Beth Israel Congregation (Salisbury, Maryland)

Beth Israel Congregation
Hebrew: בית ישראל
Beth Israel Congregation (Salisbury, Maryland) is located in Maryland
Beth Israel Congregation (Salisbury, Maryland)
Location in Maryland
Religion
AffiliationConservative Judaism
Synagogue
LeadershipLay–led
StatusActive
Location
Location600 Camden Avenue, Salisbury, Maryland 21801
CountryUnited States
Coordinates38°21′27″N 75°36′20″W / 38.357542°N 75.605432°W / 38.357542; -75.605432
Architecture
Established1925 (as a congregation)
Completed1951
Website
bethisraelsalisbury.com
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Beth Israel Congregation (Hebrew: בית ישראל) is a Conservative Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 600 Camden Avenue, in Salisbury, Maryland, in the United States.

History

Founded in 1925,[2] it was organized by I.L. Benjamin upon the death of his father, and originally called Kahelas Israel Congregation. At the time there were only nine Jewish families in Salisbury.[3]

Beth Israel moved to its current building in 1951.[1]

In 2006 the congregation was recognized by both the Wicomico County and Salisbury councils for eighty years of providing services and programs to "residents of the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland, Delaware and Virginia".[2][4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 About Us, Synagogue website. Accessed November 3, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Wicomico County MD Council Minutes Archived August 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, June 20, 2006.
  3. ↑ Glushakow, Abraham Dave. A Pictorial History of Maryland Jewry, Jewish Voice Publishing Company, 1955, p. 48.
  4. ↑ "City of Salisbury, Maryland Council Minutes" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 20, 2011. (36.3 KB), #11 Meeting, June 12, 2006.
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