page_title: Temple Emanu-El of West Essex
section_title: Professional staff
hierarchical_section_title: Temple Emanu-El of West Essex / Professional staff
caption_attribution_description: English: Facing towards the bema in the temple sanctuary. Taken from the center of the room.
context_page_description: Temple Emanu-El of West Essex in Livingston, New Jersey was founded in 1955 and is one of the oldest Reform synagogues in the West Essex section of New Jersey. Emanu-El means "God is with us" in Hebrew.
  News reported in early 2017 that the synagogue would be closing for financial reasons and was "taking steps to merge" with a nearby congregation. By 2018, the congregation had formally merged with Temple Sinai in Summit, NJ although in many ways it was more of an absorption.
  The synagogue building was sold and has become the Living Stone Christian Church. The former early childhood daycare and Hebrew school buildings have become part of a Mandarin and Spanish language immersion center.
context_section_description: Bookkeeper: Kesef Accounting
  Admin. Assistant: Elainia Graham
  Director of Congregational Learning: Susan Cosden
  Religious School Admin:  Ruth Cash
  Director of Early Childhood Center:  Ellen Levitt
  Admin. Assistant to ECC:  Anita Pittman
caption: A view from inside the sanctuary
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