Dear Temple Beth-El families,

We are thrilled to welcome you to our new joint educational venture, the merged Religious School of Temple Israel and Temple Beth-El.  The TIGN and TBE clergy and leadership  see this as a wonderful opportunity for creating new learning experiences and new communal connections.  Together, our children will experience the power of Jewish learning and discovery and both of our synagogues will be strengthened as a result.

Since this is a new entity, it is fitting that our school have a new name.  It will be called the Kulanu Religious School (KRS): Temple Beth-El Gershwind Family Religious School and Temple Israel of Great Neck Sandra and David Mack Religious School.   Kulanu means “all of us,”  which we think is a most appropriate and meaningful name.   We are all joining together for academic learning as well as socializing, both of which are important components of any school.

Kulanu Religious School (KRS) will have a joint Temple Israel/Temple Beth-El committee that will serve as an advisory body regarding the many aspects of our program.  Our school will continue to do what we all value:  instill a strong sense of Jewish belonging and identity; promote Jewish literacy through Hebrew language and study of our tradition; foster awareness of and commitment to the State of Israel; and maintain the Jewish values of tzedakah (justice), chesed (loving kindness) and tikkun olam (improving the world).

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For questions, more info or to register, call 516-487-0900 or email David Woolfe, Jewish Family Educator, at

dwoolfe@tbegreatneck.org or Joy Allen, Religious School Administrator, at jallen@tbegreatneck.org.

Temple Beth-El is pleased to present our services to congregants and friends via live streaming. All Erev Shabbat, Shabbat morning, holiday, and festival services that take place in the Rabbi Jacob Philip Rudin Chapel and Main Sanctuary will be live streamed. View Here

We want to welcome you! Temple Beth -El has been a pillar of the Great Neck community for the past 90 years. In recognition of this anniversary, we invite you to share in the richness, the warmth and the community of our Temple Beth-El family by becoming a member with our Gift Membership Program. Learn more about it here and check your eligibility or call us directly at 516-487-0900.

Great-Full is Temple Beth-El’s new Social Action program. Its mission is to feed, clothe and support all of Great Neck so that our neighbors are never without basic human needs. We offer monthly meal preparation programs for those in need. Want to get involved? Donate Online, call or email us to get involved in this initiative or for access to our resources for you or someone you know.

For online registration, click here.

Watch as Rabbi Tara Feldman and Registered Yoga Teacher Sharon Epstein describe the meaningful connections between prayer, Torah and Yoga. The Jewish Yoga School at Temple Beth-El offers weekly classes in addition to selective Shabbat Morning Yoga Prayer.