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che Reform congregation of about 100 member families I 1/2 years

ago after belonging lO anocher synagogue for a year.


Services are held ac a HillOn hQ(el. Religious school meetS at a day-
care cemer, and ocher events and programs are a[ various ocher loca-
tions. But the people make the community, says Susan Grunwald.
"We don't have a physical building or a permanent rabbi, but rab-
bis can change and [he building will come," she says. "But the com-
munity of people I want to be with, I want my children lO grow up
with, the place I felt my family fit was B'nai Doror."
Susan says that B'nai
Doror's strengths - edu-
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gramming and family
programming - match
the Grunwald family's
priorities. The size and
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to watching the congregation grow. "We'll be in this area until our kids
grow up at least," she adds. "We're definitely in i[ for the long-term."
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