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 Lenny Sarko, 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.

Please join us at Congregation Achduth Vesholom in September to welcome 5779 and celebrate the High Holy Days. In addition to worship opportunities, favorite traditions continue, along with some special events. Find a full schedule of holiday events.

The Erev Rosh Hashanah Reception following our service on Sunday, September 9 will include the grand opening of a new art exhibit called “The Seventh Day: Revisiting Shabbat.” Break-the-Fast hosted by the ROMEOs (Retired Old Men Eating Out) returns for a sixth year on Wednesday, September 19. Plan also to join us for sukkah decorating and a pizza lunch on Sunday, September 23, followed by the Fiddler on the Roof movie sing-along.

Ways to support the congregation and community:

• Honor a loved one or remember a special occasion with a donation of $54 or more by Friday, August 31 to the Floral Fund or General Operations to have your name included in our holiday announcement program. Find out more.
• Help the hungry by donating bags of groceries during our High Holy Days Food Drive.
• Purchase bottles of "Honey for the Holidays" by Friday, August 17 to send to family and friends while also supporting congregational programming
• Assist the Jewish community's Thoughtful Thursdays program in providing a bag of fresh apples for each of our 70 Brightpoint Head Start families with a donation of $10 or more by Friday, September 21. Find out more.

We're scheduling drop-in games in the Madge Rothschild Resource Center. Please sign up to join us! 

If you'd like to receive periodic emails about  mah jongg play, please contact the Temple office at office@templecav.org or (260) 744-4245. Find out more about Mah Jongg resources in the Resource Center collection.

We are excited to host a traveling art exhibit this fall at the Temple called “The Seventh Day: Revisiting Shabbat” from the Hebrew Union College- Jewish Institute of Religion Museum. The collection includes 36 works, including photography, textile, collage and painting, all exploring some aspect of Shabbat. Created by a variety of international artists, the artworks and ritual objects represent a diverse, 21st-century, approach to this day of rest.

The exhibit will be on display in the Social Hall from September through November, with the grand opening after our Rosh Hashanah evening service on Sunday, September 9. We’ll have weekly hours for the public to visit on Thursday afternoons from 1 to 3 p.m. beginning September 13, and other hours available for groups by appointment. Thank you to the Dr. Harry W. Salon Foundation for its support.

In addition to the traveling exhibit, we will feature Shabbat items from the Temple’s collection in the Madge Rothschild Resource Center.

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