President’s Message

Welcome to Congregation Beth El! For those of you getting acquainted with this site, Beth El is an egalitarian conservative Synagogue, affiliated with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. We have a very long and proud history, dating back to 1920 in Camden, NJ, moving to Chapel Avenue in Cherry Hill in 1968. In April of 2009, we moved into our beautiful new home here on Main Street in Voorhees.

Today, the Beth El family boasts about 900 member families (and growing), consisting of members going back to our Camden days, as well as lots of new families who now call Beth El their spiritual home. While that makes us a large congregation, we work very hard to make sure it feels like a very comfortable place for our members. Our various groups engage in many educational, religious, and social activities designed to appeal to a wide variety of interests and virtually all age groups. Additionally, our award-winning schools, the Beth El Early Childhood Center, and the Beth El Religious School, educate our children (from the very youngest) in a comfortable and uplifting environment.

At Beth El, we are also blessed to have wonderful clergy. Rabbis Krupnick, Arnow and Furman, and Hazzan Pomerantz-Boro are warm, friendly, accessible, and knowledgeable. They represent the embodiment of our mission: to integrate, educate, and elevate. I encourage you to come to Beth El to try out our services - either Shabbat morning or Kabbalat Shabbat on a Friday night. If you do, you will see our clergy in action, and I am sure you will not be disappointed.

In the meantime, thank you for visiting our website. We think that you will be enthusiastic about our clergy, our facility, and everything else that Beth El has to offer. Please contact us if you have any questions.

~ Allen Wilen