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The City Congregation was founded in 1991 as the New York City affiliate of the Society for Humanistic Judaism. Our members come from many different backgrounds. We hold many different opinions and beliefs. We joined the congregation in search of something cultural, spiritual, intellectual, or social. What we have in common is a commitment to our shared secular values and future. Read more...

Cantor Abbe Lyons is dedicated to enhancing the spiritual and emotional power of music and Jewish learning in everyday life as well as in sacred spaces. She is on the faculty at ALEPH Ordination Programs, where she studied with Hazzan Jack Kessler and received smicha as Hazzan (Cantor) in 2010. She is a Hillel professional at Ithaca College, where received a B.Mus. Read more...

Hailing from Bethesda, Maryland, she calls Temple Micah in Washington, DC her home community. Emily was inspired by her rabbis from a young age to pursue Jewish learning and sincere community. As a participant in Operation Understanding DC in high school, Emily decided to pursue a career in the Jewish world that is committed to tikkun olam, repairing the world, Read more...