People of Shomrei

Meet Ilana Knopfelmacher

by Shomrei Emunah

IlanaIlana was born in Israel and moved to New York City when she was 12 years old.  Her parents owned a chocolate store in Queens.  After graduating college, she moved back to Israel where she married and seven years later she returned to the US.  Ilana studied computer programming and worked for the Bank of New York doing report writing before retiring in 2008.  She has lived in Nutley for the last twenty years.  She is an active member and the Bulletin Editor of Hadassah of Bloomfield, Belleville, Nutley.  Ilana enjoys attending the Israel Cinema Cafe with her good friend and Shomrei member, Gilda Schwartz.

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    Congregation Shomrei Emunah - Embracing Tradition and Modernity. Our synagogue is the spiritual home of a warm and inviting community of Jews in and around Montclair, New Jersey. We welcome individuals, couples and families of diverse backgrounds and orientations. We observe an egalitarian, vibrant Judaism, balancing openness and traditional practice. Open-Door Judaism: members voluntarily set the level of thier dues.

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