Ohel YosefCongregation Ohel Yosef of Oakhurst

Our new building

A new home for Ohel Yosef on Ampere Avenue: two stone towers either side of a light shingled hall, a sanctuary with a ladies’ section above, a Midrash, a library, and room for the classes and the breakfasts that fill our Shabbat. These are the architect’s drawings.

The architect’s drawing of the new building from the front: cream shingle walls between two stacked-stone towers with grey metal hip roofs, a dark shingled main roof, an arched gable over the centre, a porch roof over glass doors and wide front steps on a lawn

  1. The men’s section

    The heart of the main floor: a tall walnut ark wall with lattice doors and a bronze menorah, the tebah at the centre on a low walnut platform, and light from skylights in the stepped ceiling.

    On the main floor, the sanctuary, the men’s section, the memorial board, the corner stone, the front entrance doors, the terrace with its four doors, the security system, the kitchen and the Rabbi’s bookstand can each be dedicated.

    Dedications on the main floor
    The architect’s drawing of the men’s section: the walnut ark wall with dark lattice doors and a bronze menorah to its left, a walnut tebah on a low platform, rows of grey upholstered chairs with light wood arms, a geometric brass chandelier, skylights, and the glass-fronted ladies’ gallery above on the right

  2. The ladies’ section

    Upstairs, a gallery behind a low glass balustrade, looking down into the sanctuary and across to the ark, under a stepped ceiling of soft cove light.

    On the upper level: the ladies’ entrance doors, a classroom, the Rabbi’s office and its window, bookcases and sconces.

    Dedications on the upper level
    The architect’s drawing of the ladies’ section: a gallery with a low glass balustrade over the sanctuary, rows of grey chairs with light wood arms, a stepped ceiling with cove light and downlights, a tiered chandelier and the top of the walnut ark wall beyond

  3. The main floor lobby

    A long hall of pale stone inlaid with bronze lines, lined with bookcases of bound sets and tall windows, leading to a glass stair.

    Below, the Midrash level has its own Midrash, kitchen, nine bookcases and sconces.

    Dedications on the Midrash level
    The architect’s drawing of the main floor lobby: a long corridor with a pale stone floor inlaid with thin bronze lines, light-oak bookcases of red and black bound sets on the left, round ring chandeliers, tall dark-framed windows on the right and a glass-railed stair at the end

  4. The library

    A room for learning: long tables, a wall of seforim, and a row of tall windows and terrace doors onto the garden. It has its own hechal and tebah.

    The library, its hechal, its tebah and its terrace doors can each be dedicated, and so can the building’s windows: the double front stairway windows, the front windows, the rear windows and the classroom window.

    Dedications in the library
    The architect’s drawing of the library: a wall of light-wood shelves filled with bound books, long pale tables with woven runners and rattan chairs, and a row of tall windows onto a lawn

The new building plaque

Our building campaign

Every family can be part of the new building: the plaque at its entrance will carry the names of all who give at these four levels.

$5,201Diamond $2,601Platinum $1,801Gold $1,001Silver

Questions about the building

If you have any questions, or would like to make a donation, please feel free to contact us. We are happy to answer any questions and truly appreciate your support.

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