Congregation Beth Israel | |
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Hebrew: בית ישראל | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Orthodox Judaism |
Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Synagogue |
Leadership | Eli and Wenday Hauser |
Status | Active |
Location | |
Location | 7 Locust Street, Buzzards Bay, Onset, Massachusetts 02532 |
Country | United States |
Location on
Cape Cod | |
Geographic coordinates | 41°44′36″N 70°39′04″W / 41.743284°N 70.651231°W |
Architecture | |
Completed | 1948 |
Materials | Clapboard |
Website | |
capecodshul | |
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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. [3][ self-published source?]
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. [2] [4] The clapboard building was originally a furniture store, before it was converted to a synagogue in 1948. [2]
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]