Congregation Beth Israel (Asheville, North Carolina)
Congregation Beth Israel (Hebrew: בית ישראל) is a Conservative synagogue located at 229 Murdock Avenue in Asheville, North Carolina. Founded in 1899 as Bikur Cholim, it was an Orthodox breakaway from Asheville's existing synagogue. It hired its first full-time rabbi in 1909, opened a religious school in 1911, and acquired its first synagogue building, which burnt down in 1916, in 1913. The congregation completed its second building in 1924, affiliated with Conservative Judaism in 1949, and changed its name to Beth Israel in 1950. It completed construction of its current building in 1969.
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Congregation Beth Israel (Asheville, North Carolina)
Congregation Beth Israel (Hebrew: בית ישראל) is a Conservative synagogue located at 229 Murdock Avenue in Asheville, North Carolina. Founded in 1899 as Bikur Cholim, it was an Orthodox breakaway from Asheville's existing synagogue. It hired its first full-time rabbi in 1909, opened a religious school in 1911, and acquired its first synagogue building, which burnt down in 1916, in 1913. The congregation completed its second building in 1924, affiliated with Conservative Judaism in 1949, and changed its name to Beth Israel in 1950. It completed construction of its current building in 1969.
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Congregation Beth Israel (Hebr ...... e president was Marc Penansky.
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Co-Presidents: Bruce Brown and Della Simon
Rabbi: Justin Goldstein
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Congregation Beth Israel (Hebr ...... its current building in 1969.
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