Irgoun Kesher

What they offer

Irgoun Kesher is a Jewish community centre in Paris, led by Rabbi Menachem M. Amar.

There is a synagogue on the premises. Visitors are welcomed for Shabbat and holiday meals.

Classes run regularly, one-to-one study can be arranged and public lectures are held. There is a library.

For children there is after-school programmes and a children's club.

Older children and young adults have bar and bat mitzvah instruction, a bar mitzvah club and a bat mitzvah club.

They officiate at circumcisions and funerals. Couples are prepared for marriage. A chevra kadisha serves the community.

The center visits patients in hospital, looks after the elderly and provides humanitarian aid.

There is a women's group. Mezuzos and tefillin can be checked here.