East Brunswick Jewish Center

East Brunswick Jewish Center Open and inclusive, we welcome you to join our family! East Brunswick, New Jersey was once a tranquil and rural town. Today, we have 450 family members.

A Warm and Friendly Conservative Synagogue 340 members strong with active Men's Club, Sisterhood, USY/Kadima, Hebrew School (Kesher) and Preschool (Center for Early Learning - CEL). Can you imagine that clusters of homes were interspersed with groves of trees, apple orchards and potato farms? When Route 18 was only a two lane highway, shopping centers did not exist and you could buy your food and

drink (including those with alcohol) and your hunting licenses and supplies at the Foodtown on Milltown Road and Ryders Lane, where the Walgreens now stands. The East Brunswick Jewish Center wasn’t yet a glimmer of an idea to forty people who showed up at Bea and Mel Rosenhack’s home to discuss the need for some sort of Jewish organization in East Brunswick in 1957. However, by early 1959, links to synagogues in Highland Park, the hiring of a temporary Rabbi, the formation of a constitution and regular meetings in the Grange Hall, lead to the first Bar Mitzvah with our first Torah on January 27, 1962, only five years after that first coffee klatch in the Rosenhack home. (By the way, the Grange Hall stood next to the firehouse on Dunhams Corner Road near Ryders Lane. It became Playhouse 22 which has since moved south on Cranbury Road to a beautiful new facility.) Since that time many things have taken place. Twenty-five thousand dollars purchased a five-acre plot of land at 511 Ryders Lane, our current home. After multiple expansions, we have grown into a facility that can house up to seven hundred families for the High Holy Day services and several hundred children in various levels of Hebrew school classes. We host well-attended bi-yearly fundraisers to help with our financial needs while also taking part in congregational trips to Israel, marching in the Israeli Day Parade in New York City, supporting Israeli soldiers and donating to local social organizations to help feed and clothe those falling on hard times. We are open for services twice daily and work hard to visit the sick in our community and offer services in the homes of those suffering the loss of a loved one. We are closely linked with the other Jewish Congregations in the area, often running events with them and we maintain friendly relationships with other religious organizations to keep our lines of communication open. Our successes have been made sweeter with the help and support of our Rabbi and our lay leadership. We have an active Nursery School, Religious School, Men's Club and Sisterhood. We offer daily Minyan, maj jong groups, lunch and learn, fun programs, inventive fundraisers and more! We are a warm, welcoming and inviting community of hard working people who enjoy socializing and praying together. Everyone Is welcome to services and on Shabbat luncheon is always served! Come and discover what a wonderful community we are and stay to be a part of our family!

05/29/2026
Come join us for dinner at the last Hazak event of the season. We are bringing back "Flavian!" He is sure to amaze and e...
05/28/2026

Come join us for dinner at the last Hazak event of the season. We are bringing back "Flavian!" He is sure to amaze and entertain with his "Mental Marvels." To register, please use the link provided.
https://www.ebjc.org/HAZAK

Pre-Passover burning of the Hametz
04/06/2026

Pre-Passover burning of the Hametz

Here is a chance to participate in a virtual discussion on traditions that enliven our seders. We will get together to s...
03/16/2026

Here is a chance to participate in a virtual discussion on traditions that enliven our seders. We will get together to share what has worked for each of us. It should be fun, and it will be an opportunity for us all to learn from each other. You can register using the link below:
https://www.ebjc.org/sederideas26

03/10/2026

And if a look into the night at the 2026 EBJC Gala honoring the Magnificent 13 was not enough, here is some live action that you might have missed out on. Thank you to Margot and David and all who helped for all of their time and hard work to put this together.

We held our annual gala on Saturday, honoring the Magnificent 13. Here is a look at what was a wonderful night. The pres...
03/10/2026

We held our annual gala on Saturday, honoring the Magnificent 13. Here is a look at what was a wonderful night. The presentation was great, the dance floor was full, and the entertainment was enjoyed by all.

Purim at EBJC was an AMAZING TIME this year!All who joined for fun and services had a great time!
03/05/2026

Purim at EBJC was an AMAZING TIME this year!
All who joined for fun and services had a great time!

Last Saturday, we came together for a GREAT TIME throwing axes.This was an EBJC Men's Club event that was put together b...
02/26/2026

Last Saturday, we came together for a GREAT TIME throwing axes.
This was an EBJC Men's Club event that was put together by our own Dan Scheiman.
Thank you to Dan and the Men's Club for a fantastic night! We hope to have more events like this one in the future.

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511 Ryders Lane
East Brunswick, NJ
08816

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+17322577070

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