Affiliations

The Jewish Reconstructionist Federation
The Jewish Reconstructionist Federation (JRF) is the umbrella organization for Reconstructionist congregations and havurot in North America. JRF provides services and assistance to our congregation; conducts youth, adult education, and social action programming; and has been responsible for creating our groundbreaking prayer books. It also sponsors an overnight camp in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. www.jrf.org 

The Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
The Reconstructionist Rabbinical College is the training institution for the movement's Rabbis. Because Or Hadash began as a training ground for the College’s student rabbis, the congregation continues to extend honorary membership to all current RRC students.  www.rrc.edu

Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia and the Kehillah of Bux-Mont
The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia has been serving the Greater Philadelphia Jewish community for over 100 years. Federation focuses on Jewish education, human services, family, and economic needs, and provides support for Israel and for Jews at risk elsewhere in the world. It is uniquely integrated into both the local and global communities through an extensive committee structure and community partnerships. Because of the depth and breadth of Federation’s community presence--its volunteer leadership, professional staff, and organizational resources--its deep understanding of local and global Jewish communities’ issues is unsurpassed, enabling it to identify community priorities and the most viable means to impact them.

The Kehillah of Bux-Mont is an inter-congregational coalition of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, other Jewish agencies active in the region, and the nine Bux-Mont synagogues, with representation by rabbis and community volunteers who work collaboratively to create an inspired Jewish community, providing opportunities for volunteering, Jewish study and community activities.  www.jewishphilly.org.

Jewish Community Relations Council
The Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC), a non-profit community action organization based in Philadelphia, serves the needs of the Jewish community, both local and overseas, through community relations, government affairs, social action and advocacy. In pursuit of these goals, and consistent with Jewish teachings and ethics, it is dedicated to improving inter-group understanding and the enhancement of a just and pluralistic society. www.jcrc.org

Mazon
Founded in 1985, MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger is a national, nonprofit agency, supported by nearly 900 synagogues nationwide, that allocates donations from the Jewish community to prevent and alleviate hunger among people of all faiths and backgrounds.
Each year, MAZON grants over $4 million to more than 300 carefully screened hunger-relief agencies, including emergency food providers, food banks, multi-service organizations and advocacy groups that seek long-term solutions to the problem of world hunger. MAZON (“food” in Hebrew) believes its dual purpose is to provide for those who are hungry today and to address the systemic causes of hunger and poverty, both domestically and globally.  www.mazon.org.

YES! Coalition
The YES! Coalition is an interfaith collaboration of faith communities in Philadelphia and the surrounding counties that welcome people of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning). Primarily volunteer run, it seeks to nourish the spiritual expression of the LGBTQQ community in partnership with affirming faith communities.  www.yescoalitionphilly.org 

InterFaithways
InterFaithways offers a spectrum of programs and supportive services designed to address the unique issues and possibilities of interfaith living.

We are committed to welcoming interfaith couples and their families into the greater Jewish community, with the belief that positive interaction presents a growth opportunity for the Jewish community.  We advocate and provide support for institutional and attitudinal change in the Jewish community.  We initiate innovative and creative programs to provide opportunities for open dialogue among interfaith families and Jewish professionals. By providing training and consultation to rabbis, educators and other Jewish professionals, we open the door to community transformation.  www.interfaithways.org 

Me'ah Program
The Me'ah program will begin its second two-year cycle in Bux-Mont this coming Fall.  Me'ah is funded, in part, by the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, and is an intensive adult Jewish learning experience.  This program, created at Boston's Hebrew College, approaches Jewish history and Jewish thought through an intelligent and sophisticated conversation with core texts.  This conversation is guided by scholarly faculty who lead the study of four central periods in Jewish history: biblical, rabbinic, medieval and modern.  With no tests or papers, this is truly a gift to give oneself!  www.hebrewcollege.edu/meah