Английская Википедия:Congregation Beth Israel (Worcester, Massachusetts)

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Шаблон:For Шаблон:Infobox religious building Congregation Beth Israel (Шаблон:Lang-he) is an egalitarian Conservative synagogue and congregation located at 15 Jamesbury Drive in Worcester, Massachusetts, in the United States.[1] Founded in 1924 as an Orthodox synagogue, the congregation formally affiliated with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism in 1949,[2] and describes itself as the "leading Conservative congregation in Central Massachusetts."[3]

The congregation first worshipped at a house on Pleasant Street; it constructed a synagogue building in its place in 1939.[4] It completed its current location on Jamesbury Drive in 1959.[5][6]

The congregation hired its first permanent rabbi, Israel Chodos, in 1940.[2] Subsequent rabbis have included Emanuel Green (1942-1944), Sidney Guthman (1944-1948), Herbert Ribner (1948–1955), Abraham Kazis (1955–1973),[7] Baruch Goldstein (1971–1986),[7] and Jay Rosenbaum (1983–2003).[8][9][10] In 1994, the synagogue and Rosenbaum were the subject of the book And They Shall be My People: An American Rabbi and His Congregation by Paul Wilkes.[11]

Joel Pitkowsky succeeded Rosenbaum as rabbi in 2003.[12] Pitkowsky left in 2011 and was succeeded by Rabbi Steven Schwarzman.[13] Rabbi Schwarzman left in 2014 and was succeeded by Rabbi Aviva Fellman.

Early history

Beth Israel was founded in 1924 as an Orthodox synagogue. The congregation initially worshiped at 835 Pleasant Street, in a house that had room for up to 75 worshipers. That same year it also founded a Sunday school.[2]

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Pleasant Street building

Beth Israel hired its first permanent rabbi in 1940,[2] and constructed its first building, on Pleasant Street[14] (replacing the existing house)[2] in July 1939[15],[4] at a cost of $75,000 (today $Шаблон:Inflation).[8] The new building's sanctuary could accommodate 500 people.[2] After World War II the congregation grew rapidly, from 242 member families in 1945, to 451 in 1953; by then the Hebrew school had 261 children in it.[8][2] In 1945 the congregation voted to become Conservative, and in 1949 formally joined the United Synagogue of America (now United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism).[2]

Herbert Ribner served as rabbi from 1948 to 1955, and was followed by Abraham Kazis in 1955.[9] In 1957, Beth Israel was the second largest of Worcester's eleven Jewish congregations, with 532 member families; the largest, the Reform Temple Emanuel, had 1,340 member families (42 families were members of both).[16]

Jamesbury Drive building

In 1953, Beth Israel purchased Шаблон:Convert of land on Jamesbury Drive for $42,000 (today $Шаблон:Inflation), and began construction of their current building on it in 1958.[8][6] Completed in 1959,[5][6][9] the building cost $735,000 (today $Шаблон:Formatprice), of which over $300,000 (today $Шаблон:Formatprice) was mortgaged.[8] The building had a main sanctuary that sat 476, a chapel with seating for 110, and a social hall that could accommodate up to 950 people. For the High Holidays, the sanctuary could be expanded into the social hall, providing seating for 1,450.[6] The mortgage was retired in 15 years.[8] The structure at 835 Pleasant Street was sold on September 10, 1959 to the Orthodox Shaarai Torah Synagogue, to serve as its west side branch.[17]

Kazis was succeeded as congregational rabbi by Baruch Goldstein in 1971. A native of Mława (then in East Prussia), Goldstein had been sent to Auschwitz concentration camp in 1942. His entire family perished in the Holocaust, but he survived and emigrated to the United States, where he became a rabbi.[8][18][19]

Goldstein was succeeded by Jay Rosenbaum in 1986.[10] A graduate of New York University and Rutgers University, he had been ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTSA) in 1980.[20]

1990s to present

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South-facing side of Jamesbury Drive building

In the early 1990s, the congregation still numbered around 530 member families.[21] In 1994, the synagogue and Rosenbaum were the subject of the book And They Shall be My People: An American Rabbi and His Congregation, the observations of Paul Wilkes, who had spent two and a half years with Rosenbaum and the congregation.[11]

During that period, the synagogue operated with annual budget deficit, which had risen to $210,000 (today $Шаблон:Inflation). The board of directors raised annual dues from $650 (today $Шаблон:Inflation) to $950 (today $Шаблон:Inflation), but membership fell to 499 families, and Wilkes was concerned that Rosenbaum's job was threatened. By 1995, however, the deficit had been eliminated, and Rosenbaum was signed to a new three-year contract.[21][22][23]

In the fall of 2001, Hazzan Devin Goldenberg was elected the Congregation's cantor, succeeding Hazzan Stephen Freedman. When Rabbi Rosenbaum left to lead Herzl-Ner Tamid Congregation in Mercer Island, Washington in the Spring of 2002, Hazzan Goldenberg continued to lead the Congregation alone until the Fall of 2003 when he was joined by Rabbi Joel Pitkowsky. Rabbi Pitkowsky, a graduate of Rutgers University and who received his ordination at the JTSA in 2001, had served as assistant rabbi of Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale before joining Beth Israel.[12] Marina Shemesh joined as cantor in 2004.[24] She was succeeded in 2010 by Elise Barber, a fifth year cantorial student at Hebrew College.[25]

In 2014, Beth Israel hired its first female rabbi, Aviva Fellman.

Leadership

Rabbinical

Name Years Emeritus
Israel Chodos 1940–1942[26][27]
Emanuel Green 1942–1944 [28]
Sidney Gutman 1944–1948 [29] Herbert Ribner 1948–1955
Abraham Kazis 1955–1973[7]
Baruch Goldstein 1971–1986[7] 1986–2017[30]
Jay Rosenbaum 1986–2002
Joel Pitkowsky 2003–2011
Steven Schwarzman 2011–2014
Aviva Fellman 2014–

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Baruch Goldstein served as Educator from 1952 to 1964 and Assistant Rabbi from 1971 to 1973. He served as the rabbi of Temple Emmanuel in Wakefield, Massachusetts from 1964-1971.[30][7]

Cantorial

Name Years
Stanley Weinberger 1982–1986
Stephen Freedman 1989–2001
Devin Goldenberg 2001–2004
Marina Shemesh 2004–2010
Elise Barber 2010–2012
Annelise Ocanto 2012–2015
Jeri Robins 2015–2017

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Notes

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References

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External links

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  5. ↑ 5,0 5,1 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок Wilkes2000p16 не указан текст
  6. ↑ 6,0 6,1 6,2 6,3 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок Facilities не указан текст
  7. ↑ 7,0 7,1 7,2 7,3 7,4 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок Silent не указан текст
  8. ↑ 8,0 8,1 8,2 8,3 8,4 8,5 8,6 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок Aframe2009 не указан текст
  9. ↑ 9,0 9,1 9,2 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок Borer2009 не указан текст
  10. ↑ 10,0 10,1 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок Wilkes2000p348 не указан текст
  11. ↑ 11,0 11,1 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок Wilkes2000p344 не указан текст
  12. ↑ 12,0 12,1 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок Rabbi не указан текст
  13. ↑ Porter, Laura. Congregation Beth Israel Welcomes New Rabbi to Pulpit. Jewish Central Voice, Aug 2011.
  14. ↑ Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок Wilkes2000p54 не указан текст
  15. ↑ Minutes of Beth Israel meeting, July 17, 1939, Minutes of Board, vol. 1, p. 174.
  16. ↑ Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок WJF1958Report не указан текст
  17. ↑ Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок Feingold1991p50 не указан текст
  18. ↑ Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок Kuffner2005 не указан текст
  19. ↑ Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок UAPC не указан текст
  20. ↑ Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок Herzl не указан текст
  21. ↑ 21,0 21,1 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок Wilkes2000p336 не указан текст
  22. ↑ Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок Flippen1 не указан текст
  23. ↑ Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок Flippen2 не указан текст
  24. ↑ Cantor, Beth Israel website.
  25. ↑ Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок EliseBarber не указан текст
  26. ↑ Anonymous. "Worcester Rabbi to Speak Here Thursday Night." The New London Evening Day, Nov 19 1940.
  27. ↑ Anonymous. "Beth El Elects Rabbi Chodos of Worcester." The Jewish Post (Indiana ed.) v. 11, no. 11, Aug 14 1942.
  28. ↑ Anonymous. "Temple Anshe Amonim To Celebrate 75th Anniversary." The Berkshire Evening Eagle, May 20, 1944.
  29. ↑ Board Minutes, Congregation Beth Israel, vol. 2, pp. 31, 115.
  30. ↑ 30,0 30,1 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок Obit не указан текст
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