Temple Beth Israel (or Reconstructionist Temple Beth Israel of Bergen County) is a Reconstructionist synagogue located at 34 West Magnolia Avenue in Maywood, New Jersey. Established in 1928, it moved to its current location, a former church, in 1931. 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.

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  • Temple Beth Israel (or Reconstructionist Temple Beth Israel of Bergen County) is a Reconstructionist synagogue located at 34 West Magnolia Avenue in Maywood, New Jersey. Established in 1928, it moved to its current location, a former church, in 1931. 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. In the 2000s the congregation realized that of its six Torah scrolls, two were not kosher, 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. 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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  • 34 West Magnolia Avenue,
    Maywood, New Jersey,
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  • Temple Beth Israel (or Reconstructionist Temple Beth Israel of Bergen County) is a Reconstructionist synagogue located at 34 West Magnolia Avenue in Maywood, New Jersey. Established in 1928, it moved to its current location, a former church, in 1931. 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.
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  • Temple Beth Israel (Bergen County, New Jersey)
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