Membership - Kehilat Kesher / Community Synagogue of Tenafly & Englewood

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How to Become a Kesher Member!

Thank you for your interest in Kesher!

Kesher’s mission is to create a spiritual and respectful place for prayer and textual religious study, to actively participate in communal affairs, to maximize each individual's engagement in Torah study and to transmit Jewish values to the next generation.

The membership dues options at Kesher include:

Basic Full Membership: $2380

Security assessment: $400
Building Fund: $10,000, payable in $2,500 annual payments over 4 years (deferred for first year)
High holiday seats for members included in dues

Basic Single Membership: $1190

Security assessment: $400

Trustee Council: $5,400

Annual Building Fund Payment: Waived
Security assessment: Waived
High Holidays: 2 free adult guests, 3 free child guests

President's Council: $10,800

Annual Building Fund Payment: Waived
Security assessment: Waived
High Holidays: All guests free
Free locker

Affiliate Membership:$850 and must be a member of another synagogue

Ability to rent facilities

MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

Welcome to the Kesher neighborhood. We look forward to learning more about you and welcoming you to our community. Please fill out as much information as you would like to share on the form below. We will contact you shortly to discuss membership options. Contact Ruth in our office at Ruth@keshernj.com or 201-227-1117 if you need assistance.

* Member type

* Address 1

Address 2

* City

* State

* Zip

Home Phone

* Family Tribe

* Family Name

Spouse Last Name

Title

Spouse Title

* First name

* Spouse first name

Gender

Spouse gender

* Hebrew name (no parent name)

* Spouse Hebrew name (no parent name)

* Father's Hebrew name (no parent name)

* Father Tribe

* Spouse father's Hebrew name (no parent name)

* Spouse father Tribe

* Mother's Hebrew name

* Mother Tribe

* Spouse mother's Hebrew name (no parent name)

* Spouse mother's Tribe

* Email

Spouse email

Cell phone

Spouse cell phone

Birth date

Spouse birth date

Wedding anniversary

Please select how many children you have (regardless of age or where they live):

First Name

Middle Name

Last Name

Gender

Birthday

After Sunset

Tribe

Hebrew Name (no parent names)

Father Hebrew name (if different than adult on account)

Mother Hebrew name (if different than adult on account)

Cell Phone

Please select how many yahrzeits your family observes:

Full English Name of Deceased

Full Hebrew Name of Deceased

Gender of Deceased

Mourner in family

Relationship to Mourner

English Date of Death

After Sunset

Hebrew Date of Death

Cemetery

Other information (if needed)

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