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(Conservative)
Adath Jeshurun Congregation
10500 Hillside Ln. W.
Minnetonka, MN 55305
952-545-2424
Fax: 952-545-2913
office@adath.net
www.adathjeshurun.org
Rabbis: Harold Kravitz and Yonatan Sadoff
Cantor: Scott Buckner
Executive Director: Bernie Goldblatt
Adath Jeshurun is a Conservative, egalitarian and sacred community. We offer the following: Shabbat and holiday services, daily morning and evening minyan, excellent preschool, infant care, full-day childcare, vibrant youth programs for students in grades five through 12, active women’s and men’s organizations, social justice programs, exciting Synaplex monthly activities, classes and study groups for all ages.

Beth El Synagogue
5224 W. 26th St.
St. Louis Park, MN 55416
952-920-3512
Fax: 952-920-8755
www.bethelsynagogue.org
Rabbis: Alexander Davis and Avi S. Olitzky
Cantor: Audrey Abrams
President: Gary J. Krupp
Executive Director: Linda Goldberg
Beth El is a dynamic Jewish community where our young and our old embrace Torah (ethics and education), avodah (spirituality), and gemilat hesed (acts of kindness). Beth El is a warm, welcoming and caring community that offers educational, spiritual and social opportunities through services, programs and activities for children and adults of all ages.

Beth Jacob Congregation
1179 Victoria Curve
Mendota Heights, MN 55118
651-452-2226
Fax: 651-452-0573
info@beth-jacob.org
www.beth-jacob.org
Rabbi: Morris Allen
President: Louis Newman
Administrator: Sean Murphy
Director of Congregational Learning: Rabbi Lynn Liberman
Beth Jacob Congregation is a participatory, egalitarian, Conservative synagogue devoted to Torah (study), avodah (reverential service) and gemilut hasadim (acts of lovingkindness). Shabbat is the centerpiece of our community’s week, bringing together individuals with different understandings and knowledge of liturgy. Men, women and children have an equal opportunity to participate in the community in many ways.

B’nai Emet Synagogue
3115 Ottawa Ave. S.
St. Louis Park, MN 55416
952-927-7309
Fax: 952-927-0179
info@bnaiemet.org
www.bnaiemet.org
Rabbi: Charni Flame Selch
Cantor: Art Shragg
President: Adeel Saad
B’nai Emet is a Conservative Jewish congregation where Judaism comes alive through inspiring religious, educational and social programming designed to meet the evolving needs of our diverse congregants. A place where tradition is valued, and innovation and creativity are appreciated and accepted. Congregants of all ages find a sense of belonging at B’nai Emet through t’fila (prayer), Torah (learning), tikkun olam (social justice) and kehila (community).

Shaare Shalom Congregation
c/o Louis M. Leichter
909 Mendakota Ct.
Mendota Heights, MN 55120
President: Aaron rolnitzky, 651-483-0873
Shaare Shalom, founded in 1969, is a Conservative congregation without walls. Erev Shabbat services are held in members’ homes. High Holiday services are held at the St. Paul JCC.

Sharei Chesed Congregation
1712 Hopkins Crossroad
Minnetonka, MN 55305
763-545-8800
Fax: 763-545-8777
www.shareichesed.org

Rabbi: Avraham Ettedgui

Co-Presidents: Sol Awend & Terry Schwartz

Our welcoming Conservative synagogue is now in its new home in Minnetonka. Members participate in leading services and interactive divrei Torah. A short Torah study precedes Mincha, Sunday through Thursday at 5:30 p.m., and a Talmud class meets every Tuesday at 6:15 p.m. Shabbat morning class for youngsters preparing for Bar/Bat Mitzva. Sharei Chesed is a small congregation that is involved in the community and in tzedaka projects and is open to all.

Temple of Aaron
616 S. Mississippi River Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55116
651-698-8874
Fax: 651-698-3000
www.templeofaaron.org
Rabbis: Alan Shavit-Lonstein and Barry Cytron
Cantor: Mitchell Kowitz
President: Nancy Lane
Executive Director: Ken Agranoff
Temple of Aaron is an egalitarian Conservative synagogue that was formed in 1910. Located in St. Paul’s Highland Park since 1956, the synagogue currently is serving more than 1,000 families living throughout the Twin Cities. We offer a broad mixture of programs, ritual services, educational programs and social justice ventures to serve people of all ages.

(Humanistic)
Or Emet Minnesota Congregation for Humanistic Judaism
651-699-6302
oremet@comcast.net
www.oremet.org
President: Margo Fox
Ritual Leader: Harold Londer
Or Emet is a caring and stimulating congregation whose members embrace a human-centered philosophy that combines rational thinking with a celebration of Jewish culture and identity. Or Emet welcomes and affirms interfaith and multicultural families, and opposes bigotry and discrimination based on race, sex, class or cultural background, ability or disability, or sexual orientation. Monthly Shabbat services and Sunday School, adult programs and holiday celebrations.

(Orthodox)
Adas Israel Congregation
302 E. Third St.
Duluth, MN 55805
(218) 722-6459
President: Phillip M. Sher
Modern Orthodox synagogue offering daily services.

Adath Israel Orthodox Synagogue
2337 Edgcumbe Rd.
St. Paul, MN 55116
651-698-8300
Fax: 651-690-1144
rabbiz@adath.com
www.adath.com
Rabbi: Asher Zeilingold

Congregation Bais Menachem
2575 W. Seventh St.
St. Paul, MN 55116
651-690-2669
Fax: 651-690-0704
rabbiggit@yahoo.com
Rabbi: Gershon Giter
Synagogue and outreach center serving primarily the Russian-speaking Jewish community of Minnesota.

Congregation Bais Yisroel
4221 Sunset Blvd.
St. Louis Park, MN 55416
952-926-7867
Fax: 952-926-2936
baisline@baisyisroel.org
office@baisyisroel.org
www.baisyisroel.org
Rabbi: Yechezkel Tzvi Greenberg
Davening and services are all-inclusive. Jews from all walks of life participate. Our tefillos are rendered in the original Hebrew. We are equipped with state-of-the-art English-translated siddurim and chumashim to accommodate everyone. Davening is integrated with divrei Torah, including Jewish philosophy, history and insights into the Torah portion.

Chabad — Family Shul
2845 Hedberg Dr.
Minnetonka, MN 55305
952-929-9922
Fax: 952-545-0776
info@ChabadMinneapolis.com
www.ChabadMinneapolis.com

Rabbi: Mordechai Grossbaum
The Chabad — Family Shul provides an environment for Jewish men, women and children that is relaxed yet challenging. People of all backgrounds feel at home, as we offer personal attention to the novice, affording an opportunity to grow at their own pace.

Chabad Lubavitch of West St. Paul — Lubavitch House
400 W. Marie Ave.
West St. Paul, MN 55118
651-457-6778
Fax: 651-698-1295
www.lubavitchhouse.org
Director: Rabbi Menachem Mendel Feller
West St. Paul’s only synagogue, conducting Shabbat and Holiday services, weekly Shabbatons, public Seder and Torah study sessions.

Chabad Synagogue
730 Second St. S.W.
Rochester, MN 55902
(507) 288-7500
shul@chabadrochestermn.com
www.chabadrochestermn.com
The Chabad Shul provides an environment for Jewish men, women and children for connecting to G-d. People of all backgrounds feel at home, as we offer personal attention to the novice, affording an opportunity to grow at their own pace.

Congregation Darchei Noam
5224 Minnetonka Blvd.
St. Louis Park, MN 55416
612-920-3424
DarcheiNoamMN@yahoo.com
www.DarcheiNoamMN.org
President: Hanna Bloomfield
Darchei Noam is a Modern Orthodox congregation located inside the St. Louis Park eruv. We pride ourselves on spirited davening and a welcoming atmosphere. Members take turns giving Divrei Torah on Shabbat morning.  The congregation provides regular classes for adults and children’s groups on Shabbat. A Gemarah class is offered on Sunday mornings and special classes are offered throughout the year. Several times a year we have weekend scholars-in-residence programs with nationally recognized rabbis and other scholars. Through our social action committee, we work to make a difference in our community and beyond.

Kenesseth Israel Congregation
4330 W. 28th St.
St. Louis Park, MN 55416
952-920-2183
Fax: 952-920-2184
office@KenessethIsrael.org
www.KenessethIsrael.org
Rabbi: Chaim Goldberger
One of the Twin Cities’ most venerable institutions, Kenesseth Israel Congregation has been serving the spiritual needs of Minneapolis Jewry for close to 120 years. Led since 1996 by Rabbi Chaim Goldberger, KI offers a full array of religious services, including adult education, pastoral counseling, and youth programming.

(Reconstructionist)
Mayim Rabim Congregation
2751 Hennepin Ave. S., Suite 236
Minneapolis, MN 55408
612-922-5983
ilana2@comcast.net
mayimrabim.org
Rabbi: Renee Bauer
President: Isaac Kaufman, isaac_kaufman@yahoo.com
Mayim Rabim is a Reconstructionist congregation. We welcome and celebrate the diversity of the Twin Cities Jewish community, including singles and couples, young and old, gays and lesbians, intermarried couples, Jews by birth and Jews by choice. We believe each generation should study Jewish tradition and create its own vision of a modern Jewish life.

(Reform)
Bet Shalom Congregation
13613 Orchard Rd.
Minnetonka, MN 55305
952-933-8525
Fax: 952-933-3238
info@betshalom.org
www.betshalom.org
Rabbis: Norman Cohen and David Locketz
Cantor: Sarah Lipsett-Allison
President: Steven Snyder
Executive Director: Andrea Blumberg
Director of Education: Meryl Gruber
Director of Education Assistant: Wendy Goodman-Hemingway
Youth Director: Wendy Goodman-Hemingway
Bet Shalom is a Jewish congregation dedicated to the principles of the Reform movement. As an extension of the Jewish life in our homes, Bet Shalom strives to be a warm and welcoming family of friends — a dynamic, participatory, inclusive community committed to lifelong learning, worship, celebration and deeds of lovingkindness.

B’nai Israel Synagogue
150 Seventh Ave. S.W.
Rochester, MN 55902
(507) 288-5825
Fax: (507) 288-8562
Peggy@bnaiisraelmn.org
www.bnaiisraelmn.org
Rabbi: Michelle Werner

Mount Zion Temple
1300 Summit Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55105
651-698-3881
Fax: 651-698-1263
mountzion@mzion.org
www.mzion.org
Senior Rabbi: Adam Stock Spilker
Associate Rabbi: Esther Adler
Cantors: Rachel Stock Spilker and Jennifer Strauss Klein
President: Jean King
Executive Director: Jane Steinman

Hebrew School Director: Jennifer Strauss Klein
Mount Zion Temple is a Reform Jewish congregation devoted to lifelong learning, worship and acts of lovingkindness. In our holy community we celebrate, comfort and create meaning in our lives while we seek justice in our world. In 2006-2007, Mount Zion celebrated its 150th anniversary.

Shir Tikvah Congregation
5000 Girard Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN 55419
612-822-1440
Fax: 612-435-4870
office@shirtikvah.net
www.shirtikvah.net
Rabbi: Michael Adam Latz
President: Jane Newman
Administrator: John Humleker
We are a congregation committed to the building of a caring, inclusive community in the spirit of liberal Judaism. We rejoice in celebrating Jewish holidays together and we welcome participation from our members in all aspects of congregational life.

Temple Israel
2324 Emerson Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN 55405
612-377-8680
Fax: 612-377-6630
information@templeisrael.com
Senior Rabbi: Marcia A. Zimmerman
Associate Rabbi: Sim Glaser
Associate Rabbi: Jared Saks
Cantor: Barry Abelson
President: Barbara (Muffy) Rudnick
Executive Director: Miriam Seidenfeld
Temple Israel is a large, urban, Reform congregation that exists to be a welcoming and accessible place for worship, for lifelong learning, for celebration and for gathering; to meet the religious, life cycle, social and educational needs of its congregants; and to take a leadership role in our community and promote strong bonds between our Jewish and non-Jewish communities at-large.

Temple Israel, Duluth
1602 E. Second St.
Duluth, MN 55812
(218) 724-8857
Fax: (218) 724-2560
www.templeisraelduluth.org
Rabbi: Amy Bernstein
President: Deborah Petersen-Perlman
Temple Israel is a liberal synagogue in northern Minnesota, affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism. Our mission states, “Temple Israel is a welcoming and vibrant center of Jewish life for our region.” We offer both Friday evening and Saturday morning services, religious and Hebrew school, extensive adult education and family opportunities in a welcoming environment. Affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism and the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation.

(Renewal)
Jewish Renewal Community of the Twin Cities
9000 W. 28th St.
St. Louis Park, MN 55426
612-374-4765
Fax: 612-377-6019
terry@afors.org
Contact: Terry Gips
Experience joy, connection, tikkun olam and sacred partnership with the Divine at our diverse events, including holidays, monthly home Shabbos dinner and Jewish Renewal Shabbat Service 10:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. on the second Saturday of each month with heartfelt prayers, chants, meditation, healing and movement at Temple Israel, 2324 Emerson Ave. S., Minneapolis, followed by an eco-kosher vegetarian potluck. Learn more about Renewal at: www.aleph.org.