Welcome to YIGN!
The Young Israel of Great Neck was founded in 1974 as an affiliate of the National Council of Young Israel which has branches throughout the United States and Israel. The Congregation consists of approximately 250 families and prides itself on the atmosphere of warmth and closeness which pervades the membership. There are multiple minyanim and classes each day of the week servicing our members and the broader Jewish community.

PARHSAT VAYIGASH AND THE POWER OF TAKING ON RESPONSIBILITY (by Rabbi Yaacov Lerner)
Vayigash begins with an impassioned plea by Yehuda to Yosef, still incognito at this point, to release Binyamin from prison and to incarcerate him instead.  Not only does Yosef listen, he goes beyond what Yehuda had hoped for.  Yosef ends the ruse that he had been carrying out, reveals his true identity and instructs the brothers to return home, gather their father and family and bring them back down to Egypt where he will care for all of them. Read More

PARSHA PUNDITS VAYIGASH By David Kufeld
As we sit in our comfortable homes in the “Goldeneh Coast” of Long Island’s fabled North Shore, awaiting another majestic Shabbat amidst luxurious surroundings where we’ll enjoy the “Fleshpots of Egypt” (i.e. cholent & kugel, v’chol matamim), along comes Parshat Vayigash to sternly remind us what our true mindset should be, regarding our “sh’verah golus” in the United States. Read More

In our community area, we have new recipes in the "From our Table to Yours" section.  This portion of the website will have different recipes from our members posted on it weekly.   We are asking all members to please submit homemade, handed down or borrowed recipes to this link which will be read and sorted through by Cindy Gold and Michele Schatz.  We are asking that members not give recipes from cookbooks, we are just looking for original recipes that cannot be found in cookbooks (i.e. ethnic, a grandmother's recipe etc...) with any interesting stories about the recipe as well.  We look forward to eventually compiling all of these delicious recipes into a YIGN cookbook.  If you would like to participate please send an email to recipes@yign.org.

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Upcoming Events

January 7, 2009

Mishmar with Rabbi Shmuel Ismach

January 10, 2009

Saturday Night Sports for 3rd - 6th Grade Boys and Girls

January 10, 2009

Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat

January 14, 2009

Mishmar with Rabbi Shmuel Ismach

January 17, 2009

Saturday Night Sports for 3rd - 6th Grade Boys and Girls

January 17, 2009

Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat

January 21, 2009

Mishmar with Rabbi Shmuel Ismach

January 24, 2009

Shabbat – Parshat Vaeira