Committees & Programs

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• Audacious Hospitality: Works to ensure the congregation is warm and accessible to all, with a strong emphasis on welcoming historically marginalized groups, including Jews of Color, Jews by Choice, LGBTQ Jews, disabled Jews, and those who feel distanced, exclude, or unwelcome in Jewish spaces.

• Budget/Finance: Manages the finances and budget of CEHV. Subcommittee on investments manages investment decisions.

• Caring: Provides food, support, and organizes shiva calls for members who are sick, have passed, or lost close family members.

• House: Manages all aspects of our building’s upkeep and use.

• Cemetery: Oversees cemetery upkeep, policy, and purchase of burial plots.

• Fundraising: Organizes Broadway Voices and the annual Gala- the CEHV’s two largest fundraising events.

• Membership/Welcoming: Works to organize greeters at services, events, and holidays as well as welcoming new members.

• Policy (ad hoc): Creates and updates CEHV policies on an as-needed basis.

• Outreach: Manages website, social media, and signage.

• Education: Supports Religious School director and teachers by providing supplies and volunteers for and helping to plan and execute school events

• Security: Manages security concerns of the congregation.

• Spiritual Practices: Supports clergy around all holidays, including organizing aliyahs and weekly Torah readers. Also creates policy around issues related to Jewish religious and spiritual observances.

• Strategic and Long-Term Planning: This committee created a strategic plan for the synagogue that they are now in the process of implementing. This plan will help CEHV plan for the next 50 years thoughtfully and comprehensively.

• Sisterhood: Women’s organization that fundraises and sponsors activities throughout the year. The longest-running committee in the history of CEHV- over 150 years!

• Brotherhood: Men’s organization that sponsor activities throughout the year.

• Social Action: Organizes educational events, demonstrations, integrated social events, and promotes tikkun olam- social justice.