Beth Jacob Congregation (Beverly Hills, California)

Beth Jacob Congregation

Beth Jacob Congregation in 2015
Basic information
Location 9030 West Olympic Boulevard, Beverly Hills, California
Geographic coordinates 34°3′33.08″N 118°23′20.26″W / 34.0591889°N 118.3889611°W / 34.0591889; -118.3889611Coordinates: 34°3′33.08″N 118°23′20.26″W / 34.0591889°N 118.3889611°W / 34.0591889; -118.3889611
Affiliation Orthodox Judaism
Website Website
Direction of façade North

Beth Jacob Congregation is a synagogue in Beverly Hills, California. It is the largest Orthodox synagogue in the Western United States.[1]

Location

The synagogue is located at 9030 on West Olympic Boulevard in Beverly Hills, California.[2]

History

The congregation was started in West Adams, Los Angeles in 1925.[3] It was named West Adams Hebrew Congregation, and it was located at the corner of West Adams Street and Hillcrest Drive.[3]

In 1954, it relocated to Olympic Boulevard in Beverly Hills.[3][4][5][6] At the same time, the congregation became more traditional and Orthodox under the leadership of Rabbi Simon A. Dolgin.[3][5][6] In 1955, its day school was named the Hillel Hebrew Academy and moved into a building one block away.[3]

After Rabbi Dolgin moved to Ramat Eshkol, Jerusalem, Israel, Rabbi Maurice Lamm served from 1971 to 1984.[3] He was followed by Rabbi Abner Weiss from 1984 to 2000, and Rabbi Steven Weil from 2000 to 2009.[3][1] Since 2009, Rabbi Kalman Topp has served as the Senior Rabbi.[3]

In July 2014, a ceremony was held at Beth Jacob to honor the murder of Israeli teenagers Yaakov Naftali Frankel, Gilad Michoel Shaar and Eyal Yifrach.[7] Indeed, Lihi Shaar, the aunt of Gilad Shaar, is a member of Beth Jacob.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 Michael Gilgannon, Let My People Go: Insights to Passover and the Haggadah, Rowman & Littlefield, 1985, p. xv
  2. ↑ Beth Jacob Congregation: Contact Us
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Beth Jacob Congregation: Our History
  4. ↑ Marc Wanamaker, Beverly Hills, (Ca): 1930-2005, Arcadia Publishing, 2006, p. 39
  5. 1 2 Kerry M. Olitzky, The American Synagogue: A Historical Dictionary and Sourcebook, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996, p. 388
  6. 1 2 Max Vorspan, Lloyd P. Gartner, History of the Jews of Los Angeles, Huntington Library, 1970, p. 261
  7. 1 2 The City of Beverly Hills Lowers Flags to Honor Fallen Teens, Beverly Hills Courier, July 01, 2014
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