The HPCT-CAE Office Team is at the hub of Temple operations. Executive Director Linda Tondow, Bookkeeper/Office Manager Diane Kurucz and Office Administrator Beth Spurr, supported by volunteers, keep the Temple community and its services, programs and facility running smoothly.
The website, facility management, communications, human resources, and other administrative functions fall to Linda. She secures and administers Temple grants and provides guidance to the Temple President and committees.
Diane is responsible for the Temple’s membership database, the Temple and Above & Beyond Childcare Center’s bookkeeping, and the associated record keeping, reports, and statements. Along with managing the yahrzeit plaques, she also creates the monthly bulletin.
Our auxiliary organizations, Board of Trustees and Rabbi Malomet are supported by Beth. Beth also handles the day-to-day building logistics and operations, including supervising the custodial staff, preparing the Temple’s monthly mailings, and preparing the menus and provision of food and beverages for Kiddushes and programs.
CONTACT INFO
Leah Zinder
youtheng@hpct-cae.org
Leah comes to us with vast experience in Jewish education, where she used her art skills to help connect young children to Judaism.
She holds an MFA from Syracuse University, where she taught jewelry, metalsmithing and digital jewelry.
Leah most recently served as Head of Lower School at the Syracuse Community Hebrew School and was a teacher at Congregation Beth Shalom-Chvra Shas (Jamesville, NY).
