Congregation Beth Israel (Berkeley, California)

For similarly named synagogues, see Beth Israel.

Congregation Beth Israel

Hebrew: בית ישראל

Religion
Affiliation| Modern Orthodox Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organizational status| Synagogue
Leadership| Rabbi Yonatan Cohen
Status| Active
Location
Location| 1630 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, California
Country| United States

Location in Berkeley

Geographic coordinates| 37°51′58″N 122°16′40″W﻿ / ﻿37.86609°N 122.27791°W﻿ / 37.86609; -122.27791
Architecture
Date established| 1909 (as a congregation)
Completed|

* 1924 (Bancroft & Jefferson)
* 2005 (Bancroft Way)

Specifications
Capacity| 176
Materials| Cement façade; Western red cedar roof
Website
cbiberkeley.org
[1][2][3]

Congregation Beth Israel (Hebrew: בית ישראל) is a Modern Orthodox synagogue in Berkeley, California, in the United States.[4] Established in 1924 as the Berkeley Hebrew Center,[5] it traces its origins to the First Hebrew Congregation of Berkeley, founded in 1909.[6] It was Berkeley's first synagogue and remains its oldest.[7] Lay-led for four decades, it hired its first rabbi, Saul Berman, in 1963.[8]

Berman served until 1969, and was succeeded by Yosef Leibowitz, who served for 15 years.[8][9] During the 1980s and early 1990s Beth Israel was at the vanguard of the baal teshuva movement in Modern Orthodox Judaism.[10]

In 1999 the congregation began an $8 million fund-raising campaign to build a new synagogue, a replica of the Przedbórz Synagogue, destroyed in Poland by the Nazis, during the Holocaust in 1942.[2][11][12] Difficult economic times restricted fundraising efforts, and instead the congregation completed a more modest structure in 2005.[3][2] As of 2022[update], the rabbi was Yonatan Cohen.[1]

## Early years[edit]

Congregation Beth Israel was established as the Berkeley Hebrew Center at 1630 Bancroft Way, the first, and still-oldest synagogue in Berkeley, California.[4][7] Though the cornerstone was laid in 1924, the congregation traces its roots back to 1909, when Martin Meyer, rabbi of San Francisco's Congregation Emanu-El, founded the First Hebrew Congregation of Berkeley.[5][6][13] From 1913 to 1916 Meyer's disciple Louis Israel Newman served as rabbi. During this period, small groups of Jews would rent space above stores in downtown Berkeley for Shabbat and holiday services. In 1924, under the name "Berkeley Hebrew Center", members of the First Hebrew Congregation of Berkeley built their first permanent home at the corner of Bancroft and Jefferson Streets.[5][14]

Though during its first decades the synagogue was lay-led,[8] in its early years it received significant guidance and support from Meyer and Newman, both Reform rabbis. Nevertheless, the congregation was quite traditional; the kitchen was kosher, members covered their heads, the traditional prayer book was used. While the Friday night services "resembled Reform practice... the High Holiday services were clearly closer to Orthodox practice."[5]

## Post–World War II growth[edit]

In the 1950s and 1960s Beth Israel benefited from an influx of students and faculty from University of California, Berkeley. Many of the graduate students had grown up in Orthodox homes, and many of the faculty were becoming more observant. These new members organized Shabbat services, and "pressed for the hiring of a rabbi".[15] In 1963 Beth Israel decided to hire its first rabbi, an Orthodox one, and chose Saul Berman, who had been ordained by the Modern Orthodox Yeshiva University.[8][16][17] Berman increased levels of observance in the organization, and turned the sometimes sporadic Sunday school into a more educationally rigorous three-times-a-week Hebrew school. This in turn attracted new families to the congregation.[5] Berman would serve until 1969, and go on to become "a leading voice of modern Orthodoxy."[8]

Berman was succeeded by Yosef Leibowitz; Beth Israel was his first pulpit.[18] Leibowitz would serve for fifteen years, before moving to Israel in 1984,[9] and was succeeded first by Joseph Ozarowski, then by Manny Forman.[18] During this period Beth Israel became one of the "flagship" synagogues of baal teshuva movement in Modern Orthodoxy, the adoption of Orthodox observance by "highly educated, prosperous, professional young people, mainly from non-Orthodox backgrounds, and often with meager Jewish educations".[10]

Eliezer Finkelman served as rabbi from 1992 to 2000,[18][19] before moving to the East Coast of the United States.[20] He was succeeded by Yair Silverman, a Montreal native who had lived in Israel for five years, and served in the Israel Defense Forces for a year, before being ordained by Yeshiva University in 1999.[20]

## New building[edit]

In 1999 the congregation began a campaign to construct new building;[11] the old building had only one room, a very low ceiling, no air conditioning,[3] and was "seismically unsafe".[21] The plan was to build a replica of the Przedbórz Synagogue in Poland, considered to be among the most beautiful of the Polish–Lithuanian wooden synagogues,[12] and burned down by the Nazis in 1942.[2] Costs had initially been budgeted at $8 million, but fundraising was slowed by collapse of the dot-com bubble and the economic effects of the September 11 attacks.[11] The project was scaled back to $3.5 million in 2002,[22] and then abandoned in March 2003, after only $2 million was raised.[11]

Earlier that year, in January, the congregation acquired its first new Torah scroll in its 75-year history, at a cost of $40,000. The synagogue already had three Torah scrolls, but they had been acquired used in the 1950s. Though repaired over time, "due to wear and tear" they were becoming unusable.[23]

The following year[18] construction began on a new building that looked similar to the previous one.[21] During its construction, which was on the existing lot, services were held in various temporary locations.[18] Completed in 2005, the design included a replica of the Przedbórz synagogue's "intricately carved" wooden charity box, and wooden floors and ceilings.[2] While the façade was cement,[2] the roof, almost 30 feet (9.1 m) high, was constructed of western red cedar.[3] The sanctuary had seating for 176 people, and the back wall separating the sanctuary from the social hall could be raised by a pulley system, creating one large combined room.[3] At the time, the congregation had 165 member families.[2]

## Recent events[edit]

Silverman returned to Israel in 2006, and was replaced by Yonatan Cohen. Cohen, a native of Israel who grew up outside Tel Aviv, had moved with his family to Montreal when he was 10. Though his parents were not observant, Cohen became more-so, aligning first with the Conservative movement, and then studying at the "Modern Open Orthodox" Yeshivat Chovevei Torah in New York City, headed by Rabbi Avi Weiss.[24]

Rabbi Max Davis, a 2008 graduate of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, joined the congregation that year as rabbinic educator. He earned his master's degree in Jewish education from Yeshiva University in 2009, and in August 2010 he moved to Congregation B'nai Torah of Springfield, Massachusetts.[25]

As of 2019[update], the rabbi was Yonatan Cohen.[1]

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ a b c About Our Rabbi, Beth Israel website
2. ^ a b c d e f g Wall (2005).
3. ^ a b c d e Eszkenazi (2005).
4. ^ a b Beth Israel website.
5. ^ a b c d e History, Beth Israel website.
6. ^ a b Willis (2005), p. 101.
7. ^ a b Isaac (2009), p. 47.
8. ^ a b c d e Brandt (2000).
9. ^ a b Shaikun (2006).
10. ^ a b Bershtel & Graubard (1993), p 201.
11. ^ a b c d Bell (2003).
12. ^ a b Mason (2002).
13. ^ Congregation Beth Israel (Berkeley, Calif.) records, 1909-1979, Judah L. Magnes Museum website.
14. ^ Louis Newman papers, 1915-1972, Judah L. Magnes Museum website.
15. ^ According to History, Beth Israel website. According to Postal & Koppman (1986), p. 64, Beth Israel was "taken over in the 1950s by a group of Orthodox Jewish scientists at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory".
16. ^ Our Staff, Edah website.
17. ^ Isaac (2009), p. 64.
18. ^ a b c d e Past Rabbis, Beth Israel website.
19. ^ Conference Speakers' Bios, "The Quest For Holiness", Edah website.
20. ^ a b Strausberg (2001).
21. ^ a b Artz (2005).
22. ^ According to Bell (2003). According to Mason (2002), the congregation hoped to raise $3.5 million on top of the $2 million already raised.
23. ^ Kravetz (2003).
24. ^ Pine (2006).
25. ^ Dresner (2010).

## References[edit]

* Congregation Beth Israel website. Accessed February 14, 2010.
* History, Congregation Beth Israel website. Accessed February 14, 2010.
* Past Rabbis, Congregation Beth Israel website. Accessed February 14, 2010.
* About Our Rabbi, Congregation Beth Israel website. Accessed April 4, 2019.
* Artz, Matthew. " Berkeley’s Synagogue Building Boom", Berkeley Daily Planet, June 7, 2005.
* Bell, June. "Wooden Synagogue Project Abandoned", The Jewish Daily Forward, March 21, 2003.
* Bershtel, Sara; Graubard, Allen. Saving Remnants: Feeling Jewish in America, University of California Press, 1993. ISBN 978-0-520-08512-1
* Brandt, Joshua. "Beth Israel celebrates 75th year -- and future", J. The Jewish News of Northern California, January 7, 2000.
* Dresner, Stacey. "B'nai Torah to welcome new rabbi"[permanent dead link], Jewish Ledger, July 22, 2010.
* Our Staff, Edah website. Accessed February 14, 2010.
* Conference Speakers' Bios, "The Quest For Holiness", Edah website. Accessed February 14, 2010.
* Eskenazi, Joe. "Three Berkeley synagogues build virtually simultaneously", J. The Jewish News of Northern California, October 14, 2005.
* Isaac, Frederick. Jews of Oakland and Berkeley, Arcadia Publishing, 2009. ISBN 978-0-7385-7033-4
* "Congregation Beth Israel (Berkeley, Calif.) records, 1909-1979.", Collection description, Judah L. Magnes Museum website. Accessed February 14, 2010.
* "Louis Newman papers, 1915-1972.", Collection description, Judah L. Magnes Museum website. Accessed February 14, 2010.
* Kravetz, Lee. "Beth Israel's newest 'member,' a Torah, gets a warm welcome", J. The Jewish News of Northern California, January 24, 2003.
* Mason, Margie. "Berkeley Congregation Plans to Re-Create 17th Century Temple", Los Angeles Times, January 26, 2002.
* Pine, Dan. "New rabbi having a ‘blast’ at Berkeley congregation", J. The Jewish News of Northern California, October 6, 2006.
* Postal, Bernard; Koppman, Lionel. American Jewish Landmarks: A Travel Guide and History, Fleet Press, 1986. ISBN 978-0-8303-0164-5
* Shaikun, Phyllis. "113056 Yosef Leibowitz Is Named the 2006 Goldstein/Leibson Scholar-in-Residence[permanent dead link], Jewish Community Federation of Louisville website. Accessed February 14, 2010.
* Strausberg, Maya. "Beth Israel's 'young' rabbi relishes challenge of new job", J. The Jewish News of Northern California, August 24, 2001.
* Wall, Alexandra J. "Berkeley’s Beth Israel lays stones for the future", J. The Jewish News of Northern California, May 27, 2005.
* Willis, Burl. Picturing Berkeley: A Postcard History, Gibbs Smith, 2005. ISBN 978-1-58685-468-3

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Hawaii|

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Idaho|

* Ahavath Beth Israel (Boise)

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| Chicago|

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New Mexico|

* Albert (Albuquerque)
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New York|

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* Adath Israel
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* Yetev Lev D'Satmar (Rodney Street, Williamsburg)
* K'hal Adath Jeshurun

Long Island|

* Jewish Center (Atlantic Beach)
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* Jewish Center (Jericho)
* Emanu-El (Long Beach)
* Reconstructionist Synagogue (Plandome)
* Beth Israel (Port Washington)
* Adas Israel (Sag Harbor)
* Aish Kodesh (Woodmere)

Manhattan|

* Altneu
* Sixth Street (East Village)
* Meserich (East Village)
* Beth Israel West Side (Garment District)
* Millinery Center (Garment District)
* Old Broadway (Harlem)
* Actor's Temple (Hells Kitchen)
* Fort Tryon (Hudson Heights)
* Lincoln Square (Lincoln Square)
* Bialystoker (Lower East Side)
* City Congregation for Humanistic Judaism (Lower East Side)
* Chasam Sopher (Lower East Side)
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* Kehila Kedosha Janina (Lower East Side)
* Shul of New York (Lower East Side)
* Stanton Street (Lower East)
* Talmud Torah Adereth El (Lower East Side)
* Lab/Shul (Lower West Side)
* Beit Simchat Torah (Midtown)
* Central Synagogue (Midtown)
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* TriBeCa Synagogue (Tribeca)
* Temple Emanu-El, 1930 (Upper East Side)
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* Israel of the City of New York (Upper East Side)
* Kehilath Jeshurun (Upper East Side)
* Or Zarua (Upper East Side)
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* Park East (Upper East Side)
* Edmond J. Safra (Upper East Side)
* Shaaray Tefila (Upper East Side)
* Temple of Universal Judaism (Upper East Side)
* Ansche Chesed (Upper West Side)
* B'nai Jeshurun (Upper West Side)
* Habonim (Upper West Side)
* Jewish Center (Upper West Side)
* Kol Zimrah (Upper West Side)
* Ohab Zedek (Upper West Side)
* Ramath Orah (Upper West Side)
* Rodeph Sholom (Upper West Side)
* Romemu (Upper West Side)
* Shaare Zedek (Upper West Side)
* Shearith Israel (Upper West Side)
* Society for the Advancement of Judaism (Upper West Side)
* Stephen Wise Free (Upper West Side)
* Hebrew Tabernacle of Washington Heights (Washington Heights)
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* Mount Sinai (Washington Heights)

Queens|

* Center of Israel (Astoria)
* Etz Hayim at Hollis Hills (Bayside)
* Tifereth Israel (Corona)
* Free (Flushing)
* Georgian Jews (Forest Hills)
* Queens Center (Forest Hills)
* Rego Park (Rego Park)

* Beth Emeth (Albany)
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* B'nai Israel (Fleischmanns)
* Hunter (Hunter)
* Kerhonkson Synagogue (Kerhonkson)
* Loch Sheldrake Synagogue (Loch Sheldrake)
* Agudas Achim (Livingston Manor)
* Hebrew Congregation (Mountaindale)
* Jewish Center (Norwich)
* Beth Israel (Plattsburgh)
* Kneses Tifereth Israel (Port Chester)
* B'rith Kodesh (Rochester)
* Temple Beth Tzedek
* South Fallsburg Hebrew Association {South Fallsburg)
* Emanu-El (Staten Island)
* Anshei Glen Wild (Sullivan County)
* Bikur Cholim B'nai Israel (Swan Lake)
* Society of Concord (Syracuse)
* Berith Sholom (Troy)
* Beth Joseph Synagogue (Tupper Lake)
* Spring Glen Synagogue (Wawarsing)
* Ulster Heights Synagogue (Wawarsing)
* West Point Jewish Chapel (West Point)
* Temple Israel (White Plains)
* B'nai Israel (Woodbourne)
* Ohave Shalom (Woodridge)
* Lincoln Park (Yonkers)

North Carolina|

* Beth Israel (Asheville)
* Temple Israel (Charlotte)
* Temple Israel (Kinston)
* Emanuel (Statesville)
* Temple of Israel (Wilmington)

North Dakota|

* B'nai Israel (Grand Forks)

Ohio|

* Tifereth-Israel (Beachwood)
* Agudas Achim (Bexley)
* Golf Manor (Cincinnati)
* Rockdale (Cincinnati)
* Wise Temple (Cincinnati)
* Anshe Chesed Fairmount (Cleveland)
* Oheb Zedek Cedar Sinai (Cleveland)
* Park Synagogue (Cleveland)
* Silver Sanctuary (Cleveland)
* Temple Israel (Columbus)
* Temple Israel (Dayton)
* Beth Israel (Hamilton)
* B'nai Israel (Toledo)

Oklahoma|

* B'nai Israel (Oklahoma City)
* Temple Israel (Tulsa)

Oregon|

* Beth Israel (Eugene)
* Beth Israel (Portland)
* Neveh Shalom (Portland)
* Shaarie Torah (Portland)

Pennsylvania|

| Philadelphia|

* Beit Harambam
* Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel
* B'nai Abraham
* Henry S. Frank Memorial
* Germantown Jewish Centre
* Keneseth Israel
* Mikveh Israel
* Rodeph Shalom
* Shivtei Yeshuron-Ezras Israel
* Society Hill
* South Philadelphia Shtiebel
* Vilna Congregation
* YPC Shari-Eli

|

* Beth Israel (Altoona)
* Beth Israel (Chester County)
* B'nai Shalom (Easton)
* Anshe Hesed (Erie)
* Beth Shalom (Elkins Park)
* Kesher Israel (Harrisburg)
* Ohev Sholom (Harrisburg)
* Beth Israel (Honesdale)
* Beth Israel (Lebanon)
* Beth Or (Maple Glen)
* Adath Israel of the Main Line (Merion)
* B'nai Jacob (Middletown)
* Rodef Shalom (Pittsburgh)
* Tree of Life – Or L'Simcha (Pittsburgh)
* Kesher Zion (Reading)
* Beth Israel (Washington)
* Beth Israel (York)

Rhode Island|

* Touro (Newport)
* Beth-El (Providence)
* Sons of Jacob (Providence)

South Carolina|

* Beth Israel (Beaufort)
* Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston)
* House of Peace (Columbia)
* Beth Israel (Florence)
* Beth Elohim (Georgetown)
* Kol Ami (Fort Mill)
* Sinai (Sumter)

Tennessee|

* Adas Israel (Brownsville)
* Mizpah (Chattanooga)
* B'nai Israel (Jackson)
* Baron Hirsch (Memphis)
* Israel (Memphis)
* Ohabai Sholom (Nashville)
* Sherith Israel (Nashville)

Texas|

* Agudas Achim (Austin)
* Beth Israel (Austin)
* Emanuel (Beaumont)
* B'nai Abraham (Brenham)
* Emanu-El (Dallas)
* Beth Jacob (Galveston)
* B'nai Israel (Galveston)
* Beth Israel (Houston)
* Beth Yeshurun (Houston)
* Sinai (Houston)
* Beth-El (San Antonio)

Utah|

* B'rith Sholem (Ogden)
* Kol Ami (Salt Lake City)

Vermont|

* Ohavi Zedek (Burlington)
* Old Ohavi Zedek (Burlington)
* Rutland Jewish Center

Virginia|

* Agudas Achim (Alexandria)
* Beth El (Alexandria)
* Beth Israel (Charlottesville)
* Rodef Shalom (Falls Church)
* Sinai (Newport News)
* Commodore Levy Chapel (Norfolk)
* Beth Ahabah (Richmond)
* Kol Emes (Richmond)
* Beth Israel (Roanoke)
* Adath Israel (Rutland)
* House of Israel (Staunton)
* Beth El (Winchester)

Washington|

* Beth Israel (Bellingham)
* Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath (Seattle)
* Ezra Bessaroth (Seattle)
* Kavana Cooperative (Seattle)
* Sephardic Bikur Holim (Seattle)
* De Hirsch Sinai (Seattle and Belleview)

West Virginia|

* Ohev Sholom (Huntington)
* Shalom (Wheeling)

Wisconsin|

* Beth El (Madison)
* Beth Israel Ner Tamid (Milwaukee)
* Emanu-El B'ne Jeshurun (River Hills)

Wyoming|

* Mt Sinai (Cheyenne)

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