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Ahavas Israel Congregation
(Orthodox)
Founded in 1985
Hillel Baron, Rabbi 410-740-2424
770 Howes Lane
Columbia, MD 21044-3922
Friday at sundown
Saturday 9:30 a.m.
Sunday - Thursday 9:00 p.m.


Bet Aviv
(Reform)
Founded in 1998
Marc Raphael, Rabbi
Margery Auerbach, Cantor
410-992-9994
5885 Robert Oliver Place
(The Meeting House)
Columbia, MD 21045-3734
2nd & 4th Fridays 8:00 p.m.


Beth Shalom Congregation
(Conservative)
Founded in 1970
Susan Grossman, Rabbi
Richard C. Walters, Cantor
410-997-0166
410-531-5115
8070 Harriet Tubman Lane
(near the intersection of Martin & Freetown Roads)
Columbia, MD 21044-4015
Friday 8:00 p.m.
Saturday 9:30 a.m.
Minyan schedule:
  • Sunday 9:00 a.m.
  • Monday - Thursday 7:30 p.m.


Calah Congregation
(Unaffiliated)
Founded in 1998
Robert Saks, Rabbi
Dr. Herbert Kumin, Rabbi Emeritus
Michael Markowitz, Cantor
410-792-8029
301-989-0499
7246 Cradlerock Way
(Owen Brown Interfaith Center)
Columbia, MD 21045-5063
Friday 8:00 p.m.
Call for information on Hebrew School & Bat/Bar Mitzvah


Columbia Jewish Congregation
(Reconstructionist)
Founded in 1970
Sonya Starr, Rabbi
Robert Saks, Associate Rabbi
Jan Morrison, Cantor
410-730-6044
301-596-4677
5885 Robert Oliver Place
(The Meeting House)
Columbia, MD 21045-3734
Friday 8:00 p.m.
Saturday 10:30 a.m.


Shalom Aleichem Congregation
(Unaffiliated)
Founded in 1998
Joanne Yocheved Heiligman, Rabbi
Emily Blank, Cantor
410-730-3917
8270 Old Montgomery Road
Ellicott City, MD 21043
1st Friday of each month 6:30 p.m.
3rd Friday of each month 7:30 p.m.
Sunday School 9:00 a.m.


Temple Isaiah
(Reform)
Founded in 1975
Mark J. Panoff, Rabbi
Sheila Russian, Adjunct Rabbi
Judith Daniel, Cantor
410-888-9100
301-317-1101
12200 Scaggsville Road
Fulton, MD 20757
Saturday 10:30 a.m.
Friday 8:00 p.m.
Tot Shabbat, 2nd Saturday
of each month, 10:30 a.m.
Children's/Family Service, 4th Saturday
of each month, 7:30 p.m.


Jewish Federation of Howard County
Founded in 1967
Toby Knopf, President
Roberta Greenstein, Executive Director
410-730-4976
Gorman Building
Suite 115
8950 Route 108
Columbia, MD 21045
The Jewish Federation of Howard County acts as the central address for the Jewish community and serves as an umbrella organization and coordinating body for an array of Jewish communal services and activities in Howard County.

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