Jewish Community Information!

    Welcome to my Jewish Community Information page.  As a proud member of
    Temple Beth Or Synagogue in North Raleigh, I will be happy to introduce you to all
    that the Jewish Community in Wake County has to offer.   

    When I relocated to Raleigh in 1995, I was delighted to learn that there is a diverse
    Jewish population in the Triangle area, always ready to welcome newcomers
    with open arms.  Some Jews were born and raised here, while others returned here after
    college to live.  Many have been transferred here from the Northeast, California,
    Florida and other locations with large Jewish populations with their jobs.
    North Carolina is an attractive place to retire, so we have many transplanted retirees. 

    Wake county currently has the second largest Jewish population in North Carolina 
    (Charlotte has the largest.) The Raleigh-Cary Jewish Federation currently has a mailing 
    list for over 1600 Jewish households in Wake County. However, there is reason to 
    believe that there are as many as 5000 Jewish households in our area and that 
    they remain unidentified because they do not contact the synagogues or call the 
    Federation office to be added to the mailing list. 

    There are 4 synagogues in Wake County:
       
    Temple Beth Or (my synagogue) in Northwest Raleigh is Reform.                   
    Temple Beth Meyer in North Raleigh is Conservative.
    Sha'arie Israel/Luvavitchin North Raleigh is Orthodox.
    Beth Shalom in Cary is Reform.

    Other Synagogues in Durham and Chapel Hill:

    Beth El in Durham is a Conservative Synagogue.
    Judea Reform Congregation is located in Southwest Durham.
    Chapel Hill Kehillah is a Reconstructionist Congregation.