JOIN US

the synagogue's congregation gathered in the sanctuary during shabbat services

Welcome to Brooklyn Heights Synagogue. We hope that you will find membership an enriching experience and encourage you to explore the diverse opportunities for Jewish expression that BHS offers. Please call upon our clergy, staff, and lay leaders to help assist you in becoming part of our community.

If you would like to tour our building, talk with someone about membership, or arrange a meeting with Lisa Kopel, our Director of Membership Engagement and Programming, please email her at lisa@bhsbrooklyn.org or you can reach her at 718-522-2070 ext. 124.

You are always welcome at the Brooklyn Heights Synagogue, and we encourage you to worship with us on a Friday evening, a Saturday morning, or any holiday service throughout the year. This will provide you with the best sense of our worship services and our community. Many of our programs, classes, lectures, and other special events are also open to the public, so please join us for these.

Benefits of Membership

Our synagogue is open to the community for many events and services, but there are some privileges that are reserved for members only:

  • Religious School for your children

  • Priority consideration given to members of the synagogue for admission to our Preschool and Parenting Center programs. All accepted members receive a modest discount on Preschool tuition

  • The use of our beautiful sanctuary and the services of our clergy at your lifecycle events: baby naming or brit milah, B’Mitzvah, wedding, or memorial service

  • The opportunity to purchase gravesites in our cemetery section at Maimonides Cemetery in Elmont, NY

  • Participating in our annual Getting to Know You Dinners, Sipping in the Sukkah, community dinners, Purim Carnival, and many other special member events

  • Reduced prices on the rental of our various facilities

The opportunity to help shape the future of Brooklyn Heights Synagogue:

  • Volunteering for an event, program or committee, or helping out at worship services. Click here to learn more about our committees

  • Voting at our annual meeting

  • Serving as a trustee or officer of the congregation

  • Generally becoming an integral member of our special community

We are delighted that you have chosen to become part of our community. All information in your application will be treated confidentially.

To request a consideration towards dues please click here.

MEMBERS ONLY

View and pay your account, update contact information, register for Religious School, search the member directory, and more by logging in to your member account.