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About Us

Congregation Ahavat Shalom was founded in 1957 in Lakewood, New Jersey. In 1958 through 1959, the Congregation erected a building. In its history of nearly half a century, the congregation has had only two rabbis. Founding rabbi, Raphael Miller was succeeded by Rabbi Lee Paskind in 1984. The Congregation is a member of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism and is egalitarian.

Daily Services

Sunday Mornings at 9:00 AM
Monday - Friday Mornings at 7:30 AM
Sun - Thursday Evenings at 7:30 PM

Daily Minyans

While our Monday and Thursday morning and evening minyan have resumed, we still do not automatically have a minyan Shabbat afternoon/evening or other weekdays.

If you have yahrzeit or otherwise need a minyan, please notify the synagogue office at least one (1) week in advance so that we may ensure a minyan for that day. Please do your best to bring as many people as possible with you for that day as well. Working together, we hope to maximize the number of minyanim and to assure you a minyan when you need one.

Congregation Ahavat Shalom
1075 Forest Avenue
Lakewood, NJ 08701
Phone: (732) 363-5190
Fax: (732) 363-5225
Email: ahavat_shalom_nj@netzero.net
Webmaster: Jesse Alter <jesse@snacksoft.com>

Lee S. Paskind, Rabbi
Yanoun Bitan, Cantor
Janice Weinberg & Barry Oslick, Co-Presidents


Affiliated with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism