Building and Grounds Committee

Mission: To maintain the PSC building and grounds in good condition, to solve problems related to our physical plant and equipment, to make building improvements as needed, to manage tenants, and to effectively manage the building fund.

Activities include:

• Updating the Sanctuary
• Remodeling the office space
• Landscaping the grounds
• Maintaining the building

Contact: Allan Jaffee

Education Committee

Mission: To support all of PSC’s youth and family education and programming, ensuring our children grow with joy, Hebrew and Jewish literacy, and a strong sense of belonging in the Jewish community.

Activities include:

• Ensuring all Youth Programs are fun, ruach-filled and innovative
• Acting as a sounding board for the education director about Youth Programs and educational curricula
• Encouraging community building and engagement through Youth Programs (both with respect to existing PSC families and the recruitment of new families)
• Coordinating volunteers for our Youth Programs

Contact: Dikla Blumberg

Member Connections Committee

Mission: The mission of the Member Engagement Committee is to offer a consistent, warm, and personal welcome to all new and prospective members, ensuring they feel seen, guided, and invited into community life. We also work to deepen the connections of existing members, supporting meaningful relationships and a strong sense of belonging throughout the PSC community.

Activities include:

• New Member Welcome Responds promptly and warmly to inquiries from prospective members. 
• Quiet Member Outreach Checks in with new members after their first few months and reaches out gently to less active long-time members. 
• Affinity Groups Helps connect members to affinity groups that match their interests (e.g., book clubs, Mah Jong players, theater lovers, hikers). Learn more.
• Volunteer Engagement Maintains a list of volunteer opportunities and coordinates members to participate in them.

Contact: David Menashe 

Finance Committee

Mission: To ensure the synagogue’s use of accounting and financial management best practices. To develop and maintain a 5-year financial model, providing high-level guidance to longer-term financial questions. To provide guidance on sustainable income streams for the synagogue.

Activities include:

• Managing a reserve fund and withdrawal policy
• Maintaining the 5-year financial forecast model
• Making recommendations regarding financial management of the parsonage 
• Developing new policies to establish additional funds and gifts as income streams

Contact: Harrison Krat

Budget Committee

Mission: To develop a detailed annual operating budget based on synagogue’s vision.

Activities include:

• Updating current year budget and incorporating relevant changes for upcoming year
• Presenting budget to Board for approval.

Contact: Lee Streib

Hesed v’Tzedek Committee

Activities include:

• Providing home-cooked meals
• Providing gift baskets to families with new babies
• Making phone calls to those in need of companionship

Contact: Pola Weinberger

Religious Practices Committee

Mission: To create clarity, consistency and transparency around community standards and expectations as they pertain to Jewish ritual.

Activities include:

• Coordinating High Holy Days honors
• Reviewing and editing policies regarding religious practices under guidance of mara d’atra

Contact: Ilan Glasman

Security Committee

Mission: To evaluate and establish infrastructure, training, and processes to maintain safety of members of PSC community while on building grounds.

Activities include:

• Working with local authorities to provide security during particularly high risk times
• Training staff and volunteers on security procedures
• Maintaining the security systems
• Upgrading building infrastructure to increase safety
• Engaging with public grant providers

Contact: Steve Jeffries