Location of tefillot: Private homes
Tefillot times: Mincha Shabbat Mevorchim, Rosh Hodesh Shacharit if it falls on a Sunday
For more information, please contact Naomi Dessauer
Phone: (03) 9578 8920

We began in Melbourne two and a half years ago as a study group that met, and continues to meet, fortnightly. When we felt sure enough of what we were doing, we began holding tefilla groups. We are collecting a resource for women including areas such as Bat Mitzvah (we have hosted and/or advised on a number already), saying Kaddish, and options for Simchat Bat and weddings. We also hold a Megillah reading on Purim morning and a Simchat Torah shaharit service.

State: New South Wales
Location of tefillot: Shalom College, University of New South Wales; Mizrachi Synagogue, Bondi; private homes
Tefillot times: Shabbat Mevarchim Mincha; Rosh Hodesh Shaharit (when Rosh Hodesh falls on Sunday); Megillat Esther on Purim; other special occasions (eg., annual Women’s Shabbat at the Great Synagogue)
Frequency of tefillot: Once a month, on average
For more information, please contact Shelley Einfeld or Gael Hammer
Phone: 61 2 9130 4779 (Shelley); 61 2 9388 1158 (Gael)
The Sydney Women’s Tefilah Group was founded in 1993 and has been active since that time. We hold regular tefillot including Shabbat Mevarchim Mincha (about 8 times per year); Rosh Hodesh Shacharit (when Rosh Hodesh falls on a Sunday), Megillat Esther reading and other special events such as Tu Bishvat Seder, Mincha at the annual Women’s Shabbat at the Great Synagogue (this is a type of Shabbat Telamdeini), Shacharit service at the Limmud Oz conference, Bat Mitzvah services, etc. We also hold regular Talmud shiurim conducted by our posek, Rabbi Raymond Apple, and a peer-led discussion group examining books and articles on issues concerning women and halacha. We also act as a resource for women seeking ideas for Bat Mitzvah or Simchat Bat celebrations for their daughters.

City: Montreal
Province: Quebec
Country: Canada
Location of tefillot: Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue
Frequency of tefillot: Ten times per year
Tefillot times: Rosh Hodesh
For more information, please contact Norma Joseph or Barbara Nirenberg
Phone: 514-683-4926

We have been meeting for twenty years and have created our own siddur. Norma founded the group but now Barbara Niremberg is in charge.

Location of tefillot: Different locations in Beit Shemesh
Tefillot times: Kabbalat Shabbat: once a month; Shalosh Regalim, Simhat Torah, various shabbatot and rashei hodashim throughout the year, bat mitzvahs, Tisha b’Av Eicha reading and more
Frequency of tefillot: Approximately once a month
For more information, please contact Brenda Ganot or Sharon Raanan
Phone: 02-991-4143 or 02-991-6322

We are happy to host anyone who would like to daven with us in Beit Shemesh for a holiday or other event. Just give us a call ahead of time and we will help make arrangements. We are also available to help train bat mitzvah girls if they wish to celebrate their bat mitzvah in Beit Shemesh.

Location of tefillot: Private homes
Tefillot times: Friday night
Frequency of tefillot: Approximately once a month
For more information, please contact Tanya Corman
Phone: 02-993-3303

Location of tefillot: The Mercazi Shul
Tefillot times: Simhat Torah and Purim morning
For more information, please contact Suzanne Solomons

We meet twice a year to read Megillat Esther with trope. On Simhat Torah, concurrent with the kriah of the men, we take out the Sefer Torah, have hakafot and read the kriah from Ve-Zot ha-Berakha and Bereshit.

Location of tefillot: Private homes
Tefillot times: Shabbat mornings
Frequency of tefillot: Once a month
For more information, please contact Sharon Mink

Location of tefillot: Private homes
Tefillot times: Simchat Torah and special occasions
For more information, please contact Leah Shakdiel

Our group was founded as a Rosh Hodesh women’s group in 1978. We read Megillat Esther on Purim and Eicha on Tisha b’Av, and we also hold weekly Talmud classes on Shabbat.

Location of tefillot: The women’s section of the Western Wall plaza
Tefillot times: Rosh Hodesh, 7:00 a.m., on the first day of the Hebrew month except when it falls on Shabbat
Frequency of tefillot: Once a month
For more information, please join our list at Yahoogroups

We meet in the women’s section of the Kotel for shaharit on Rosh Hodesh at 7 a.m. and continue with our Torah reading at a nearby location in the Old City. For those months when Rosh Hodesh lasts two days, we meet on the second day (the first day of the Hebrew month) except when it falls on Shabbat, in which case we meet on the first day. Please visit Women of the Wall’s website for more information.

Location of tefillot: Pardes Institute, 29 Pierre Koenig Street
Tefillot times: Shabbat morning
Frequency of tefillot: Once every five to six weeks
For more information, please contact Ruthie Ebenstein (no attachments, please)

Visit Shirat Sara’s home page for more information and meeting dates, and join our e-mail list at Yahoogroups for updates.

Location of tefillot: Private homes
Tefillot times: Shabbat Shuvah, Megillat Esther on Purim morning, Shavuot morning at 5 a.m., one Shabbat morning in June
For more information, please contact Ariel Lester, Executive Director, Tal Torah
Phone: 972-2-672-8378

Tal Torah is a center for intergenerational Torah learning for women. We have many special projects for mothers and daughters as well as the following programs: benot mitzvah education; classes for post-bat mitzvah teens; community service projects for mothers and daughters; classes for adult women; a nature and spirituality hiking series; women’s tefillah; learning to chant the megillot and more. On Leil Shavuot we offer all-night learning for women of all ages culminating with a women’s tefillah overlooking the Sherover Promenade (the Tayelet) at 5:00 a.m.

Location of tefillot: Private homes
Tefillot times: Friday night after Rosh Hodesh
Frequency of tefillot: Once a month
For more information, please contact Alexa Neville
Phone: 972-2-642-7058

Anyone who is thinking of moving to our beautiful quiet neighbourhood in Jerusalem is invited to be in touch.

Location of tefillot: Private homes
Tefillot times: Friday night, Shabbat Mevorchin
For more information, please contact Michelle Kinsbursky
Phone: 04-645-2906

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Location of tefillot: B’nai David-Judea Congregation (8906 W. Pico Blvd.)
Tefillot times: Shabbat afternoon, minha
Frequency of tefillot: Once a month
For more information, please contact Sari Abrams

Our group meets to daven mincha together as well as to participate in a guided Torah study session over seudah shlishit.

City: Denver
Location of tefillot: 3600 South Ivanhoe Street, Denver, Colorado
For more information, please contact Sara

City: Stamford
State: Connecticut
Location of tefillot: Congregation Agudath Sholom
Tefillot times: Shabbat mornings
Frequency of tefillot: Five times per year, Purim, Simchat Torah
For more information, please contact Ronnie Sichel

City: Wilmington
Location of tefillot: Centennial Room of the Adas Kodesch Shel Emeth Synagogue, Washington Blvd.& Torah Way, Wilmington, DE 19802
Tefillot times: The 2nd Shabbat of the month, October through June, at 9:30 am, also on Simhat Torah
Frequency of tefillot: Monthly, October through June
For more information, please contact Vivian Goldberg
Phone: 302-478-7250

Our Shabbat service includes Shacharit, Torah service, Torah reading (about 1/4 of the parsha), devar Torah/discussion and concluding prayers.

City: Boca Raton
Location of tefillot: Members’ homes
Tefillot times: Shabbat minha
Frequency of tefillot: Monthly, around Shabbat Mevarkhim
For more information, please contact Reena Makover, Hinda Bramnick, Esther Gomolin
Phone: 561-367-9269; 561-347-0934; 561-394-2950

City: Chicago
Location of tefillot: Anshe Sholom B’nai Israel Synagogue
Tefillot times: Shabbat minha, 15 minutes early
Frequency of tefillot: Each Gregorian month
For more information, please contact Debri Spector
Phone: (773) 871-1583

The group meets monthly, usually the second or third Shabbat minha of each Gregorian month. Women leyn from the Torah, though we do not recite the berakhot for reading Torah. The synagogue is modern Orthodox, but all women are welcome, whatever their level of knowledge or observance.

City: Baltimore
Location of tefillot: Private homes, Beth Tfiloh Congregation
Tefillot times: Shabbat mincha, Purim Megillah reading, Simchat Torah leyning.
Frequency of tefillot: Once a month
For more information, please contact Laura Shaw Frank
Phone: 410-653-7279

We follow the psak of Rabbi Avi Weiss of Riverdale.

City: Newton Centre
Location of tefillot: Congregation Shaarei Tefillah
Tefillot times: Shabbat Mincha and occasionally Shabbat Shacharit
Frequency of tefillot: We hold tefillot monthly, but add to that frequent B’not Mitzvah, along with megilla reading on Purim morning and Eicha on Tisha be-Av morning.
For more information, please contact Abby Wyschogrod

City: Cambridge
Location of tefillot: Harvard Hillel, 52 Mt. Auburn St.
Tefillot times: One Friday night and one Shabbat morning per month, plus Purim Megillah and Simhat Torah
For more information, please contact Sara Meirowitz or Miriam Udel-Lambert

City: St. Louis
Location of tefillot: Bais Abraham Synagogue, 6910 Delmar Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri
Tefillot times: Shabbat morning
Frequency of tefillot: Once a month
For more information, please contact Phyllis Shapiro
Phone: 314-725-4876

Visit the Bais Abraham Synagogue WTG’s web page.

City: Cherry Hill
Location of tefillot: Private homes
Tefillot times: On Shabbat or Yom Tov -- Shacharit
Frequency of tefillot: Every quarter (including Simchat Torah), and Purim for megilla reading
For more information, please contact Carolyn Hochstadter at either this address or this one.
Phone: 856-779-1373

The group was started by women affiliated with Congregation Sons of Israel. The rabbi of the shul neither supports nor opposes the group.

City: Teaneck
Location of tefillot: Private homes
Tefillot times: Shabbat and special occasions
Frequency of tefillot: Monthly
For more information, please contact Judy Landau or Marion Krug

The group has been in existence for almost twenty years. In addition to Shabbat services, we have Megillat Esther on Purim, Eicha on Tisha Be-Av and a Torah learning session on the second day of Shavuot.

City: Highland Park
Location of tefillot: Private homes
Tefillot times: In winter, Shabbat morning of Shabbat Rosh Hodesh or Shabbat Mevarchim. From April to August, Shabbat mincha of same. Occasionally, we meet on a different weekend to accommodate a simcha.
Frequency of tefillot: Monthly, more or less
For more information, please contact Susan Hornstein
Phone: (732) 214-9631

We also meet on Purim and Simchat Torah mornings.

City: New York
Location of tefillot: 49 White Street
Tefillot times: Shabbat morning, per schedule
For more information, please contact Rachel Mincer
Phone: 212-966-7141

For tefillah dates, please check our web page. The group meets on the first Shabbat of every month, dates permitting, for study and discussion. Services take place about every 6 weeks, and on Rosh Hodesh when it falls on Sunday. Please check the schedule or call for the yearly schedule of tefillot and events.

City: Five Towns (Long Island)
Location of tefillot: Private homes
Tefillot times: Calendar set by committee Frequency of tefillot: Monthly
For more information, please contact Shirley Kaplan
Phone: 516-569-8020
Fax: 516-295-4911

City: New York
Location of tefillot: Annex of the Lincoln Square Synagogue, 200 Amsterdam Avenue, NY (near West 69th Street)
Tefillot times: Scheduled times from Simchat Torah through June of each year
Frequency of tefillot: According to schedule
For more information, please contact Rachel Herlands
Phone: Rachel Herlands: 212-799-2176; Molly Pollak: 212-362-5878

We are the oldest on-going synagogue-centered women’s tefilla group. The Lincoln Square Synagogue website has a place for e-mail inquiries and also a newsletter that includes our group’s information if we are going to meet in the next two weeks. Please contact Rachel Herlands or Molly Pollak if you would like to get involved in any way: davening, layning or sponsoring a kiddush.

City: Great Neck
Location of tefillot: Beit Midrash of Great Neck Synagogue, 26 Old Mill Road, Great Neck, NY 11023
Tefillot times: Monthly for Shabbat Mincha, Purim morning Megilla laining, and Simhat Torah morning
For more information, please contact Harriet Schimel

Our group has been around for twenty years.

City: New York
Location of tefillot: Congregation Ohab Zedek, 118 West 95th Street, New York, N.Y. 10025
Tefillot times: Frequency and type of service vary; schedule available by year
Frequency of tefillot: Erev Simhat Torah, Erev Purim and at approximately six-week intervals, depending on semahot.
For more information, please contact Susan Rosen, 212-932-9737
or Paula Gantz, 212-580-3905
Phone: Congregation Ohab Zedek, 212-749-5150

Contact people listed above or shul for schedule. Contact group members listed above for additional information.

City: Merrick
Location of tefillot: Congregation Ohav Shalom
Tefillot times: Shabbat mornings
Frequency of tefillot: Monthly
For more information, please contact Dr. Fran Moshkovski
Phone: 516-868-7246

We are a synagogue-based group, fully supported by our rabbi (Rabbi Jeremiah Wohlberg). Our group davens monthly in a lovely new Beis Medresh. We run a shabbaton every other year and a luncheon yearly.

City: New York
Location of tefillot: Private homes
Tefillot times: Usually Shabbos morning but in the summer we often do it at mincha instead, having shalosh seudas instead of kiddush
Frequency of tefillot: Usually once a month on Shabbos mevorchim hachodesh
For more information, please contact Freda Birnbaum
Phone: 212-928-7451

We have been around since early 1978! We also have a women’s megillah reading at night on Purim, followed by a costume party (costumes not mandatory!). We meet on Simchas Torah morning.

City: West Hempstead (Long Island)
Location of tefillot: Private homes
Tefillot times: Shabbat mornings
Frequency of tefillot: About every 6 weeks
For more information, please contact Gitta Zivotofsky or Gloria Nusbacher

Phone: 516-538-3462 or 212-837-6719

City: Brooklyn
Location of tefillot: Private homes
Tefillot times: Every Shabbat mevarkhim hahodesh, Purim Megilla, and Simhat Torah
Frequency of tefillot: Monthly plus special events
For more information, please contact Freda Rosenfeld
Phone: 718-469-7109

City: New Rochelle
Location of tefillot: Private homes
Tefillot times: Shabbat
Frequency of tefillot: Approximately every other month
For more information, please contact Jacqueline Spiegel-Cohen and Sharon Samet
Phone: 914-633-6364

The New Rochelle Women’s Tefilah invites community members and guests to join us for our Shabbat tefillot. Kiddush following; babysitting provided. We look forward to meeting you and welcoming you to our community. Please feel free to contact us.

City: Riverdale
Location of tefillot: The Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, 3700 Henry Hudson Parkway, Bronx, NY 10463
Tefillot times: Shabbat
Frequency of tefillot: Once a month
For more information, please contact the Hebrew Institute
Visit the website of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale
Phone: 718-796-4730

City: New York
Location of tefillot: The Hebrew Institute of White Plains, 20 Greenridge Avenue, White Plains, NY
Tefillot times: Shabbat, Simhat Torah
Frequency of tefillot: According to schedule
E-mail the Institute for more information
Phone: 914-948-3095

Visit the website of The Hebrew Institute of White Plains

City: New York
Location of tefillot: Congregation Ramath Orah, 550 W. 110th Street, New York
Tefillot times: Shabbat minhah
Frequency of tefillot: Monthly
E-mail Ramath Orah for more information
Phone: 212-222-2470

Visit the Ramath Orah website

City: Columbus
Location of tefillot: Agudas Achim Synagogue, 2767 East Broad Street
Tefillot times: Dates set around community simchas
Frequency of tefillot: Monthly
For more information, please contact Meri King
Phone: (614) 237-0158

City: Portland
Location of tefillot: Congregation Shaarei Torah
Tefillot times: Shabbat morning Frequency of tefillot: Once a month
For more information, please contact Erica Goldman
Phone: 503-246-3185

Occasional Megillah readings (when Purim falls on a Sunday), Simhat Torah (evening), bat mitzvah. Established 1984.

City: Bala Cynwyd
Location of tefillot: Private homes/Akiba Hebrew Academy, Merion, PA
Frequency of tefillot: Twice a year
Tefillot times: We meet for Purim megillah reading, Simhat Torah hakafot and other occasions.
For more information, please contact Hannah Lee
Phone: 610-668-8590

Location of tefillot: The lounge of a local nursing home
Tefillot times: Shabbat morning, according to schedule
For more information, please contact Hanna Orenstein
Phone: 020-8954-2276

A considerably shortened version of the Shabbat morning service is used, there is a short devar Torah, and the weekly parsha is read from a Humash.

Location of tefillot: At Yakar Kehilla synagogue, currently meeting at the Independent School, Green Lane, Hendon
Tefillot times: Shabbat and festival mornings every four to six weeks, and Simhat Torah
For more information, please contact Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz
Phone: 020-8203-8221

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