Temple Emeth Information

Temple Emeth is a Reform Jewish congregation in which a congregant (male or female) wearing a kippah and tallit can worship next to another congregant wearing neither; where some bow and others do not; where gender preferences and orientation are not an issue; where interfaith families are welcomed; in short, where diversity is embraced. Founded in 1947, Emeth was the first Reform congregation in Bergen County. We think of Emeth as a very special place. Over the years, we have often heard comments about the warmth people feel when they come through our doors, and even though a good 30 percent of our members have joined in the past few years, we think that we have maintained that "family" feeling. We are most fortunate in having had, over the last 46 years, three dynamic rabbis: Joshua Trachtenberg, Louis J. Sigel and Eric S. Gurvis, each of whom brought his own brand of leadership and scholarship into our midst. In July, 2003, Rabbi Steven Sirbu became the spiritual leader of Temple Emeth.