregation Beth Abraham-Jacob, Albany NY
Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun, NY, NY
Congregation Mt. Sinai, Jersey City, NJ
Congregation Ramath Orah, New York, NY
Congregation Shearith Israel-The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, NY, NY
El Centro de Estudios Judios Torat Emet, c/o Lincoln Park Jewish Center, Yonkers NY
Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, Bronx, NY
Kesher Israel, The Georgetown Synagogue, Washington, DC (Modern Orthodox)
Kehillat Shira Hadasha (Halakhic Egalitarian), Jerusalem, Israel
Kehillat Yedidya, Baka, Jerusalem, Israel (Modern Orthodox)
Lincoln Park Jewish Center, Yonkers, NY (Modern Orthodox)
Ohel Shalom Torah Center, Chicago, IL
Old Broadway Synagogue, New York, NY
Magen David Sephardic Congregation-Beit Eliahu Synagogue, Rockville, MD
Mount Sinai Jewish Center of Washington Heights, New York, NY
Yakar – Ctr for Tradition & Creativity, Jerusalem & Tel Aviv, Israel

Unaffiliated or Non-Denominational
Congregation B’Nai Jeshurun, New York City, NY
Kolot Chayeinu, Brooklyn, NY
Pleasantville Community Synagogue, Pleasantville, NY
Congregation Tehillah, Riverdale, NY
Temple Beth-El (Shul by the Sea) City Island, NY

This list is continuously updated.

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