A little bit about Chevrei Tzedek
We hold Shabbat and holiday services, a wide range of learning and social action opportunities, and youth activities during services.
We take special joy in our Bat and Bar Mitzvah ceremonies, which reflect each youth & family's unique strengths.
Our Mission (who we are): We show up for each other by caring for our communities and our world. We work together to pray, learn, and teach, deepening our commitment to our Jewish tradition of Tikun Olam (repairing the world).
Our Vision (who we strive to be): Chevrei Tzedek is a thriving, inclusive Jewish faith community guided by Torah and the principles of the Conservative Movement. We are a community where all of our members are actively engaged in congregational life. We grow together through ritual observances, learning, social justice, and community building.
Today Chevrei Tzedek continues to espouse the values of its founders. Our Shabbat and Holiday services are traditional services led by members of the congregation and by the rabbi. Many Divrei Torah ("words of Torah," or sermons) are also delivered by congregants. All congregants are encouraged to take an active role, whether in services or in other aspects of sustaining our community. All non-ritual functions of Chevrei Tzedek are initiated and managed by our committees.
A little about our history
In December of 1988, a small group of people gathered to create a lay-led, egalitarian congregation affiliated with the Conservative movement of Judaism. Committed to creating a Jewish community engaged with social justice within the larger community, they called themselves Chevrei Tzedek.
In August, 2015 Chevrei Tzedek was honored to receive a Gladstein Fellowship in Entrepreneurial Leadership, a partnership with the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) and United Synagogue for Conservative Judaism (USCJ). We appreciated this experience so much that in 2019, we hired our second Gladstein Fellow, Rabbi Rory Katz, as our spiritual leader. Rabbi Katz remained at Chevrei Tzedek through June of 2023. In July, 2023 Rabbi Marci Jacobs became the Rabbi of our congregation.
In August, 2015 Chevrei Tzedek was honored to receive a Gladstein Fellowship in Entrepreneurial Leadership, a partnership with the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) and United Synagogue for Conservative Judaism (USCJ). We appreciated this experience so much that in 2019, we hired our second Gladstein Fellow, Rabbi Rory Katz, as our spiritual leader. Rabbi Katz remained at Chevrei Tzedek through June of 2023. In July, 2023 Rabbi Marci Jacobs became the Rabbi of our congregation.
Learn more about:
Chevrei Tzedek
Edward A. Myerberg Center
3101 Fallstaff Road
Baltimore, MD 21209
443.992.7485
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