Bureau of Jewish Education
Research Repositories
- Selig Adler Jewish Community of Greater Buffalo Archives,
Buffalo State College Archives & Special
Collections, Butler Library, 1300 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14222.
(716)878-6308.
- Holocaust Resource
Center, 1050 Maryvale Drive, Cheektowaga, NY 14225.
(716)634-9535. Fax (716)634-9625. Includes videotapes of survivors.
- Milton Plesur Memorial Community Library,
2640 North Forest Road, Getzville, NY 14068. Lending library run by
Bureau of Jewish Education. Monday - Thursday, 10 am - 4 pm, Friday 10
am - 3:30 pm. (716)689-8844.
Adult Education
- Chabad House of Buffalo,
2450 North Forest Road, Getzville, NY 14068. (716)688-1642.
- Jewish Discovery Center,
757 Hopkins Road, Williamsville, NY
14221. (716)639-7600. Classes and other educational activities in
assocation with Rabbi Greenberg. Programs designed for all Jews, regardless of
affiliation or background. Includes Institute for Jewish Literacy
[(716)639-7600] featuring ongoing courses.
- Jewish Resource Center,
504 Frankhauser Road, Williamsville. 633-7251.
- Saranac Synagogue (Achei
Tmimim Orthodox Synagogue), 85 Saranac Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14216.
(716)876-1284. Extensive library of 1100 audio tapes available to the community.
- Temple Beth El,
2368 Eggert Road, Tonawanda, NY 14150. (716)836-3764. The temple
offers a variety of adult education programs, including continuing classes devoted to
beginner's Hebrew and Talmud study; weekly Torah discussions before Shabbat services;
mini-courses; lunch-discussion programs; annual programs such as the Scholar in Residence
and the acclaimed Wisdom of Jewish Buffalo series; and others.
Youth Education
- Jewish Heritage Day School, 411 Audubon Parkway, Amherst,
NY 14228. (716)568-0226. Pre-K through
Grade 8. Torah Umesorah affiliated.
- Kadimah School, 2640 North Forest
Road, Getzville, NY 14068 (Jewish Center Amherst building - Grade 5 through
Grade 8). (716)639-8222. 621 Getzville Road, Amherst, NY 14226
(Temple Shaarey Zedek building. Pre-K through Grade 4). (716)836-6903.
- Community Hebrew School, P.O. Box 153, Getzville, NY 14068
(Classes at Knesset Center & Chabad House). Part time program on Sunday mornings
or Monday & Wednesday afternoons. No synagogue affiliation required.
(716) 688-1642.
- Temple Beth El, Temple Shaarey Zedek, Congregation Havurah, Temple Beth Am, Temple Beth
Zion, Temple Sinai and Temple Beth Shalom have affiliated part time religious schools.
Children of congregation B'nai Shalom members are eligible to attend the Temple
Beth El school.
University Organizations
- Hillel
of Buffalo, Campus Center for Jewish Life, UB Commons, Suite 204, 520 Lee
Entrance, Amherst, NY 14228. (716)639-8361. Fax (716)639-7817. Susan
Goldberg Pardo, Executive Director, spardo@buffalo.edu.
For UB & Buffalo State students.
- Chabad House of Buffalo,
2501 North Forest Road, Getzville, NY 14068. (716)688-1642. Fax
(716)688-1643. 7 Englewood Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14214. Near UB
Amherst & Main Street campuses. Rabbi Avrohom Gurary, agurary@acsu.buffalo.edu.
- Israel Students' Association, 315A Union, Amherst, NY
14260. (716)645-3062. Serves Israeli students.
- Jewish
Law Student Association of the UB law school. 603 O'Brien
Hall, UB Amherst campus. (716)645-2311.
- Jewish Student Union, 315A Union, Amherst, NY 14260.
(716)645-3062. Social organization for Jewish students.
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