Temple Beth Israel Contact Information

Email contacts* for Temple Beth Israel staff, officers, committees, chavurot, and other groups are listed below. For more information, or to talk to someone in person, call the TBI office at (541) 485-7218 Monday, Wednesday or Thursday 10am-5pm, or on Fridays from 10am-12pm.

We look forward to hearing from you!

*Email addresses: (names listed below)@tbieugene.org

Administrative Offices

Nina Korican, Executive Director
Neimand House
42 West 25th Avenue
Eugene, OR 97405

Phone: (541) 485-7218

Fax: (541) 485-7105
Email: nina

Clergy

Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin, Senior Rabbi
Email: rabbiyitz

Maurice Harris, Rabbi
Email: rabbimaurice

Talmud Torah/Shalhevet (Religious School)

Yedida Bessemer, Talmud Torah Principal
(541) 485-1898
Email: talmudtorah

Cara Abrams-Simonton , Talmud Torah Administrative Assistant
Email: school

Rabbi Maurice Harris, Head of School
(541) 485-7218

Email: rabbimaurice

Preschool

Carole Diller, Preschool Director
(541) 345-7314
Email: preschool

Temple Staff

Shirley Shiffman, Front Office & Volunteer Coordinator
Email: office

Randy Perkal, Communications Coordinator; Executive Assistant
Email: randy

Jacque Albert, Bookkeeper
Email: jacque

TBI Board

Executive Team:

Sharon Rudnick, President
Bill Nevell, 1st Vice President

Kevin Alltucker, 2nd Vice President
Lucy Zammarelli , Secretary
Cary Lieberman, Treasurer

Trustees:

Lisa Arkin, Matthew Dennis, Maram Epstein, Richard Levy, Bernie Maengen, Cindy Palman, Nathan Phillips, Hap Ponedel, Aura Solomon

Email: info

Committees

Bikur Cholim (Visiting the Sick)
Email: bikurcholim

Chevra Kadisha (Burial Society)
Email: chevrakadisha

Community Connections Committee
Email: community

Community Education Committee
Email: communityed

Development Committee
Email: development

Finance
Email: finance

Grounds and Maintenance
Email: grounds

K'vod Ha-Teva (Honoring Nature)
Email: kvodhateva

Library
Email: library

Membership (now Community Connections, above)
(inquiries about joining TBI)
Email: membership

New Building Steering Committee
Email: newbuilding

Preschool Parent Advisory
Email: preschoolcomm

Talmud Torah
Email: ttcomm

Tefillah U'Minhag (Ritual and Practice)
Email: tefillahuminhag

Tikkun Olan (Social Action)
Email: info

Tzedakah V'Chesed
Email: tzedakahvchesed

Sisterhood

Leona Maltz
Email: sisterhood

Chavurot

Florence Area Chavurah
Contact Lucille Herr or Judy Schwartz

Friends and Family
Email: friendsandfamily

Interfaith Couples Chavurah
Email: interfaithcouples

Jewish Genealogy Group
Visit: The Jewish Genealogy Site

Jewish Meditation Group
Barry Nobel
Email: jewishmeditation

Tot Shabbat
Email: totshabbat

Yiddish Club
Carole Stein
Email: yiddishclub

Email addresses: (names listed above)@tbieugene.org