Congregation Beth Jacob Ohev Sholom
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Congregation Beth Jacob Ohev Sholom (also known as Congregation Beth Jacob Ohev Shalom[2]) (Hebrew: בית כנסת בית יעקב אוהב שלום, lit. 'House of Jacob Lover of Peace') is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue located at 284 Rodney Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in New York City, New York, in the United States.[3] The congregation follows the Ashkenazi rite.
Beth Jacob Ohev Sholom | |
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Hebrew: בית כנסת בית יעקב אוהב שלום | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Orthodox Judaism |
Rite | Nusach Ashkenaz |
Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Synagogue |
Leadership | vacant (since February 2023) |
Status | Active |
Location | |
Location | 284 Rodney Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City, New York 11211 |
Country | United States |
Location in New York City | |
Geographic coordinates | 40°42′28″N 73°57′24″W |
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Date established | 1869 (as a congregation) |
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Founded in 1869 by German Jews as an Orthodox breakaway from an existing Reform congregation,[1] it is the oldest Orthodox congregation on Long Island (including Brooklyn and Queens), and one of the last remaining non-Hasidic Jewish institutions in Williamsburg.[1]
The congregation constructed its first building on Keap Street in 1870.[4] In 1904 it merged with Chevra Ansche Sholom, and took the name Congregation Beth Jacob Anshe Sholom. The following year it constructed a new building at 274–276 South Third Street, designed by George F. Pelham, consecrated in 1906.[5] In the 1950s, this building was expropriated and demolished to make way for the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.[3] The congregation combined with another congregation in a similar situation, and, in 1957, as Congregation Beth Jacob Ohev Sholom, constructed a new building at 284 Rodney Street, just south of Broadway.[3]
Rabbi Joshua Fishman served as rabbi from 1971 until his death in 2023.[6] With changing demographics, attendance at services, which had been 700 in the 1970s, fell to two dozen by 2010.[1] The position of rabbi has been vacant, since February 2023.