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KEHILAT HaKEREM - KARMIEL
Rabbi Tsvi Landau
President Joan Weisman
 P.O. Box 568                             Link to Kehilat HaKerem Web Site
Karmiel 20101 ISRAEL
Phone/Fax: 011-972-4-958-2613
E-mail: joanw@netvision.net.il  
Kehilat HaKerem, the Masorti (Conservative) congregation in Karmiel consists of about one hundred member units, families, couples, and singles. The congregation's religious services and social activities - Shabbat and Holiday prayers, lectures, study groups, and other celebrations - take place at the Spitzer Community Center, 4 Shezaf Street, near the "Lev Karmiel" Mall.



Congregation Membership
The congregation membership includes native-born Israelis and immigrants from the US, Great Britain, South Africa, Argentina, Mexico, and the former Soviet Union.

Guests in the succah: the Mayor of Karmiel, the Deputy Mayor, Representatives from Pittsburgh Partnership 2000.

Services
Friday nights, Shabbat mornings, and all Jewish holidays. Traditional format with full and equal participation by men and women.

Leadership
Rabbi Tsvi Landau is now serving his second year with Kehilat HaKerem. Originally from New York City, Tsvi has been in Israel since 1996. He was ordained at Machon Schechter, the Masorti Beit Midrash, in Jerusalem in December 2001. The Board of Kehilat HaKerem comprises five people who usually serve for a period of 3-5 years.

Premises
 Services are held in the Spitzer Community Center, which houses our sanctuary, plus a small kitchen, and an office for the use of Kehilat HaKerem, in addition to a municipal kindergarten, also housed in the building. Our location is near the projected center of town, adjacent to a large mall-office-residential complex. Karmiel is a fast-growing city, which is on its way to trebling the population since 1989. The current population of nearly 50,000 is expected to continue to climb in the coming years.

Programs and Outreach

We are currently working in partnership with an organization that assists the special needs population in Karmiel. Rabbi Landau visits their center regularly to teach. We also are in the process of trying to find funds to revive a successful educational and cultural program to reconnect Russian-speakers to their Jewish Heritage. The neighborhood pre-schools are invited periodically for special holiday presentations as well.

 Studies
Kehilat HaKerem conducts weekly Parashat HaShavua classes in Hebrew, bi-monthly Tea and Torah sessions in English, and several series featuring guest lecturers.

Youth
From twenty to thirty bar/bat mitzvah ceremonies take place each year at the kehilah, attracting families who are looking for a traditional ceremony with a warm, family-style approach.

The Masorti Youth Movement, NOAM, sponsors a small chapter for children aged 9 -12 weekly at our location.


Children from Kehilat HaKerem and guests with the NOAM
counselors at the Hanukka party.

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Our services, at The Spitzer Center

· Family Prayers on Shabbat and Holidays
· Bar and Bat Mitzvah Training
· Lectures and Jewish Study Groups in the
framework of "Midreshet Cramim"
· "Shorashim" Project for Russian immigrants
· NOAM, the Conservative Youth Movement
· Activities for the wider community in Karmiel
· Participation in the Masorti Movement

KBY is a registered 501(c)(3) charitable, tax-exempt organization.  Contributions to KBY are tax-deductible, to the fullest
extent permitted by U.S. tax laws.  KBY is also registered with the NY State (NYS) Dept. of Law, Charities Bureau.
KBY's IRS registration and current Form 990 filing is posted under "Administration" and available from the IRS or NYS.
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