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Buffalo/Amherst/Williamsville, NY

About This Community

The Greater Buffalo Orthodox community, which includes neighborhoods in North Buffalo, Amherst, and Williamsville, is a warm and accepting community with several shuls, a high-quality grade school (Ohr Temimim), and three kosher dining options.

The Buffalo metro area features many employment and recreational opportunities and is easily drivable—nothing is more than 20 minutes away, and there is no real traffic. Amherst was named New York State’s “Best Place to Live” by Money Magazine in 2018.

Young Israel of Greater Buffalo is an extremely friendly and welcoming shul with consistent daily minyanim and shiurim, including Jews from a variety of backgrounds and a dynamic new rav, Rabbi Avi Okin. Young Israel's nusach is Ashkenaz, but the kehillah includes a growing number of Chabad families as well. The Young Israel neighborhood is very safe and quiet, and is surrounded by a kosher eruv that also encompasses three other shuls. Houses near the shul (and other area shuls) can be purchased for around $300,000.

Located 30 minutes from Niagara Falls and right off the I-90 interstate, Young Israel receives an enormous number of visitors, particularly in the summer. Many Jewish travelers also come to Buffalo to visit the nearby kever of Rabbi Eliyahu Yosef Rabinowitz, the Linitz-Slavita Rebbe of Buffalo--the first Admor to be buried in the US.

Other shuls in the Buffalo area include Kehillat Ohr Tzion (Nusach Ashkenaz), Knesset Center (Chabad), Saranac Shul/Achei Tmimim (OU member, Nusach Sfard), Jewish Discovery Center (Chabad), and Center for Jewish Life (Chabad). There’s also a Chabad House on the University at Buffalo campus.

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Our Community Amenities

Education
Yeshiva Elementary Day School
Chabad Day School
Extra Curricular Programs
NCSY CTeens
Religious Life
Kosher Dining
Dairy Restaurants Meat Restaurants
Kosher Food Availability
Kosher Store Kosher food widely available in local supermarket Chalav Yisroel
Mikvah
Shabbos Mikvah within walking distance
Minyanim
Daily Minyanim (Shacharis/Mincha/Maariv) Available
Nusach
Ashkenazic Ari
Other Resources
Eruv
Economics
Mass Transit Available
Fair Participation
2013 Fair 2013
Kehillat Ohr Tzion NY, Buffalo, 879 Hopkins Rd
(631) 371-4201
Chabad Knesset Center NY, Buffalo, 500 Starin Ave
(716) 832-5063
Young Israel Of Greater Buffalo NY, Buffalo, 105 Maple Road
716-634-0212
The Saranac Synagogue: Congregation Achei Tmimim NY, Buffalo, 85 Saranac Avenue
716-876-1284, 716-983-7355
Chabad Family Shul NY, Buffalo, 757 Hopkins Rd
Jewish Discovery Center NY, Buffalo , 831 Maple Rd.
(716) 245-9520

Our Community Contacts

Rabbi Avi Okin (862-438-4094) 862-438-4094
NCSY Tri-State
tristate@ncsy.org 212-613-8289