- Temple Beth Israel (Bergen County, New Jersey)
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location = 34 West Magnolia Avenue,Maywood, New Jersey , flag|United States
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latitude =40.898314
longitude =-74.065747
religious_affiliation =Reconstructionist Judaism
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functional_status =Active
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leadership =Student Rabbi: Jarah Greenfield [http://www.rtbi-online.org/jarah.htm Rabbi Jarah] , Synagogue website, Religious Life. Accessed July 24, 2008.]
website =http://www.rtbi-online.org/
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designated =Temple Beth Israel (or Reconstructionist Temple Beth Israel of Bergen County) is a Reconstructionist
synagogue located at 34 West Magnolia Avenue inMaywood, New Jersey . [http://www.rtbi-online.org/ Synagogue website] . Accessed July 24, 2008.] Established in 1928, it moved to its current location, a former church, in 1931. [http://www.rtbi-online.org/congreg.htm Who are we?] , Synagogue website. Accessed July 23, 2008.]Originally Conservative, in the 1990s Beth Israel was faced with declining membership and a building that needed significant capital investment. To help address these issues the membership decided to move to the Reconstructionist movement in 1997.Gibson, David. "A Collective Leap of Faith", "The Record", May 25, 1997.]
In the 2000s the congregation realized that of its six
Torah scrolls, two were notkosher , and the rest needed repair. They decided to give away the non-kosher ones, repair and sell one of the kosher scrolls, and use the proceeds to fix the remaining three.Rosen, Jane Calem. [http://www.jstandard.com/articles/2896/1/Two-shuls-and-a-Torah "Two shuls and a Torah"] , "Jewish Standard ", 07/05/2007.]Beth Israel is the only synagogue in Maywood, and the only Reconstructionist synagogue in the region, with a membership drawn from 22 communities. As of 2008, the student rabbi was Jarah Greenfield.
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* [http://www.rtbi-online.org/ Synagogue website]
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