Effective Date: September 27th, 2026
Last Updated: September 27th, 2026
Congregation Keneseth Israel (“KI,” “the Congregation,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects the privacy of people who visit our website, contact us, participate in our programs, or otherwise interact with us. This Privacy Policy explains how we may collect, use, and share information through our website and related online services.
The information we collect depends on how you interact with KI.
You may provide information when you contact us, subscribe to our newsletter, inquire about membership, register for a service, event, or program, make a donation, submit a website form, or communicate with our staff. This may include your name, email address, phone number, mailing address, and the contents of your message.
Depending on the service or program, you may also provide information about your household or family, religious school or youth program participation, event attendance, dietary or accessibility needs, donations, memorial plaques, cemetery matters, or payment transactions.
Please avoid sending sensitive personal information through a general website form or email unless KI specifically requests it through an appropriate channel.
When you use our website, the site or its service providers may collect technical information such as your internet protocol (IP) address, browser and device information, pages visited, and the date and time of your visit. This information may be used to operate, secure, and understand use of the website.
We may use information to:
Respond to questions and requests.
Provide information about membership, worship, education, events, and other KI programs.
Administer membership, registrations, donations, payments, and related services.
Communicate with members, families, donors, volunteers, and others who have asked to hear from us.
Maintain records related to religious school, youth, lifecycle, memorial, or cemetery activities.
Operate, maintain, and protect our website, website forms, and online services.
Meet legal, accounting, safety, and recordkeeping responsibilities.
We do not sell personal information for money. We may share information in these circumstances:
Service providers: With organizations that help us operate our website, forms, communications, programs, membership services, event registrations, or payment services. These providers may process information on our behalf to provide services to KI.
Benevolate: Benevolate manages KI’s website and website forms. Information submitted through those forms may be processed by Benevolate to provide website and form management services to KI.
With your direction or consent: When you ask us to share information or otherwise authorize a disclosure.
For legal or safety reasons: When we believe disclosure is required by law or is reasonably necessary to protect people, KI, or the security of our services.
Organizational relationships: With affiliated or partner organizations when needed to administer a program or activity, consistent with the information provided when you participate.
Third-party services linked from our website may collect information directly from you and may have their own privacy policies. Their practices are governed by those policies.
KI offers religious school and youth programs. Information about a child may be provided by a parent or guardian when the child is enrolled in or participates in a program.
Parents and guardians should use the program’s designated enrollment and communication channels and avoid submitting children’s information through general website forms unless requested. Questions about information collected for a particular program may be directed to KI using the contact information below.
Our website and its service providers may use cookies or similar technologies to support website functions, remember preferences, help protect the site, or understand website usage. You can adjust your browser settings to limit or block cookies. Some website features may not work as intended if cookies are disabled.
We use reasonable measures designed to protect information handled through our operations. No website, electronic transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Policy, including to administer programs and services, maintain appropriate records, resolve issues, and meet legal obligations. Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the reason it was collected.
You may unsubscribe from email communications using the instructions in the message or contact KI to update your communication preferences.
You may also contact KI to ask about personal information you have provided or to request a correction. We may need to retain some information for administrative, legal, safety, historical, or recordkeeping purposes.
Our website may link to third-party websites and services, including donation, volunteer, social media, educational, event, or cemetery-related services. This Policy does not govern those third parties. Please review their privacy notices before providing information to them.
We may update this Policy as our practices or services change. We will post the updated version on this page and revise the “Last Updated” date.
For questions about this Privacy Policy or KI’s privacy practices, contact:
Congregation Keneseth Israel
– 2227 West Chew Street
Allentown, PA 18104
– Phone: 610-435-9074
– Contact KI
