Congregation Beth Israel (Onset, Massachusetts)

Congregation Beth Israel (Hebrew: בית ישראל‎) is an Orthodox congregation located in Onset, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod.[3] It is famous as the summer synagogue of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik and some of his students from the 1950s until the mid-1960s, when his wife died.[2][4] The clapboard building was originally a furniture store, before it was converted to a synagogue in 1948.[2]

Congregation Beth Israel
Religion
AffiliationOrthodox Judaism
LeadershipEli and Wenday Hauser[1]
StatusActive
Location
LocationOnset, Massachusetts,
 United States
Geographic coordinates41.743284°N 70.651231°W / 41.743284; -70.651231
MaterialsClapboard[2]
Website

Initially a destination for Jewish vacationers from Boston, Beth Israel now attracts Jews from Toronto, Montreal, and New York City from a "wide cross-section of Orthodoxy", including "Young Israel, Chabad, Chasidim from Montreal, Charedim, Carlebach Chasidim, very-left wing (Edah) and 'Conservadox'." The synagogue maintains three daily minyans throughout the summer and through the High Holidays.[2][5]

Notes
  1. Contact Us, Synagogue website. Accessed September 1, 2009.
  2. Barlow, Rich. "Summering with spirit: Keep the faith on vacation at seasonal houses of worship", The Boston Globe, August 14, 2005.
  3. Places to Stay, Synagogue website. Accessed September 1, 2009.
  4. Resnick, Elliot. "Beaches, Cottages ... And Shul Draw Vacationers to Onset, Massachusetts", The Jewish Press, June 18, 2008.
  5. Klug, Lisa Alcalay. "Port Town Harbors ‘Oasis of Judaism’", The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, September 15, 2005.
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