East Meadow Beth-El Jewish Center

{{Distinguish|East Midwood Jewish Center}}

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East Meadow Beth-El Jewish Center (EMBEJC) is a Conservative synagogue located at 1400 Prospect Avenue, East Meadow, on Long Island, New York, in the United States.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Git2AAAAMAAJ&q=%22east+meadow+jewish+center%22|title=The Encyclopedia of Jewish institutions: United States & Canada|author=Oded Rosen|pages=248, 483|publisher=Mosadot Publications|year=1983|isbn=9780913185001|accessdate=July 29, 2010|archive-date=March 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320221058/https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Encyclopedia_of_Jewish_Institutions/Git2AAAAMAAJ?hl=en|url-status=live}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sJN2AAAAMAAJ&q=%22east+meadow+jewish+center%22|title=Oscar Israelowitz's Guide to Jewish Canada & U.S.A.: Eastern provinces|volume=1|author=Oscar Israelowitz|publisher=Israelowitz Pub.|year=1990|isbn=0-9611036-8-X|accessdate=July 29, 2010|archive-date=March 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320221058/https://books.google.com/books?id=sJN2AAAAMAAJ&q=%22east+meadow+jewish+center%22|url-status=live}} Temple Beth-El of Bellmore, New York, consolidated with East Meadow Jewish Center to create East Meadow Beth-El Jewish Center. Rabbi Dr. Ronald L. Androphy has been the rabbi of the synagogue since 1983.

Early history

East Meadow Beth-El Jewish Center is the consolidated entity of East Meadow Jewish Center and Temple Beth-El of Bellmore. The consolidation became official on October 23, 2020, The congregation was formed on July 1, 1953.{{Cite web|url=https://www.liherald.com/stories/east-meadow-jewish-center-to-celebrate-its-65th-anniversary-with-quintuple-bar-mitzvah,112339|title=East Meadow Jewish Center to celebrate its 65th anniversary with 'quintuple bar mitzvah'|website=Herald Community Newspapers|access-date=2021-05-23|archive-date=2021-05-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523033347/https://www.liherald.com/stories/east-meadow-jewish-center-to-celebrate-its-65th-anniversary-with-quintuple-bar-mitzvah,112339|url-status=live}} Ground-breaking ceremonies for the synagogue took place on February 27, 1956.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1956/02/26/archives/jewish-unit-to-break-ground.html |title=Jewish Unit to Break Ground |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 26, 1956 |accessdate=July 29, 2010 |archive-date=July 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723004415/https://www.nytimes.com/1956/02/26/archives/jewish-unit-to-break-ground.html |url-status=live }} EMJC began with 115 founding members.{{cite news |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0711FD395D117B93CBA9178FD85F468685F9 |title=Deaths |newspaper=The New York Times |page=29 |date=April 9, 1962 |accessdate=July 29, 2010 |archive-date=November 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103163823/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0711FD395D117B93CBA9178FD85F468685F9 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/103407628.html?dids=103407628:103407628&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+02%2C+1989&author=&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=Sylvia+Morrison%2C+69%2C+of+Freeport&pqatl=google |title=Sylvia Morrison, 69, of Freeport |newspaper=Newsday |date=July 2, 1989 |access-date=July 29, 2010 |archive-date=November 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103102528/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/103407628.html?dids=103407628:103407628&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+02,+1989&author=&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=Sylvia+Morrison,+69,+of+Freeport&pqatl=google |url-status=dead }} Harry W. Goldin was a co-founder, president, and chairman of the synagogue's board of trustees, and Sidney Feld was a founder and president as well.{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/103121555.html?dids=103121555:103121555&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+30%2C+1993&author=By+Eric+R.+QuinZones.+STAFF+WRITER&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=Harry+W.+Goldin%2C+78%2C+Jewish+Leader&pqatl=google|author=Eric R. QuinZones|title=Harry W. Goldin, 78, Jewish Leader|newspaper=Newsday|date=July 30, 1993|accessdate=July 29, 2010|archive-date=November 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103102540/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/103121555.html?dids=103121555:103121555&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+30,+1993&author=By+Eric+R.+QuinZones.+STAFF+WRITER&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=Harry+W.+Goldin,+78,+Jewish+Leader&pqatl=google|url-status=dead}}{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sun_sentinel/access/741667541.html?dids=741667541:741667541&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+23%2C+2004&author=&pub=South+Florida+Sun+-+Sentinel&desc=PAID+OBITUARIES&pqatl=google |title=Obituaries |newspaper=South Florida Sun-Sentinel |date=November 23, 2004 |page=7B |accessdate=July 29, 2010 |archive-date=November 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103102553/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sun_sentinel/access/741667541.html?dids=741667541:741667541&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+23,+2004&author=&pub=South+Florida+Sun+-+Sentinel&desc=PAID+OBITUARIES&pqatl=google |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/MH/lib00245,1069DA9D184A38D5.html |title=[[Miami Herald]], November 23, 2004, retrieved July 29, 2010 |access-date=July 29, 2010 |archive-date=March 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320221059/https://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MH&s_site=miami&p_multi=MH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1069DA9D184A38D5&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |url-status=live }}

Dr. Israel Nobel was Rabbi of the synagogue in its early days (and subsequently Rabbi Emeritus), and Rabbi Irvin Beigel served at EMJC for four years in the 1980s.{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/62697414.html?dids=62697414:62697414&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+18%2C+2000&author=Zachary+R.Dowdy.+STAFF+CORRESPONDENT&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=Faith+Survives+Arson+at+Synagogue&pqatl=google|author=Zachary R. Dowdy|title=Faith Survives Arson at Synagogue|newspaper=Newsday|date=October 18, 2000|access-date=July 29, 2010|archive-date=November 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103102700/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/62697414.html?dids=62697414:62697414&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+18,+2000&author=Zachary+R.Dowdy.+STAFF+CORRESPONDENT&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=Faith+Survives+Arson+at+Synagogue&pqatl=google|url-status=dead}}{{cite news |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0812FA345A137B93C5AB178DD85F468785F9 |title=Miss Susan Nobel Bride of Physician |newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 27, 1972 |accessdate=July 29, 2010 |archive-date=November 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103163831/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0812FA345A137B93C5AB178DD85F468785F9 |url-status=live }}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lLFtAAAAMAAJ&q=%22east+meadow+jewish+center%22|title=Bitsaron: yarḥon la-madʻa, le-sifrut ule-vaʻayot ha-zeman|author=Chaim Tchernowitz|year=1974|publisher=Issue 312|accessdate=July 29, 2010|archive-date=March 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320221059/https://books.google.com/books?id=lLFtAAAAMAAJ&q=%22east+meadow+jewish+center%22|url-status=live}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t8VZga76bw4C&dq=%22israel+nobel%22&pg=PR6|title=The Torah for Dummies|publisher=For Dummies|author=Arthur Kurzweil|isbn=978-0-470-17345-9|page=vi|year=2008|accessdate=July 30, 2010|archive-date=March 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320221059/https://books.google.com/books?id=t8VZga76bw4C&dq=%22israel+nobel%22&pg=PR6|url-status=live}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G50lAQAAIAAJ&q=%22israel+nobel%22+rabbi|title=A Plan of Action for Older Americans: the Final Report|author=New York State Committee for the 1971 White House Conference on Aging|publisher=New York State Executive Dept., Office for the Aging|page=238|year=1973|accessdate=July 30, 2010|archive-date=March 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320221059/https://books.google.com/books?id=G50lAQAAIAAJ&q=%22israel+nobel%22+rabbi|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:IKvtN2vBpoAJ:www.eastmeadowjc.org/observer%252009-11%2520above%2520and%2520beyond+%22israel+nobel%22+rabbi&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESia98wrzEgjyGe7WoDXVG__U7H6FUpRBVJHdR51yJAn6BpGKzreILP-yPKd416qLCTTjLbFyV4_Wm1JBi754FCH-ELOVmsnAJq6Wuh8P8W_bVQFRPzy31lY1N47phPnqw5HZ_Fx&sig=AHIEtbTSp3VzvHfhAiK54HFvCfAv1IYzQg |title=High Holy Day Appeal Booklet |publisher=East Meadow Jewish Center |date=2009 |accessdate=July 30, 2010 |archive-date=April 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415043104/http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache%3AIKvtN2vBpoAJ%3Awww.eastmeadowjc.org%2Fobserver%252009-11%2520above%2520and%2520beyond+%22israel+nobel%22+rabbi&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESia98wrzEgjyGe7WoDXVG__U7H6FUpRBVJHdR51yJAn6BpGKzreILP-yPKd416qLCTTjLbFyV4_Wm1JBi754FCH-ELOVmsnAJq6Wuh8P8W_bVQFRPzy31lY1N47phPnqw5HZ_Fx&sig=AHIEtbTSp3VzvHfhAiK54HFvCfAv1IYzQg |url-status=live }} Paul Carus was a cantor at the synagogue in its early years, as was David Tauber.{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/104042385.html?dids=104042385:104042385&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+03%2C+1988&author=By+Tony+Schaeffer&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=Paul+Carus%2C+72%2C+of+East+Meadow%2C+Noted+Cantor&pqatl=google|author=Tony Schaeffer|title=Paul Carus, 72, of East Meadow, Noted Cantor|newspaper=Newsday|date=August 3, 1988|accessdate=July 29, 2010|archive-date=November 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103102711/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/104042385.html?dids=104042385:104042385&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+03,+1988&author=By+Tony+Schaeffer&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=Paul+Carus,+72,+of+East+Meadow,+Noted+Cantor&pqatl=google|url-status=dead}}{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/101733740.html?dids=101733740:101733740&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+16%2C+1994&author=Tony+Schaeffer&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=Ethel+Carus%2C+69%2C+Active+in+Jewish+Groups&pqatl=google |author=Tony Schaeffer |title=Ethel Carus, 69, Active in Jewish Groups |newspaper=Newsday |date=August 16, 1994 |accessdate=July 29, 2010 |archive-date=November 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103102725/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/101733740.html?dids=101733740:101733740&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+16,+1994&author=Tony+Schaeffer&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=Ethel+Carus,+69,+Active+in+Jewish+Groups&pqatl=google |url-status=dead }}{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/1436303131.html?dids=1436303131:1436303131&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Feb+27%2C+2008&author=MICHAL+LANDO&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=Friends+remember+NY+cantor+lost+in+Ein+Gedi+flash+flood&pqatl=google|author=Michal Lando|title=Friends Remember NY Cantor Lost in Ein Gedi Flash Flood|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post|date=February 27, 2008|access-date=July 29, 2010|archive-date=November 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103102743/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/1436303131.html?dids=1436303131:1436303131&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Feb+27,+2008&author=MICHAL+LANDO&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=Friends+remember+NY+cantor+lost+in+Ein+Gedi+flash+flood&pqatl=google|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.antonnews.com/syossetjerichotribune/2008/02/29/news/cantor.html |title=North Shore Synagogue Cantor David Tauber Dies in Israel |work=Syosset-Jericho Tribune |date=February 29, 2008 |accessdate=July 29, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306031719/http://www.antonnews.com/syossetjerichotribune/2008/02/29/news/cantor.html |archive-date=March 6, 2012 |url-status=dead }} In the early 1960s, Melvin May was its assistant executive director.{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1709210472.html?FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Apr+26%2C+1962&author=&pub=The+Sun+(1837-1985)&desc=Director+Is+Named&pqatl=google |title=Director Is Named |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |date=April 26, 1962 |access-date=July 29, 2010 |archive-date=November 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103102645/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1709210472.html?FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Apr+26,+1962&author=&pub=The+Sun+(1837-1985)&desc=Director+Is+Named&pqatl=google |url-status=dead }} The synagogue membership in the late 1960s was approximately 950 families.

In the late 1980s, synagogue members protested against Soviet human rights violations.{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/104510366.html?dids=104510366:104510366&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+06%2C+1987&author=This+story+was+reported+by+Cope+Moyers+and+Stephanie&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=Change+in+Course+for+a+Sputnik&pqatl=google |author=Cope Moyers |title=Change in Course for a Sputnik |newspaper=Newsday |date=June 6, 1987 |access-date=July 29, 2010 |archive-date=November 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103102754/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/104510366.html?dids=104510366:104510366&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+06,+1987&author=This+story+was+reported+by+Cope+Moyers+and+Stephanie&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=Change+in+Course+for+a+Sputnik&pqatl=google |url-status=dead }} Judge Fred J. Hirsh, of the Nassau County District Court, was the EMJC Men's Club Man of the Year in 1997.{{cite web |url=http://www.nycourtsystem.com/Applications/JCEC/Bio2008.php?ID=483 |title=Biography of Hon. Fred J. Hirsh |publisher=New York Court System |year=2008 |accessdate=July 29, 2010 |archive-date=July 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714220008/http://www.nycourtsystem.com/Applications/JCEC/Bio2008.php?ID=483 |url-status=dead }}

Recent history

Ronald L. Androphy has been the rabbi of the synagogue since September 1983.{{cite web |url=http://www.eastmeadowjc.org/rabbi.htm |title=Our Rabbi |publisher=East Meadow Jewish Center |date=December 14, 2006 |accessdate=July 29, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100126001745/http://www.eastmeadowjc.org/rabbi.htm |archive-date=January 26, 2010 |url-status=usurped }} He received his rabbinate from the Jewish Theological Seminary, and a doctorate from Harvard University.

After an alleged racial assault in East Meadow in 1989 in which a white East Meadow man was charged with beating two black teenagers with a golf club, the rabbi joined other local clerics, who said they were motivated by their conscience and felt an obligation to lead the community, in speaking out against the violence.{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/103490767.html?dids=103490767:103490767&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+06%2C+1989&author=By+Robin+Topping&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=E.+Meadow+Clerics+Decry+Racism&pqatl=google |author=Robin Topping |title=E. Meadow Clerics Decry Racism |newspaper=Newsday |date=October 6, 1989 |accessdate=July 29, 2010 |archive-date=November 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103102816/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/103490767.html?dids=103490767:103490767&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+06,+1989&author=By+Robin+Topping&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=E.+Meadow+Clerics+Decry+Racism&pqatl=google |url-status=dead }} Androphy focused on promoting greater understanding among religious groups. The synagogue's rabbi stressed the significance of the positive relationship the synagogue had with the local Methodist community.{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/77570752.html?dids=77570752:77570752&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+19%2C+1992&author=By+Roni+Rabin.+STAFF+WRITER&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=A+Tree+to+Keep+Two+Memories+Alive&pqatl=google |author=Roni Rabin |title=A Tree to Keep Two Memories Alive |newspaper=Newsday |date=October 19, 1992 |access-date=July 30, 2010 |archive-date=November 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103102923/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/77570752.html?dids=77570752:77570752&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+19,+1992&author=By+Roni+Rabin.+STAFF+WRITER&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=A+Tree+to+Keep+Two+Memories+Alive&pqatl=google |url-status=dead }}{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/65875283.html?dids=65875283:65875283&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+30%2C+2000&author=Rhoda+Amon&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=PEOPLE+OF+FAITH&pqatl=google|author=Rhoda Amon|title=People Of Faith|newspaper=Newsday|date=December 30, 2000|accessdate=July 29, 2010|archive-date=November 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103102824/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/65875283.html?dids=65875283:65875283&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+30,+2000&author=Rhoda+Amon&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=PEOPLE+OF+FAITH&pqatl=google|url-status=dead}} After David Levinton, a 12-year-old Jewish boy who had been a member of the EMJC, died, the local Methodist church's congregation honored the child. It voted to replace a tree that had fallen down on the church property, and dedicate the new tree to Levinton and to another non-Methodist boy in the community who had also died. In doing so, it voted down proposals to dedicate the tree to Theodore Roosevelt, Jack Kennedy, or Harry Truman.

In 2001, Charles O'Shea, a Nassau County assessor, began to enforce an 1896 New York State law requiring that special tax assessments be paid on homes bought by synagogues and churches for their rabbis and ministers.{{cite news |last=Ain |first=Stewart |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/14/nyregion/nassau-plans-to-tax-parsonages.html |title=Nassau Plans to Tax Parsonages |location=Rockville Centre (NY); Nassau County (NY) |newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 14, 2001 |accessdate=July 29, 2010 |archive-date=March 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310222515/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/14/nyregion/nassau-plans-to-tax-parsonages.html |url-status=live }} At the same time, New York State law provided houses of worship with a tax exemption on property used for religious purposes. Androphy observed:

There is a long history in this country of a separation of church and state, and the exemption of religious property from taxes. I think it's a dangerous precedent to set, because if the government can assess taxes for one purpose, what is to prevent it from assessing taxes on church and synagogue property in general? My great fear is that down the line governments might assume that the right to tax gives them the right to regulate. That would be an extremely dangerous breakdown of the separation of church and state.

Temple Beth-El of Bellmore, New York, a 70-year-old congregation, consolidated with East Meadow Jewish Center to create East Meadow Beth-El Jewish Center.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eastmeadowbetheljc.org/|title=East Meadow Beth-El Jewish Center|access-date=2021-05-25|archive-date=2021-05-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525062111/https://www.eastmeadowbetheljc.org/|url-status=live}}

Activities and membership

In addition to providing prayer services, the synagogue has a nursery school, a Hebrew school, a men's club, a sisterhood, a youth group, and adult education classes.{{cite web |url=http://www.eastmeadowjc.org/nurseryschool.htm |title=Nursery school |publisher=East Meadow Jewish Center |date=December 24, 2006 |accessdate=July 29, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726012420/http://www.eastmeadowjc.org/nurseryschool.htm |archive-date=July 26, 2011 |url-status=usurped }}{{cite web |url=http://www.eastmeadowjc.org/contact_us.htm |title=Contact Us |publisher=East Meadow Jewish Center |date=January 9, 2007 |accessdate=July 29, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110404233330/http://www.eastmeadowjc.org/contact_us.htm |archive-date=April 4, 2011 |url-status=usurped }} As of 2009, the synagogue had nine torahs.{{cite web |last=Ain |first=Stewart |url=http://www.thejewishweek.com/features/safer_torah |title=A Safer Torah |publisher=The Jewish Week |date=June 17, 2009 |accessdate=July 29, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615043501/http://www.thejewishweek.com/features/safer_torah |archive-date=June 15, 2011 |url-status=dead }}

As of 2010, Ken Martin was EMJC's president, Scott Goodman was its chairman of the board, Shira Ornstein was the principal of its Hebrew school, and Silvia Kogan was the director of its nursery school.{{cite web|url=http://www.eastmeadow.info/community/EM_whos_who.pdf|author=Mary-Ellen Fosso|title=Who's Who in East Meadow: A Guide to Your Community|publisher=East Meadow Public Library|year=2009|accessdate=July 29, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923032705/http://eastmeadow.info/community/EM_whos_who.pdf|archive-date=September 23, 2010|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.eastmeadowjc.org/observer%2010-03-04.pdf |title=EMJC Observer |date=March–April 2010 |accessdate=July 30, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726012849/http://www.eastmeadowjc.org/observer%2010-03-04.pdf |archive-date=July 26, 2011 |url-status=usurped }}

As of 2019, the synagogue had a membership of about 350 families.

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