Founded in 1975, Rishon is a warm and vibrant community that welcomes individuals and families from diverse Jewish backgrounds. We embrace congregants with a strong spiritual Judaic background as well as those who feel more of a cultural connection: those who were born Jewish, those who choose to be Jewish, and those who are part of an interfaith family. Our mission is to function as a Jewish cultural center for Bergen and surrounding counties, supporting the lives of our congregants and neighbors with spiritual, educational and musical programming.
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Our worship is highly musical; we express our faith and community through music.
Inviting Judaism
Lifelong Learning - Preschool through Adult
Andrew Friedland Early Childhood Learning Center
It is the mission of the Andrew Friedland Early Childhood Learning Center to foster positive self-esteem, and the self-confidence to be a positive risk taker. We accomplish this by providing your child with a secure, loving environment. Our graduates are children that love their heritage and look forward to the challenges of future education.
Addison M. & Elizabeth Opper Religious School
In addition to our strong, developmentally appropriate secular academic program, we provide preschool children with the background to see the world though Jewish eyes. We take a child-centered approach and believe that children learn best from engaging in exciting hands-on activities.
Adult Learning Program
We greatly value the Jewish tradition of thoughtful lifelong study and have integrated it into the tapestry of our synagogue experience. We offer a wide variety of daytime, evening, weekday and Shabbat educational programs, taught either by our clergy, by guest speakers and scholars, or led by our own members in a shared learning experience.
