Committees, Coordinators, and Volunteer Administrators
At Chevrei Tzedek, our committees, volunteer administrators , and coordinators do the work . They are responsible for everything from planning the Shabbat services, including recruiting service leaders, Torah readers, speakers to give divrei torah, and kiddush sponsors. to planning adult education, organizing fundraising, and supporting congregants in times of need, and everything in between.
The work of the committees is coordinated by the Coordinating Committee with the leadership of the officiers: the Chair, Vice Chair, Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, and the Treasures. Our Coordinating Committee functions as the Board of Directors does in most other organizations. It is comprised of lay leaders: the officers, Immediate Past Chair, and the chairs of the standing committees.
The work of the committees is coordinated by the Coordinating Committee with the leadership of the officiers: the Chair, Vice Chair, Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, and the Treasures. Our Coordinating Committee functions as the Board of Directors does in most other organizations. It is comprised of lay leaders: the officers, Immediate Past Chair, and the chairs of the standing committees.
Standing Committees
- Building works with the Myerberg Center on facilities issues, including reserving dates and providing guidance for the set up of special events.
- Chesed develops policies and coordinates mitzvah activities for congregants, such as sending shiva trays and coordinating other shiva logistics, assisting seniors and get-well cards.
- Communications is responsible for all internal and external communications, such as newsletters, brochures and membership outreach materials.
- Educational and Cultural Programming organizes and coordinates all adult education programming, including Shabbatot Limuds, mini-courses and Shavuot eve Tikkunim.
- Finance and Fund Raising organizes and coordinates all fundraising and budgeting activities.
- Human Resources proposes human resources policies, develops and maintains job descriptions, and coordinates evaluations of employees and independent contractors.
- Israel Action plans and leads activities about the State of Israel and Israeli culture, history and politics.
- Membership organizes and runs membership outreach, orientation and retention activities.
- Ritual develops policies related to halachic observance (kashrut, etc.) according to Conservative Judaic standards, and oversees services and ritual observance with the Rabbi’s guidance.
- Social Action organizes and coordinates social action initiatives in the wider community. See Social Action Initiatives for more details.
- Strategic Planning develops processes, membership surveys and other means for enhancing our short-term and long-term direction. Oversees bylaw revision and Coordinating Committee retreats.
- Youth Committee organizes and coordinates programming for youth ages 0-18.
Rabbinic Committees
The Rabbinic Liaison Committee (RLC) facilitates communication to minimize and resolve in a timely and informal manner any complaints or disputes that may arise between members and the Rabbi. They can be reached at rlc@chevreitzedek.org.
The Rabbinic Oversight & Evaluation Committee (ROEC) establishes goals for the Rabbi, evaluates the job performance of the Rabbi, solicits and receives feedback on the Rabbi's job performance, and recommends to the Coordinating Committee whether the Rabbi should be offered renewal of the Rabbi's contract and the terms of the renewal. They can be reached at roec@chevreitzedek.org.
The Rabbinic Oversight & Evaluation Committee (ROEC) establishes goals for the Rabbi, evaluates the job performance of the Rabbi, solicits and receives feedback on the Rabbi's job performance, and recommends to the Coordinating Committee whether the Rabbi should be offered renewal of the Rabbi's contract and the terms of the renewal. They can be reached at roec@chevreitzedek.org.
Coordinators/Administrators/Etc.
- B'nei Mitzvah Coordinators develop policies and procedures and coordinates activities relating to bar and bat mitzvahs and the B'nei Mitzvah Chug (group). Please see B'nei Mitzvah.
- Cemetery Advisory Board oversee the Chevrei Tzedek cemetery and is the liaison with the Jewish Cemetery Association.
- Communications related:
- Chief Information Officer: Oversees the Google suite and related tasks
- Social Media Administrators: Manage and moderate the public facing Facebook page, the Facebook Bulletin Board, and Instagram accounts
- Webmasters maintain the congregation's website and online calendar
- High Holidays coordinators organize and coordinates Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur services and tickets.
- Yizkor book administrator collects and compiles readings and memorials for the Yizkor book
- Ritual related:
- Coordinator of Daveners schedules people to be service leaders for Shabbat and Holiday services
- Coordinator of Divrei Torah schedules people to lead discussions or give a short teaching, usually related to the Torah portion
- Coordinator of Torah/Haftarah readers schedules people to read Torah and Haftarah at Shabbat and holiday services.
- Yahrtzeit Coordinator collects yahrtzeit dates of loved ones and sends reminders about when to say Kaddish; the coordinator informs the weekly and the coordinator of Daveners of the yahrtzeits for the upcoming week.
