Upcoming Events: 

There is something for everyone!

  • October 18th: Havdalah services via Zoom beginning at 7:00pm 
  • October 26th: Community Bagel Brunch, just for fun! 
    • Click here to RSVP
      • Email virtualshabbat@gmail.com 
      • Or call 845-798-0783
  • November 7th: Shabbat Services and the first Friday of the month with the Levins (in Shul and via Zoom)
    • Email virtualshabbat@gmail.com for a secure link 

 

 

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Welcome to Congregation Agudas Achim

We welcome you to our website. It is intended to be a source of information about Agudas Achim for members and visitors. We are a Reform congregation with a traditional soul located in the beautiful Catskill Mountains of New York. Agudas Achim means “gathering of brothers and sisters”. It was named over 100 years ago and still applies.

Our members are diverse in their approaches to Judaism and geographic location

Our hope is to facilitate the spiritual and intellectual growth of our members. Rabbi Pomerantz challenges us to gain new insights into ourselves and our faith. Our Cantorial team of Ira and Julia Levin inspires us with both their spiritual and musical talents.

Agudas Achim provides all the essentials of a Jewish community. You will discover this by exploring the contents of the website. We are especially proud of the high quality learning experience we are able to provide our children because of our excellent and loving teachers. We conduct monthly Shabbat services on the first or second Friday. Special programming to enrich our community are conducted periodically. Please view our calendar for the dates of our specific events.

Our door is open wide to interfaith families and those who are searching regardless of background or belief. You are invited to visit our historic synagogue and experience our growing, friendly community.

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If you’d like to receive the newsletter or join our email list, please send us an email at agudasachim@hvc.rr.com with your contact details.

Tour Our Historic Synagogue

Click on the link below

https://synagogues360.bh.org.il/gallery/congregation-agudas-achim/


Become A Member

The Congregation Agudas Achim membership consists of about 80 families. Though formal membership is encouraged, we welcome anyone to be be part of the Agudas Achim family. Our members live primarily within one hour drive of Livingston Manor. However we have a significant number of partial or seasonal members who live outside our area. These members likely live near New York City or in Florida and have second homes nearby. A few people are non-resident members. Most of these who once lived here and want to maintain their sense of belonging. Memberships are essential to preserving an unlikely Jewish heritage. Your dues will help a rural Jewish community survive and flourish in an area with minimal Jewish population. Our cemetery is over 100 years old and and synagogue is 90. Our membership dues are among the lowest in the nation for a congregation providing essentials of Jewish communal life. We are proud members of the Union for Reform and our members are entitled to all its benefits. Our dues year is Jan-Jan. A person joining after September 1 will be credited with paying the following years dues.
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In order to minimize in-person contact, we asking those who wish to make a donation to our local food pantry to make a monetary donation instead of a donation of food. However large or small, your food dollars will help those families in our community who are in need.  Thank you.

Please add “FOOD PANTRY” to the additional notes on the donation form.

MAKE A FOOD PANTRY or ENDOWMENT FUND DONATION

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Contact Info

agudasachim@hvc.rr.com

Congregation Agudas Achim
P.O. Box 714
Livingston Manor, NY 12758

Tel: (845) 439-3600 (leave a message, phone is monitored daily)

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Shabbat Times

DIRECTIONS
Yom Shishi, 25 Tishri 5786

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