If you would like to volunteer on any of these committees, call the Temple office at 631-1770. If you have any concerns or questions, please call the designated chairperson.

Board of Education
The Board of Education oversees Temple Beth Abraham's Religious School and Hebrew School. The Board is responsible for the academic program and graduation requirements and, together with the Ritual Committee, the requirements for Confirmation and Bar/Bat Mitzvah.

Bulletin Committee This committee handles the publication of Temple Bulletin, our monthly publication that brings our Temple members news of Temple activities.

Financial and Administrative Committee
This committee has overall responsibility for Temple administration. It keeps the books of the Temple; prepares monthly detailed financial statements; supervises the administration budget; it is responsible for the receipt of funds owed to the congregation and the payment of Temple obligations.

House Committee
The House Committee has the responsibility for the Temple's physical facilities. It is in charge of repairs and alterations, contractual relationships with repairmen and contractors, and the custodial staff. It is in charge of our kitchen facilities and our arrangements with caterers.

Legal Committee
This committee is responsible for reviewing legal documents and legal issues relating to the Temple. It also periodically reviews the By-laws to determine if they are legally appropriate.

Library Committee
The Library Committee supervises the management and operation of our Judaic library. It is responsible for acquiring books, cataloging, and the hiring of our librarians.

Member Services Committee
The Membership Committee is responsible for the maintenance of Temple membership. It welcomes new arrivals to the communities served by the Temple, holds new member services and receptions, and seeks out suggestions from existing membership for improvement of Temple services.

Nursery School Committee
This committee is responsible for the Nursery School operation.

Outreach Committee
This committee is responsible for welcoming and involving Jews by choice and for developing an effective program to seek out interfaith couples, respond to their emotional and social stresses, and make the congregation and Judaism available to them and their families.

Publicity Committee
This committee is responsible for dissemination to the community of information concerning our activities, preparing press releases and working closely with journalists and reporters for area newspapers and television stations.

Ritual Committee
This committee works closely with the Rabbi and Cantor in planning our services. It has the responsibility for religious services and all activities conducted in our sanctuaries, including Bar and Bat Mitzvah, Confirmation, and holiday observances.

Social Action / Caring Committee
This committee serves the Temple community. Members make visits to hospitals, to congregants who are homebound, to nursing homes, arrange for rides for congregants to attend Temple events, share holiday meals and share in our congregant’s simchas. Other worthwhile projects such as Midnight Runs are also included. Projects are decided among the committee members.

UJA and Israel Bond Committee
This committee is responsible for the running of our annual UJA and Israel Bond fund raising parties and the selection of honorees and speakers for these occasions.

Volunteer Corps
We need helpers at the Temple and School office. The Volunteer Corps is an ideal vehicle for retired members and others who would like to get involved in Temple activities during normal work hours.

Ways & Means Committee
This committee is responsible for Temple fund raising events.

Youth Committee
This committee is responsible for the operation of the Temple's youth groups. The Geldern Youth Group is an active member of the Westchester Federation of Temple Youth (WFTY). The committee hires youth group leaders and is responsible for the youth program and activities, which include dances, trips, theater parties, international dinners, and attendance at regional and national conclaves.

Services to our Members and the Community

Adult Education
This committee brings to the Temple noted speakers. It also holds annual Memorial Lectures and sponsors other educational activities, including breakfasts and teach-ins.

Blood Bank
The Blood Bank was established in 1969 and is still a yearly event. If you become a blood donor, you will earn blood “insurance” for yourselves, your spouses, your children and your children’s grandparents anywhere in the country for a whole year at no cost for the blood. We have a very loyal group of volunteers and you will be treated considerately by a professional staff of phlebotomists and by our own volunteer doctors, nurses and other professionals who see to the comfort and ease of every donor.

Caring Committee
The caring committee helps members of our community in many ways such as by providing meals to families in mourning or arranging transportation for the elderly to worship services or their doctor. 

Mature Singles
A social club for singles over 50 years of age, which meets at Temple Beth Abraham on the last Friday of each month.

Midnight Run
In April of 1994, Temple Beth Abraham joined the Consortium on the Homeless (a large group of churches and synagogues) that distributes clothing, toiletries, food and the warmth of human contact and conversation to the homeless poor on the streets of Manhattan. We make a “run” into the city about every other month. TBA volunteers are needed for each run to prepare food bags, make soup, sort and pack the clothes, make the trip to NYC and clean up on Sunday mornings. Notice of upcoming runs is placed in the Temple bulletin and the mid-month mailing. Please contact the chairperson for more information or to have your name added to the list of volunteers.

Supermarket Coupons
Gift certificates are available for a variety of major stores and supermarkets. Temple Beth Abraham earns from 5%-12%. Imagine what the Temple could raise if every family purchased certificates.