Regional Offices
Council of Regional Presidents (also see the Member Directory)
- Richard Helfand, Chair
- Barry Mael, Chief Service Delivery Officer
Canadian Region
The Canadian region includes the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland.
| Address | 1000 Finch Ave West, Suite 508 Toronto, Ontario M3J 2V5 CANADA |
| Phone | 416-667-1717 |
| Fax | 416-667-1818 |
| Canadian@uscj.org | |
| Director | Position open |
| Youth Director | Rabbi Jennifer Gorman |
| President | Paul Kochberg |
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Connecticut Valley Region
The Connecticut Valley Region includes all of Connecticut except Greenwich, as well as Springfield, Northampton, and Greenfield, MA.
| Address | 1800 Silas Deane Highway, Suite 171 Rocky Hill, CT 06067 |
| Phone | 860-563-5531 |
| Fax | 860-563-5541 |
| CTvalley@uscj.org | |
| Director | Miriam Benson |
| Youth Director | Marcus Fink |
| President | Stephen Golub |
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Empire Region
The Empire Region includes upstate New York, plus Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and Rutland, Vermont.
| Address | 113 New Krumkill Road Albany, NY 12208 |
| Phone | 518-438-2052 |
| Fax | 518-438-2053 |
| Empire@uscj.org | |
| Director | Howard Goldberg |
| Youth Director | Batia Epelbaum |
| President | Dr. Jack Finkelstein |
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Great Lakes & Rivers Region
The Great Lakes & Rivers Region serves the geographic area comprising the area of Pennsylvania west of Altoona, PA; Ohio; Michigan, excluding Benton Harbor; Kentucky; West Virginia; and Indiana, east of the area served by the Midwest Region.
| Address | 3645 Warrensville Center Road, Suite 220 Shaker Heights, OH 44122-5210 |
| Phone | 216-751-0606 |
| Fax | 216-751-0607 |
| glr@uscj.org | |
| Director | Scott A. Cranis |
| Youth Director | Arlyne Bochneck |
| President | Jeffrey Bassin |
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Metropolitan New York (METNY)
The NY Metropolitan Region covers Manhattan, Brooklyn, Staten Island, Queens, Bronx, Nassau and Suffolk County, Westchester, Rockland, Putnam. It also includes Greenwich, CT.
| Address | 330 West 38th Street, Suite 205 New York, NY 10018 |
| Phone | 212-533-0800 |
| Fax | 212-533-0400 |
| Metny@uscj.org | |
| Director | Rabbi Charles Savenor |
| Assistant Director | Don Schiller |
| Youth Director | Wendy Pusateri |
| Education Director | Rabbi Paulette R. Posner |
| President | Irwin Scharf |
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Mid-Atlantic Region
The Mid-Atlantic Region - Pennsylvania: From the Delaware River west to and including Altoona, PA. New Jersey: From the Delaware River-Delaware Bay north to and including Trenton, Princeton and Lawrenceville, NJ. All of Delaware.
| Address | The Pavilion 261 Old York Road, Suite 734 Jenkintown, PA 19046 |
| Phone | 267- 763-1300 |
| Fax | 267-763-1306 |
| mid-atlantic@uscj.org | |
| Director | Lewis A. Grafman |
| Youth Director(s) | Barbara Sharofsky (EPA) |
| Andrea Golden (Delaware Valley) | |
| President | Richard Fishbane |
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Mid-Continent Region
The Mid-Continent Region includes all of Manitoba and Saskatchewan; Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Texas; Central and Western Wisconsin; and Mexico City.
| Address | 324 S. Mason Road St. Louis, MO 63141 |
| Phone | 314-256-9405 |
| Fax | 314-256-9259 |
| mid-continent@uscj.org | |
| Director | Position open |
| President | Richard Helfand |
| Youth Department Address | 4820 Minnetonka Blvd, #410 Minneapolis, MN 55416 |
| Youth Department Phone | 952-920-7068 |
| Youth Department Fax | 952-920-7183 |
| Youth Director | Bryan Goltzman (EMTZA, SWUSY) |
| Associate Youth Director | Gila Drazen (EMTZA, SWUSY) |
Midwest Region
The Midwest Region includes all of Illinois, all of Wisconsin (except for Eau Claire and Lacrosse), all of Indiana (except Indianapolis), and one congregation in Michigan (Benton Harbor).
| Address | 601 Skokie Blvd., Suite 402 Northbrook, IL 60062 |
| Phone | 847-714-9130 |
| Fax | 847-714-9133 |
| Midwest@uscj.org | |
| Associate Director | Lisa Alter Krule |
| Youth Director | Julie Marder |
| President | Karen Kesner |
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New England Region
The New England Region includes all of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont (except Rutland) and Eastern Massachusetts.
| Address | 1320 Centre Street, Suite 304, Newton Center, MA 02459-0647 |
| Phone | 617-964-8210 |
| Fax | 617-964-0647 |
| Neweng@uscj.org | |
| Director | Aaron L. Kischel |
| Youth Director | Joyce Juda |
| President | Bruce Creditor |
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New Jersey
The New Jersey Region includes all of New Jersey except Atlantic, Cape May, Camden, and parts of Mercer counties.
| Address | 1090 King Georges Post Road Suite 1003 Edison, NJ 08837 |
| Phone | 732-738-4301 |
| Fax | 732-738-4304 |
| USY Phone | 732-738-7960 |
| NJersey@uscj.org | |
| Director | Lisa Harris Glass |
| Youth Director | Michelle Rich |
| President | Harvey Rosen |
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Northern California Region
The Northern California Region begins about halfway between Bakersfield and Fresno and includes everything north of that line, to the Oregon border. Also encompasses northern Nevada, including Reno.
| Address | 2900 SW Peaceful Lane Portland, OR 97239-1199 |
| Phone | 888-321-USCJ (8725) |
| Fax | 503-246-7553 |
| Ncalif@uscj.org | |
| Director | Jay F. Weiner |
| President | Margie Pomerantz |
| USY Regional Office | 3595 Taraval Street San Francisco, CA 94116 Phone/Fax 415-661-8516 |
| Phone/Fax | 650-570-6122 |
| Youth Director | Position open |
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Pacific Northwest Region
The Pacific Northwest Region includes Oregon, Idaho, Washington, Montana, Wyoming, Alaska, British Columbia, and Alberta.
| Address | 2900 SW Peaceful Lane Portland, OR 97239-1199 |
| Phone | 503-246-8077 |
| Fax | 503-246-7553 |
| pacnw@uscj.org | |
| Director | Jay F. Weiner |
| Youth Director | Neal Chark |
| President | Alexandra Cyngiser |
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Pacific Southwest Region
The Pacific Southwest Region includes Southern California, Southern Nevada, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico and Hawaii.
| Address | 15840 Ventura Blvd. Suite 200 Encino, CA 91436 |
| Phone | 818-986-0907 |
| Fax | 818-986-6903 |
| Pacsw@uscj.org | |
| Director | Joel Baker |
| Youth Director | Merrill Alpert |
| Hazak Director | Roz Gidan |
| President | Alan Weissman |
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Seaboard Region
The Seaboard Region includes Maryland, Washington, D.C., Virginia, and the northern half of North Carolina.
| Address | 121 Congressional Lane, Suite 210 Rockville, MD 20852-1542 |
| Phone | 301-230-0801 |
| Fax | 301-816-2931 |
| Seabd@uscj.org | |
| Director | Position open |
| Assistant Director | Jo-Anne Tucker-Zemlak |
| Youth Director | Shira Kaplan |
| President | William Bresnick |
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Southeast Region
The Southeast Region includes the states of Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, South Carolina, the southern half of North Carolina, and the islands of Cuba, Puerto Rico and Barbados.
| Address | 7100 W. Camino Real, Suite 216 Boca Raton, FL 33433 |
| Phone | 561-372-0420 |
| Fax | 561-372-0424 |
| Soeast@uscj.org | |
| Director | Harry Silverman |
| Assistant Director | Arlene Corsover |
| Youth Director | Stephanie Nichol |
| President | Julian Brook |
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