Congregation Beth Israel (Onset, Massachusetts)
| Congregation Beth Israel | |
|---|---|
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Orthodox Judaism |
| Leadership | Eli and Wenday Hauser[1] |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | Onset, Massachusetts, United States |
| Geographic coordinates | 41°44′36″N 70°39′04″W / 41.743284°N 70.651231°WCoordinates: 41°44′36″N 70°39′04″W / 41.743284°N 70.651231°W |
| Materials | Clapboard[2] |
| Website | |
| [1] | |
Congregation Beth Israel (Hebrew: בית ישראל) is an Orthodox congregation located in Onset, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod.[3] It is famous as the summer synagogue of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik and some of his students from the 1950s until the mid-1960s, when his wife died.[2][4] The clapboard building was originally a furniture store, before it was converted to a synagogue in 1948.[2]
Initially a destination for Jewish vacationers from Boston, Beth Israel now attracts Jews from Toronto, Montreal, and New York City from a "wide cross-section of Orthodoxy", including "Young Israel, Chabad, Chasidim from Montreal, Charedim, Carlebach Chasidim, very-left wing (Edah) and 'Conservadox'." The synagogue maintains three daily minyans throughout the summer and through the High Holidays.[2][5]
Notes
- ^ Contact Us, Synagogue website. Accessed September 1, 2009.
- ^ a b c d Barlow, Rich. "Summering with spirit: Keep the faith on vacation at seasonal houses of worship", The Boston Globe, August 14, 2005.
- ^ Places to Stay, Synagogue website. Accessed September 1, 2009.
- ^ Resnick, Elliot. "Beaches, Cottages ... And Shul Draw Vacationers to Onset, Massachusetts", The Jewish Press, June 18, 2008.
- ^ Klug, Lisa Alcalay. "Port Town Harbors ‘Oasis of Judaism’", The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, September 15, 2005.