21 Aug, 2019
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Congregation Beth Israel (Onset, Massachusetts)
Congregation Beth Israel (Hebrew: בית ישראל), sometimes called Cape Cod Shul and officially Congregation Beth Israel of Onset Cape Cod, is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue located at 7 Locust Street, Onset, on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in the United States.
Historically, it is well known 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. The clapboard building was originally a furniture store, before it was converted to a synagogue in 1948.
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.
References
- ^ "Contact Us". Congregation Beth Israel. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
- ^ Barlow, Rich (August 14, 2005). "Summering with spirit: Keep the faith on vacation at seasonal houses of worship". The Boston Globe.
- ^ "Places to Stay". Congregation Beth Israel. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
- ^ Resnick, Elliot (June 18, 2008). "Beaches, Cottages ... And Shul Draw Vacationers to Onset, Massachusetts". The Jewish Press.
- ^ Klug, Lisa Alcalay (September 15, 2005). "Port Town Harbors 'Oasis of Judaism'". The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles.