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Congregation Beth Israel records, 1909-1979.
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Congregation Beth Israel records, 1909-1979Creator/Contributor:
Congregation Beth Israel (Berkeley, Calif.), creatorCreator/Contributor:
Berkeley Hebrew Center (Berkeley, Calif.)Creator/Contributor:
First Hebrew Congregation of Berkeley (Berkeley, Calif.)Abstract:
Correspondence; minutes (1909-1930); bulletins; membership lists; financial records; programs; photographs; newspaper clippings,
a handwritten minute book (1940-1943); and a history of the early years of the First Hebrew Congregation and the Berkeley
Hebrew Center.
Date:
1909 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caJews -- California -- Berkeley
Orthodox Judaism -- California -- Berkeley
Synagogues -- California -- Berkeley
Juifs -- Californie -- Berkeley
Judaïsme orthodoxe -- Californie -- Berkeley
Jews
Orthodox Judaism
Synagogues
Berkeley (Calif.) -- Religious life and customs
California -- Berkeley
Note:
Formerly known as Collection Number 026.
Berkeley's Congregation Beth Israel, was an Orthodox congregation. Its original membership was drawn from the First Hebrew
Congregation of Berkeley, a congregation that had been meeting in various places since 1909. Under the name of the Berkeley
Hebrew Center, in 1924, the congregation erected a building to house "all the Jewish activities." These activities included
the California Alliance of Jewish Women and several Jewish student groups, such as the Menorah Society of the University of
California. By the late 1950s, the synagogue served largely social functions. In 1959-1960, young observant Jews re-established
Sabbath services and a Hebrew school. In 1961, the congregation selected its first full-time rabbi and changed the name of
the synagogue to Beth Israel.
Materials in English.
Type:
financial records.Minutes.
photographs.
Programs.
Photographs
Photographs.
Photographies.
Physical Description:
1 linear ft
Language:
English
Identifier:
2006585291