Focuses on creating Jewish educational, social, and cultural opportunities for our community.

Chairs: Sarah Lowe, Major Ballard, Rebecca Broudy

Responsible for the maintenance, preservation, and beautification of our sacred space.

Chair: Ira Cooper

Supports OZS members with compassionate, kind, and loving care through all life’s moments – from the tragic to the joyful, and everything in between.

Chair: Leanne Zimmerman

The Chevra Kadisha coordinates with local funeral homes and prepares the bodies of Jewish community members for burial according to Jewish ritual and custom.

Chevra Kadisha Chairs: Ira Cooper, Mark Klar, Sue Ezrine, Penina Goldstein

Shomrim Chairs: Mike Ades, Janice Crane

Focuses on the education of OZS’s children and youth. Supporting the Education Director with curriculum development, holiday programming, and more!

Chair: Tina Trent

Supports the financial sustainability of our community. Plans fundraising events, long-term strategies, and outreach goals for the community.

Chair: Art Shechet

Maintains two OZS kitchens to enable the community to cook for, celebrate, and nourish one another! Kiddush lunches and other food-related programs are a focus.

Chairs: Janice Crane , Sue Ezrine

Maintains and helps to build the library collections at OZS. Dedicated to the lifelong education of our community through reading, Jewish literacy, and connection to our textual tradition.

Chair: Larry Herman

Fosters connection across community members, focusing both on recruiting new memberships, and celebrating and serving our current membership.

Chair: Kathy Grossman

Supports and helps to imagine the religious life of OZS, exploring our commitments to traditional Judaism and modernity. Coordinates all Shabbat and holiday services throughout the year, plans holiday programming, and provides religious leadership when the rabbi is not present.

Chairs: Jon Glixon & Beth Goldstein

Brings our commitment to Tikkun Olam, repairing the world, to life through community service work, activism, and advocacy in our local community and beyond.

Chair: Scooter Stein

For students in 5th-12th grades! A fun, meaningful cohort for our young members to explore and deepen their Jewish identities through monthly events, regional and national conventions, and more!

Advisor: Coby Abramowitz