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Membership
Community Synagogue of Rye is a warm, open community serving the Reform Jews of Rye, Rye Brook, Mamaroneck, Harrison, Port Chester, and the surrounding areas. Led by a team of committed lay leaders and dedicated professional staff, we look forward to welcoming you to our congregation!
Information for New Members
B’ruchim Ha’ba’im! Welcome!
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Imagine entering a synagogue where seniors sit in one area reading to children from the early childhood center while nearby, adults of various ages study sacred texts with members of a local church. Across the hall, another group learns Hebrew to access the wonders of our tradition.
Upstairs in the teen lounge, a group of high schoolers build leadership skills and find purpose as they plot their next social action project. In his study, the Rabbi comforts a grieving family. Down the hall, the Cantor helps another family plan a baby naming.
This is not an imaginary synagogue. This is Community Synagogue of Rye. Here the sanctuary is filled with spirit, song and healing and the congregation buzzes with the excitement and joy that Judaism has the potential to bring forth.
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Community was so important to the founders of this synagogue that they put it in the name. Since its inception in 1948, CSR has become a gathering place, a spiritual home, and a learning center for more than 450 families where you are noticed, named, known and needed. Our vision statement says it best: We seek to be a center for spiritual
transformation; to foster the creation of sacred relationships; and to give people the tools and resources to be God's partner in healing the world. Ours is a magnificent community, one that seeks to grow and deepen people’s connections to Judaism while making it compelling, relevant, accessible, challenging, joyful, comforting and inclusive and to inspire a life that is pure and sacred.
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Life is a journey filled with possibility, surprise, and enchantment. This journey can be enriched through that great gift we call Judaism. Join us. Together we will build and share in the bright future that lies ahead.
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L’Shalom,
Rabbi Daniel Gropper & Cantor Melanie Cooperman
