We Welcome You To The Temple Beth Shalom Website!
Our Mission:
Temple Beth Shalom is a warm and inclusive congregation whose members are inspired to explore and express Judaism within the broad and dynamic framework of Reform beliefs and practices. We seek to provide Jewish spiritual, educational and social opportunities which encourage personal development and social responsibility as well as promote greater knowledge of our Jewish history and culture.
A Brief Overview
We are a 400+ member Columbus-area Reform Jewish Congregation offering weekly Sabbath Services, religious and Hebrew schooling and Bar/Bat Mitzvah tutoring, personalized lifecycle observances, family and adult educational programming, social, charitable, and cultural activities, conversion, pastoral counseling, and much, much more.
Our Temple was organized in December 1977. We are affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism. Rabbi Howard L. Apothaker, Ph.D. has served as our Rabbi since 1980. In 2008, Rabbi Benjy A. Bar-Lev joined the congregation as our Assistant Rabbi and Director of Education, and in 2009, Rabbi Deborah Lefton joined the congregation as our Education Identity Director. Cantorial soloists and musicians provide music for services, the religious and Hebrew schools, and other Temple events and activities.
Learn about our Guiding Principles and our regular services and social events.
Contact Information
We’re located at:
5089 Johnstown Road
New Albany OH 43054
Office open 9:00am-4:30pm M-F
Phone: 614 855-4882
Fax: 614 855-4689
General Queries EMail:
tbs@tbsohio.org
You can also contact us through this website.
Upcoming Events
Website Announcements
19 July 2010
- The High Holy Days are coming up soon! Accordingly, information on how to request passes should by now have reached members in the mail. Also, our Online Calendar has now been updated with a tentative schedule for the High Holy Days. Please note that times are preliminary and still potentially subject to change.
28 June 2010
- The July edition of The Window
is now available.
22 June 2010
- Temple Beth Shalom, in partnership with JudaicaBeautiful, now has a wonderful new online gift shop. Every purchase there benefits your Temple Beth Shalom, so please take a look!