What JUDEA REFORM CONGREGATION does

Judea Reform Congregation is a Reform Jewish congregation founded in 1961 and headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, serving a community of more than 700 households across the Triangle region (Durham-Chapel Hill). The congregation delivers the full lifecycle of Jewish religious services — Shabbat and holiday worship, religious education (K–12 religious school, teen programs, adult learning), lifecycle officiation (B'nai Mitzvah preparation, weddings, funerals, naming ceremonies), pastoral care, and cemetery services — alongside a multi-issue social justice program covering civic engagement, climate justice, racial equity, refugee resettlement, food and housing insecurity, and reproductive justice. Its member base is explicitly inclusive, positioning around interfaith families, LGBTQIA+ individuals, people of color, and Jews by choice.

The congregation operates its digital infrastructure on the ShulCloud proprietary content management platform (provided by Shul Solutions Inc.), which powers its website, member portal, event calendar, livestreaming of services, online registration, and donation processing. It maintains an affiliation with the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) and runs ancillary community programming through partnerships such as Project Linus and the Jewish Book Council. Staffing consists of 16 employees including professional clergy and operational staff, governed by a Board of Trustees.

Revenue is generated through four streams: voluntary membership dues and contributions from 700+ households (recurring), religious school and adult learning tuition (recurring), event-based fees and tribute giving (transactional), and endowment and legacy planned giving (donations). The organization is structured as a private non-profit; financials are not publicly disclosed. Growth and member acquisition are community-led — driven by word-of-mouth, lifecycle event referrals, visibility in the Triangle region, and targeted outreach to historically under-indexed segments of the local Jewish population.

Name

JUDEA REFORM CONGREGATION

Legal name

Judea Reform Congregation

Website

https://judeareform.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Judea Reform Congregation is a 1961-founded Reform Jewish congregation in Durham, NC, serving 700+ Triangle-region households with worship, religious education, lifecycle events, cemetery services, and social justice programming on the ShulCloud platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Congregation Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious Organizations (81311)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Congregations & Worship Communities (Churches, Mosques, Temples, Synagogues) (BPAGAJAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Faith-Based Education & Formation (Seminaries, Religious Schools, Catechesis) (BPAGAJAD), Places of Worship & Religious Facilities Operations (Cemeteries, Retreat Centers, Pilgrimage Sites) (BPAGAJAL)

Keywords

• Reform jewish congregation
• Religious education services
• Jewish lifecycle services
• Community worship services
• Social justice programming

Headquarters

HQ city

Durham

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues and Contributions: Voluntary membership dues and charitable contributions from over 700 households supporting the congregation's operations, facilities, and programming
2. Religious School Tuition: Tuition fees for religious education programs including Religious School, Darchei Mitzvah preparation, and teen programs
3. Event-Based Donations and Fees: Tribute giving, sponsorships, and fees associated with lifecycle events, cemetery services, and special programming
4. Endowment and Legacy Giving: Planned giving, endowment contributions, and legacy donations supporting long-term financial sustainability

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Judea Reform Congregation is a Reform Jewish synagogue that delivers weekly Shabbat and holiday worship services, religious school and adult learning, lifecycle services (B'nai Mitzvah preparation, weddings, funerals, namings), cemetery services, pastoral care, and social justice programming to a community of over 700 households in the Durham-Chapel Hill region of North Carolina. Membership, donations, calendar, and livestreaming are managed via the ShulCloud platform.

Product overview

Judea Reform Congregation operates as a Reform Jewish synagogue utilizing the ShulCloud cloud-based platform for its digital operations. The congregation's programs and services include Shabbat and holiday worship services, religious school education, lifecycle events (B'nai Mitzvah, weddings, funerals), adult learning programs, social justice initiatives, community gatherings, and cemetery services. The ShulCloud platform serves as the underlying technology infrastructure enabling online member management, event registration, donation collection, and livestreaming capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Reform Jewish Worship Services Weekly Shabbat services, holiday worship, Torah study, and music-centered services for congregants and visitors in the Triangle region of North Carolina.
• Religious School Formal Jewish religious education for children, including Hebrew and Judaic studies, preparing students for B'nai Mitzvah.
• Teen Programs Continuing Jewish education and engagement programs for teenage members, including post-B'nai Mitzvah learning.
• Adult Learning Programs Lifelong Jewish learning for adults, including leadership development (LEAD JRC), the Levin-Moscovitz program, and ongoing Torah Study.
• Anshei Mitzvah Conversion Preparation Structured preparation program for individuals converting to Judaism, accompanying them through the conversion process and into congregational life.
• B'nai Mitzvah Preparation Tutoring, preparation, and ceremony officiation for B'nai Mitzvah students and their families.
• Weddings Clergy-officiated wedding ceremonies for congregants and prospective members, including interfaith and LGBTQIA+ couples.
• Funerals and Burial Services Clergy-officiated funerals and Jewish burial services for members and their families, including use of the congregation's on-site cemetery.
• Births and Adoptions (Namings) Clergy-led naming ceremonies for newborns and adopted children of congregant families.
• Social Justice Programming Organized social justice initiatives and volunteer opportunities across civic engagement, climate justice, food and housing insecurity, racial justice and equity, refugee resettlement and immigrant justice, and reproductive justice.
• Cemetery Services On-site Jewish cemetery providing burial plots and related services to congregants and their families.
• Livestream Worship Services Online livestream of worship services enabling members and prospective members to participate remotely when unable to attend in person.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• ShulCloud (Shul Solutions Inc.)coreTechnology or IntegrationShulCloud provides the proprietary content management system powering Judea Reform Congregation's website, including membership portal, event calendar, online donations, livestreaming, and member communication features. ShulCloud is a specialized platform for synagogue management.
• Union for Reform Judaism (URJ)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliation with the Union for Reform Judaism, the central body of the Reform Jewish movement in North America, providing access to movement-wide resources, programming frameworks, and collective identity within Reform Judaism.
• Project LinusminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational nonprofit organization that collects and distributes handmade blankets to children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need. Judea Reform Congregation hosts monthly Project Linus sessions where members create blankets for donation through this organization.
• Jewish Book CouncilminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe congregation operates a Jewish Book Council Book Club selecting books from the Jewish Book Council's curated booklist with Jewish themes or authors, fostering community discussion and engagement through literature.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Congregation Emanu-El: Major Reform Jewish congregation in San Francisco with comparable programming breadth (worship, religious school, social justice, lifecycle). Comparable as a similarly inclusive, established urban Reform congregation against which Judea Reform's positioning can be benchmarked.
• Stephen S. Wise Temple: Large Reform synagogue in Los Angeles with an extensive religious school and broad programming. Comparable as a sizable, multi-generational Reform congregation whose operational model informs Judea Reform's scale and engagement approach.
• Central Synagogue (New York): Large, historic Reform congregation in Manhattan offering worship, education, and social-justice programming at scale. Comparable as a flagship URJ congregation that illustrates the upper-bound trajectory for programming and inclusion in Reform Judaism.
• Temple Israel (Charlotte, NC): Historic Reform Jewish congregation in Charlotte, NC. Comparable as a larger, established North Carolina Reform synagogue with broader programming scale and similar URJ affiliation.

Direct peers

• Temple Beth Or: Reform Jewish congregation in Raleigh, NC, within the same Triangle region. Comparable as a fellow URJ-affiliated synagogue competing for Triangle households and offering similar worship, education, and lifecycle services.
• Beth Meyer Synagogue: Jewish congregation in Raleigh, NC, serving the Triangle region with comparable religious school, lifecycle, and community programming; directly competes with Judea Reform for households in adjacent submarkets.
• Beth El Synagogue: Jewish congregation located in Durham, NC, directly comparable to Judea Reform as it serves the same immediate Durham-Chapel Hill Jewish community with overlapping membership candidates and lifecycle programming.

Others

• Union for Reform Judaism (URJ): Central body of the North American Reform movement and Judea Reform's major strategic partner. Comparable as the umbrella institution providing programming frameworks, resources, and brand legitimacy to affiliated congregations.
• Jewish Federation of Durham-Chapel Hill: Local Jewish community federation serving the same Triangle geography. Comparable as an adjacent, enabling organization that coordinates community-wide fundraising, social-justice initiatives, and programs that overlap with Judea Reform's portfolio.
• ShulCloud (Shul Solutions Inc.): Cloud-based synagogue management platform that powers Judea Reform's website and digital operations. Comparable as an enabling technology vendor used across the Reform congregational market rather than a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/JudeaReform
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/judea-reform-congregation

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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