Exhibit 23.11



                          Independent Auditors' Consent


The Board of Directors
Interchange Financial Services Corporation:

We consent to the  incorporation  by reference in the current report on Form 8-K
of Interchange  Financial  Services  Corporation of our report dated January 31,
2003 relating to the  consolidated  statements of financial  condition of Bridge
View Bancorp and  subsidiaries as of December 31, 2002 and 2001, and the related
consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each
of the years in the three-year  period ended December 31, 2002,  which report is
contained in Annex E to the Joint Proxy  Statement/Prospectus  forming a part of
Amendment No. 1 to Interchange  Financial  Services  Corporation's  Registration
Statement on Form S-4/A (File No.  333-103256)  as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on March 24, 2003, incorporated herein by reference.


                                            /s/ KPMG LLP

Short Hills, New Jersey
May 14, 2003