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Worship

Share the joy of Shabbat and warmth of Jewish community with us every Friday evening. Explore your spirituality as we pray, learn, and connect.  

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Participate

What interests you? Religious School, Adult Education, Social Action, Leadership, Library, Giving, Volunteering, Outreach, Youth Groups, Camp.

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Calendar

We offer something for everyone! Check our calendar for worship, classes, events, special programs, and more.

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Member Spotlight

Our Temple family includes members with a variety of interests and experiences. Meet a few of them.

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Adult Learning Opportunities in June
Join Rabbi Paula Jayne Winnig from home via Zoom for Lunch and Learn on Wednesdays, June 3, 10 & 17 at noon. Bring your lunch and have a little Torah learning for dessert.
Share Shabbat Services With Us!
Even though we can't meet in person, please share Shabbat worship with us this week, led by Rabbi Paula Jayne Winnig via videoconferencing: Other Resources

COVID-19 Updates from the Temple

The Temple's Board of Directors has extended the closure of the building to continue being responsible to our congregational and greater community. The board reviewed Gov. Eric Holcomb's Roadmap to Safely Open Indiana and its guidelines for religious organizations.

A re-opening date has not yet been determined. We will continue to monitor the situation and are working on establishing plans for a phased re-opening of the Rifkin Campus. The Temple has been closed since March 13, with the staff working remotely from home and complying with the governor's stay-at-home order. 

While we cannot meet in person, worship services and educational and social programs are meeting through virtual communication methods.

Throughout this unprecedented situation, we will send regular updates through email to our members. Please also check for information on on our congregational Facebook page as we continue to add online offerings.

We are working in partnership with the Jewish Federation of Fort Wayne to reach out to members of our community to offer our support during this challenging time. Please stay in touch.

Our Temple staff is working from home. Temple Virtual Office hours are Tuesday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Contact us at (260) 744-4245 or office@templecav.org. Rabbi Paula Jayne Winnig may be reached at rabbi@templecav.org or (260) 210-4581. In case of emergency, please contact Rabbi Winnig. She also is available for a private video chat or invite her to a virtual gathering with your family.

Find latest updates from the Allen County Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Join us for our 172nd Annual Meeting on June 10

The Temple will hold its 172nd annual congregational meeting virtually on Wednesday, June 10 at 7 p.m. via Zoom videoconferencing. Members who do not have internet access will be able to participate by phone.

In these unprecedented times and as the Rifkin Campus remains closed, the board decided to switch to a virtual gathering out of concern for the health of our members.

Information was sent to members in late May with details and materials, including an absentee ballot to vote on candidates for leadership and the budget for the coming fiscal year. A link to attend the meeting also was sent. Find out more.

The Rifkin Campus at 5200
The Rifkin Campus at 5200 Old Mill Road is home to Congregation Achduth Vesholom, the Madge Rothschild Resource Center, the Jewish Federation of Fort Wayne, PFW's Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, the Fort Wayne Jewish Cemetery Association, the Northeast Indiana Jewish Genealogy Society, and Brightpoint Head Start.

Our Madge Rothschild Resource Center includes the Rabbi Richard B. Safran Library and the Goldman Memorial Museum (currently under development). Find out more.
Temple Happenings
Find our latest newsletter. For more information about events, check the Temple calendar. Sign up for mah jongg when the building reopens. New: Make an online donation or payment.

Our building is closed during the national health crisis. Please check for updates elsewhere on this page, including virtual classes and services.

Share the joy of Shabbat with us. Worship services will be held on Fridays at 6 p.m. and Saturdays at 10 a.m. via Zoom. Check the calendar for details and visit our our congregational Facebook page.

Enjoy your lunch with a little Torah learning for dessert with Rabbi Paula Jayne Winnig on Wednesdays, June 3, 10, & 17 from noon to 1 p.m. Find the Zoom link

Please join us on Friday, June 19 at 6 p.m. for Shabbat worship led by Rabbi Winnig with an opportunity to thank her for serving as our Interim Rabbi during the past year. A virtual Oneg Shabbat will follow. Find out more

Save the date to join us for Shabbat on Friday, July 10 at 6 p.m. when Rabbi Meir Bargeron leads his first service as our new spiritual leader. A virtual Oneg Shabbat follows. Find out more

The Jewish community's Thoughtful Thursdays bag assembly team has finished its 10th year providing twice-monthly bags of food and household items for the Brightpoint Head Start students who attend class at the Temple. Our social action program will resume in September.

In the community:


Learn about Northeast Indiana Jewish Genealogy Society's Fort Wayne Jewish Families Project.

The Jewish Federation of Fort Wayne will hold its annual meeting online on Sunday, June 14 at 7 p.m.
The Jewish community's Thoughtful Thursdays bag assembly team will meet on Wednesday, January 10 to put together bags of food items for the 66 students who attend Brightpoint Head Start at the Temple.
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Welcome to Congregation Achduth Vesholom

We welcome you to Congregation Achduth Vesholom, where we’ve been building Jewish community since 1848. As Indiana’s oldest Jewish congregation, we have a long tradition of bringing together those who want to share the joy of Judaism. 

Under the spiritual leadership of Rabbi Paula Jayne Winnig, we offer many opportunities for worship, learning, social action, culture, and friendship. A charter member of the Union for Reform Judaism, our congregation is warmly open to the traditional riches of the Jewish past, while continuously looking for ways to build a creative and meaningful future.

Our name means "unity and peace." We are truly a family at the Temple. We support one another in times of difficulty, share life’s blessings at times of joy, and work together to bring about tikkun olam, the betterment of the world around us.

Please visit our congregation and our beautiful Rifkin Campus at 5200. Find out how to become a member of our Temple family. Learn about our Religious School.