2026-03-30T19:00:57-07:00 2024-12-31 990 2024-01-01 455499518 INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH CONTINUITY INC INST 4104866672 7504 Seven Mile Lane Baltimore MD 21208 Shmuel Silber Executive Director 4438034354 2026-03-31 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Rabbi Shmuel Silber 7504 Seven Mile Lane Baltimore MD 21208 54261 0 X rabbisilber.com X 2013 MD The Institute for Jewish Continuity is dedicated to providing educational instruction and inspiration to a diverse population by offering meaning and contemporary relevance in the teachings of the Bible and various Rabbinic texts. With a variety of in-person classes on many different topics, the IJC helps students analyze text and develop skills. Classes occur at our home center in Baltimore, Maryland. The classes offered directly by the Institute or under its auspices begin at 5:45am and extend until 9pm at night, our in-person attendance is growing and our influence expanding. Through the IJC's multiple online platforms the messages and meaningful insights are shared across the world. The YouTube channel has over three thousand subscribers, with a library of more close to nine thousand classes. The podcast has close to two million downloads and the website and Spotify channel have a voluminous amount of daily traffic. Weekly emails are sent to almost two thousand recipients. 5 5 0 12 0 0 73472 54261 0 0 0 0 0 0 73472 54261 0 0 0 0 35000 44512 0 0 0 31962 17660 66962 62172 6510 -7911 723913 716002 263412 254883 460501 461119 The formal charitable purpose listed in the Articles of Incorporation of the Organization is to provide adult educational programming on the topics of Jewish ritual and perspectives. In practice, the Organization provides a broad curriculum of in person and online courses in which over One Thousand people participate during the course of the year, many if not most on a repeat, regular and committed basis. The Program Service Accomplishments below are broken down according to the curriculum categories on the Organization's website. The Organization has many students that participate through the Organization's YouTube channel at:https://www.youtube.com/@InstituteatSuburban/featured. 0 0 15543 0 13566 The "Torah" portion of the Organization's curriculum includes classes on Parsha (the components into which the Five Books of Moses are divided for purposes of Synagogue liturgy", the Prophets (the subsequent portions of the Jewish Bible); the Mishna (the codified Tannaic statements forming the basis of Jewish oral law); the Talmud (the later discussion of that law); and the codified Halacha -- rules of practice and tradition pertaining to the entire lifecycle of the Jewish experience. 15543 0 13565 The next component of the Organization's curriculum relates to the Sabbath and Holidays. The weekly sabbath and the various holidays of the Jewish year form an integral part of Jewish life and the laws, customs and traditions of these days forms a significant part of the curriculum of the Organization. 15543 0 13565 Classes relating to principles and tenets of Jewish Life -- including following Jewish Law regarding marriage, belief, food, business, and other matters forms a key part of the curriculum of the Organization. These are the day to day manifestations of Jewish practice that hold Jewish life together at the individual and communal levels. 15543 0 13565 Hashkafa - roughly translated as "outlook" relates to the manner in which a believing and purposeful Jew relates to the daily events of life and the events that form the milestones of the Jewish year and an individual's life. 15543 0 13565 62172 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 X 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 MD X Shimmy Messing 4104866672 7504 Seven Mile Lane Baltimore MD 21208 Shimmy Messing Trustee and Treasurer 0.5 0 X X 0 0 0 Rabbi Dr Ivan Lerner Trustee and President 0.5 0 X X 0 0 0 Yehuda Neuberger Trustee 0.5 0 X 0 0 0 Dr Frona Brown Trustee 0.5 0 X 0 0 0 Edward Miller Trustee and Secretary 0.5 0 X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15000 0 39261 0 54261 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54261 0 0 0 X 19512 19512 25000 25000 1379 1379 3257 3257 743 743 4295 4295 2621 2621 Bais Yaakov 1500 1500 0 0 IRS Penalty 3865 3865 0 0 0 62172 62172 0 0 8913 1002 715000 0 715000 715000 723913 716002 263412 254883 263412 254883 X 0 0 440970 441908 19531 19211 460501 461119 723913 716002 X -7911 8529 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 715000 0 715000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 715000 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Schedule E, Part I, Line 3 The nondiscrimination policy is prominently displayed on the organization's website. Schedule E, Part I, Line 4 The activities of the Organization are open at all times to people of any background. Schedule E, Part I, Line 7 The programming of the Organization does not provide the formality of process generally associated with Rev. Proc. 75-80. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b This 990 will be circulated at the next Organization board meeting. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c While it would be highly unusual for a conflict of interest to arise, the Organization has circulated its conflict of interest policy and will discuss at the next board meeting. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 These materials are available by request. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e IRS Penalties - $3865 Credit Card Bill - $3257 Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 Adjustment to carried values (non depreciated real estate as necessary) to balance accounts.