The Lakewood Luach – Jewish Community Guide and Directory Website
A community website for Lakewood, NJ with prayer times, shul and kosher eatery directories, and an interactive Hebrew calendar.
- Industry
- Platforms
- Web
- Built with
- Next.js
- MySQL
The project
The Lakewood Luach is a web platform for Jewish individuals and families in Lakewood, New Jersey and nearby communities. Visitors search by location to see daily prayer times (zmanim), find shuls, kosher-certified eateries and local businesses in separate directories, and follow an interactive Hebrew calendar with Jewish holidays, the weekly Parsha and candle lighting times. A map shows listings around the visitor, and community updates, reviews and a contact form round out the site. We built it with Next.js and MySQL.
The challenge
- Zmanim, shul details and kosher dining information sat on separate sites, flyers and group chats.
- Prayer and candle lighting times depend on location, so one fixed list did not serve everyone.
- Newcomers and visitors had no single directory of the community's shuls and businesses.
What we built
- Location search that returns zmanim and listings for where the user is.
- Directories for shuls, businesses and kosher eateries, shown on a map.
- An interactive Hebrew calendar with holidays, Parsha readings and candle lighting times.
- Community updates, reviews and a contact form.
Key features
Location search
Visitors enter or detect a location to get results for their area.
Daily zmanim
Prayer times for the day, worked out for the chosen location.
Shul directory
Synagogues listed with their details and position on the map.
Kosher eatery directory
Kosher-certified restaurants and food shops in one list.
Business directory
Local businesses that serve the community, grouped in one place.
Hebrew calendar
Holidays, Parsha readings and candle lighting times on an interactive calendar.
