Shalom and welcome to Temple B'nai Or.
If you are currently seeking a synagogue affiliation, or if you are simply looking around for options for your Jewish life – I hope you will consider our Temple.
Jewish life is about people, people coming together in a sense of extended family. And it is that sense of “family” which we have tried to create at Temple B'nai Or.
You can read more about some of the people who make that happen on our our staff page. We include:
Me: Rabbi Donald Rossoff. If you would like a sample of my thinking, take a few moments to visit Rabbi Rossoff's Study.
Cantor Shira Nafshi
David Iskovitz, Religious School Director
Jennifer Rubin, Director of our Pre-School
Bill Ferstenfeld, Executive Director
Rabbi Mary L. Zamore, Associate Rabbi
Our caring and dedicated office staff and maintenance staff are also a very special part of our Temple family. Please stop by to meet them!
Our services, both for Shabbat, the High Holidays and the Festival, combine a concern for personal and communal spirituality, blending tradition with creativity, held together with music which inspires and brings us together in community.
The vision of our Temple is made real through our many programs which invite your participation. These include:
Sisterhood
Men’s Club
Renaissance
New Group for “empty nesters”
Outreach for Interfaith Families and Jews by Choice
If Outreach is your interest, you may wish to look at our Interfaith Outreach page.
Social Action: includes Housing the Homeless, Soup Kitchen, Mitzvah Day and so much more
Senior Projects for our older members
Junior and Senior Youth Groups, as well as Youth Programming for Grades 4 and 5
Adult Jewish Education, on-going classes in Hebrew and Judaism as well as lectures and Scholars in Residence.
Caring Community: Reaches out to those in our Temple Family in times of need
Details about specific events are on the What's Going On listings.
Our dues are based on a Fair Share structure. This means that you tell us what dues category you are in, based on your income. In this, we trust your sense of fairness and integrity. There is also a Building Fund, plus fees for the Religious School.
A special Open Door Policy allows those not yet affiliated to enroll their children in the Religious School – grades Pre-K to 3 – for a one-year trial. Speak to Jennie Rubin, David Iskovitz or Bill Ferstenfeld for details of enrollment.
If you live in nearby Morris County, I hope that you will visit our Temple and taste for yourself what so many others have found, that Temple B'nai Or is a very special place to be. I would be delighted to meet you, greet you and answer the questions you might have.
Click here for Membership Application.
Please call the Temple for further information. We can be reached at
973-539-4539.
Best wishes and thank you for visiting our web site.
In friendship,
Rabbi Don Rossoff
