08/03/2026
I had the privilege of officiating Vanessa‘s B’nai Mitzvah at a gorgeous and special sephardic style Synagogue in Franklin, NJ. In 1919 Congregation Sons of Israel bought a Church for $100 and became the first Orthodox Synagogue of Sussex County. In 1975 they merged with Temple Shalom of Sussex County, and in 2015 merged again with The Jewish Center of Sussex County to create what’s now called B’nai Shalom of Sussex County. An incredibly special place steeped in so many memorable years of Jewish history!