We come from Forest Hills to attend services here. When unable to come to the synagogue, we are…read moreable to participate on Zoom. The temple congregation is very warm, inviting and involved in the community, organizing beach clean-ups, outdoor summer Shabbat services, book clubs and teen trips. Words cannot describe the gratitude we have to Cantor Galina, in getting our daughter prepared for her Bat Mitzvah. It took us a long time for us to find a temple we could call home, Temple Israel of Lawrence is that place.

It is always a joy to attend services and other events at Temple Israel…read more The uplifting music, the empathic clergy and the warm and welcoming congregants combine to create a very positive experience.

A previous reviewer complained that we do not have the Yizkor service at Congregation Ohr Torah…read more Yes we do!!! The reviewer perhaps went to our Sephardic minyan, and in that custom, they do not have Yizkor. Our Ashkenazic minyan, the original Shul minyan, always has Yizkor when appropriate. Also, the Ashkenazic minyan does not charge for aliyahs (being called to read the torah); the Sephardic minyan raffles off this honor. As for his statement about "Clergy from Israel," please be assured that our Rabbi, Rabbi Dovid M. Cohen, is a graduate of Yeshiva University, has a law degree from Columbia University, and also holds a Masters Degree in Family Therapy. He is a native of Long Island.

We started to go to Ohr Torah in 1988 through 1989. Later on we go to Ohr Torah in 1994 all the…read moreway to 2000 when we have regular services, Mitzvahs services and high holiday services. Now few years ago they charged more money to read the torah every high holidays, I wanted to read the torah but we have to wait and see if it's gonna get changed in the near future when they will be cutting the costs of reading the torah. If they don't cut the costs, then there will be budget cuts instead to read the torah. Last year and this year, they didi not do Yizkor service for people who lost their love ones. When I go to another synagogue for the Yom Kippur service, we will get better services especially praying, reading the torah and Yizkor service for people who lost their love ones. In the future there will be changed for low costs for reading the torah every Yom Kippur for 17 other men in the big shul where it used to be the Social Hole that used to be parties. We've have to wait and see when they will change the newer Clergy from Israel including new Rabbis and new Cantors after the whole community fired them for reasons why they did NOT do Yizkor service last year and this year and cutting the costs to read the torahs.

Congregation Toras Emes is like family to me. The Rabbi and Rebbetzin are pillars in our community…read more They make everyone feel like family. Our community is never alone. The amount of support that I and the rest of our community have received over the years is priceless. I feel at home when walk through the doors. I often ask what I can do for them.

This is a warm welcoming community center and an old school Orthodox synagogue. It includes not…read moreonly services but senior nutrition program and diverse head start type program. Join for very reasonable dues and participate in the many programs like movies, lectures, carnivals/bazaars, auctions and lunches.

This is a modern Orthodox Synagogue with a warm and welcoming environment. They have daily morning…read moreservices and Shabbas and holiday services, along with lectures, classes, holiday celebrations and community events open to the entire community. Their building also houses the JASA Senior Center and the Mosholu Montefiore Early Child Education Program. Their congregants make newcomers feel right at home. Come for Shabbas and have some cookies/cake and wine/grape juice for a small Kiddush after services, or maybe get lucky and share a sponsored Kiddush - either way, come experience the VCJC!

Our children, now in their 30s, went to Temple Judea Religious School through the High School…read moreYears. It offers an excellent Jewsish education in it's new location within Temple B'nai Torah of Wantagh, with which Temple Judea merged on July 1, 2008.

This synagogue is a true testimony to Jewish survival and continuity. It is the last remaining full…read moretime synagogue in Co-Op City, after the passing of Rabbi Solomon Berl and the subsequent closure of the Young Israel of Co Op City in section 1, and before that, the closure of several other synagogues, such as the Co Op City Jewish Center (Conservative). Despite the official name, this shul is Orthodox and a member of National Council of Young Israel, although members of all levels of observance and affiliations are welcome. The shul is friendly, welcoming, and heimishe, a warm place for all to come, worship, and enjoy a delightful kiddush luncheon after services. I encourage all in the area to come and pay us a visit. Your week will be greatly enhanced by the opportunity to come and pray with others on shabbat, the day of rest. We are available for all life-cycle events, including funerals, unveilings, conversions. weddings, and baby namings (for girls), and we can help arrange a kosher bris for boys. Welcome to your Jewish home in Co-op City.

A very inspirational small synagogue that is accepting of all levels of understanding of Judaism…read more One of the longest continuously running congregations on Long Island that is constantly adapting to change with recently implemented Zoom services and adult religious lessons and many adaptations to encourage a wide variety of perspectives. No Hebrew School or building fund means very modest dues making this perhaps the most affordable congregation one can find. Yet it is rich in spirit. Members come from many areas of Long Island and Queens to this modest Shul located just a short distance south of the Garden City Hotel. Progressive yet very spiritual and deeply religious Rabbi.

If you want a place of worship that feels like family, you must come to Temple Tikvah.read more