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Community Directory
AGENCIES
Buffalo Jewish Federation
338 Harris Hill Road, Suite 108B
Williamsville, NY 14221
716-463-5050
buffalojewishfederation.org
Miriam Abramovich – CEO
Margie Bryen – President
Buffalo Vaad of Kashrus
49 Barberry Lane
Williamsville, NY 14221
716-534-0230
website
Michael Paskowitz – President
Center for Jewish Life
757 Hopkins Road
Williamsville, NY 14221
716-639-7600
jewishbuffalo.com
Rabbi Laizer Labkovski
1016 Lafayette
Buffalo, NY 14209
716-545-6806
Rabbi Mendy Labkovski
Chabad House of Buffalo
2450 North Forest Road
Getzville, NY 14068
716-688-1642
chabadofbuffalo.com
Rabbi Moshe Gurary – Director
Chai Early Childhood Center
757 Hopkins Road
Williamsville, NY 14221
716-580-4600
chainursery.com
Chani Labkovski – Director
Community Relations
338 Harris Hill Road, Suite 108B
Williamsville, NY 14221
716-463-5058
buffalojewishfederation.org/community-relations
Rob Goldberg – Senior Advisor
Harvey Sanders – Chair
Community Religious School
4660 Sheridan Drive
Williamsville, NY 14221
716-574-6016
crsbuffalo.com
Einav Symons – Director
Department of Jewish Thought
712 Clemens Hall – University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14260
716-645-3695
jewishstudies.buffalo.edu
Dr. Noam Pines – Chair
Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies
2640 North Forest Road
Getzville, NY 14068
716-204-1133
jewishphilanthropies.org
Irv Levy – Executive Director
Daniel Kester – President
Hadassah
2640 North Forest Road
Getzville, NY 14068
716-929-6504
buffalohadassah@gmail.com
Frima Ackerhalt & Phyllis Steinberg – Co-presidents
Hebrew Benevolent Loan Association
2640 North Forest Road in FJP offices
Getzville, NY 14068
716-204-1133
wnyhbla.org
Judith Katzenelson Brownstein – President
Hillel of Buffalo Campus Foundation for Jewish Life
520 Lee Entrance/UB Commons Suite 101B
W. Amherst, NY 14228
716-616-0083
hillelofbuffalo.org
Mike Steklof, Ed.D. – Interim Campus Director
Iris Danziger – President
Holocaust Education Resource Organization
338 Harris Hill Road, Suite 108B
Williamsville, NY 14221
716-463-5072
buffalojewishfederation.org/HERObuffalo
Lauren Bloomberg – Director
Armand Morrison – Chair
Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo, Inc.
Benderson Family Building
2640 North Forest Road
Getzville, NY 14068
716-688-4033
jccbuffalo.org
Patty Simonson – CEO
Sheryl Schechter – President
Holland Family Building
787 Delaware Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14209
716-886-3145
Jewish Discovery Center
831 Maple Road #110
Williamsville, NY 14221 (Learning Center)
212 Exeter Road
Williamsville, NY 14221 (office)
716-632-0467
jewishdiscovery.org
Rabbi Heschel Greenberg
Rabbi Yehoshua Greenberg
Rabbi Levi Greenberg
Jewish Family Services of WNY
70 Baker Street
Buffalo, NY 14209
716-883-1914
jfswny.org
Molly Short Carr – CEO
Harold Star – Chair
Jewish Federation Apartments
275 Essjay Road
Williamsville, NY 14221
716-631-8471
jewishfederationapartments.com
Krista Bryk – Property Manager
Jewish Federation Cemetery Corporation, Inc.
338 Harris Hill Road, Suite 108B
Williamsville, NY 14221
cemetery@buffalojewishcemetery.org
buffalojewishfederation.org/cemeterycorp/
Jonathan Schechter – President
Debbie Pivarsi – Administrator
Kadimah Academy
Jonathan Epstein – President
Renee Lehner – Administrator
LiNK Jewish Buffalo
338 Harris Hill Road, Suite 108B
Williamsville, NY 14221
716-463-5050
buffalojewishfederation.org/link
Mike Steklof, Ed.D. – Senior Director
Marni Marciano – Chair
Ohr Temimim School
411 John James Audubon Parkway
W. Amherst, NY 14228
716-568-0226
ohrtemimimschool.com
Rabbi Shmuel Shanowitz – Principal
Sonia Gellman Young – President
Weinberg Campus
2700 North Forest Road
Getzville, NY 14068
716-639-3311
weinbergcampus.org
Robert Mayer – President & CEO
Kenneth Rogers – Chairman of the Board of Directors
SYNAGOGUES AND TEMPLES
Chabad House of Buffalo (Unaffiliated)
2450 North Forest Road
Getzville, NY 14068
716-688-1642
chabadofbuffalo.com
Congregation Beth Abraham (Conservative)
1073 Elmwood Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14222
congregationbethabraham.net
Cantor Irwin Gelman
Marty Kerker – President
Congregation Havurah
6320 Main Street
Williamsville, NY 14221
716-833-3165
info@concgregationhavurah.org
congregationhavurah.org
Dan Mink – President
Enid Edelman – Membership Chair
Congregation Hesed Abraham
215 Hall Avenue
Jamestown, NY 14701
716-484-1800
Rabbi Allen Podet
Joe Gerstel – President
Congregation Shir Shalom (Reform/Reconstructionist)
4660 Sheridan Drive
Williamsville, NY 14221
716-633-8877
shirshalombuffalo.org
Rabbi Alexander Lazarus-Klein
Cantor Arlene Frank
Joanne Marquisee – Executive Director
Todd Sugarman – President
Kehillat Ohr Tzion (Modern Orthodox)
879 Hopkins Road
Williamsville, NY 14221
ohrtzion.org
Rabbi Shlomo Schachter
Cheryl Stein – President
Knesset Center (Orthodox)
500 Starin Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14214
716-832-5063
chabad.org
Rabbi Shmaryahu Charitonow
Saranac Synagogue (Orthodox)
85 Saranac Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14216
716-876-1284
saranacsynagogue.org
Shmuel Rashkin – President
Rueven Alt – Vice President
Gabbai David Kunke
Temple Beth Tzedek (Conservative)
1641 North Forest Road
Williamsville, NY 14221
716-838-3232
btzbuffalo.org
Rabbi Sara Rich
Cantor Mark Spindler
Cantorial Intern Zahava Fried
Beth Kassirer – President
Kim Jones – Administrator
Temple Beth Zion (Reform)
Sanctuary
805 Delaware Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14209
Religious School & Offices
700 Sweet Home Road
Amherst, NY 14226
716-836-6565
tbz.org
Rabbi Brent Gutmann
Cantor Susan Lewis Friedman
Mark Hayman – Executive Director
Ken Polk – President
Temple Beth El (Reform)
720 Ashland Avenue
Niagara Falls, NY 14301
716-282-2717
niagarafallstemple.com
Rabbi Ellen Franke
Cantorial Soloist Barry Rose
Adam DePriest – President
The Family Shul (Unaffiliated)
757 Hopkins Road
Williamsville, NY 14221
716-639-7600
Rabbi Laizer Labkovski
Young Israel of Greater Buffalo (Orthodox)
105 Maple Road
Williamsville, NY 14221
716-634-0212
yibuffalo.org
Rabbi Avi Okin
Richard Berger – Co-President
Michael Paskowitz – Co-President