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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Contribute Here:
https://cfosny.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/create/fund?funit_id=1036
Tour Our Synagogue:
https://synagogues-360.anumuseum.org.il/gallery/congregation-agudas-achim/
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Become A Member
The Congregation Agudas Achim membership consists of about 80 families. Though formal membership is encouraged, we welcome anyone to 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 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.
If you’d like to receive the newsletter, please send us an email at agudasachim@hvc.rr.com with your contact details.