Congregation Beth Sholom is a Conservative Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 301 14th Avenue, in San Francisco, California, in the United States.
History Founded in 1921, it is one of the oldest synagogues west of the Mississippi River. A member of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, Congregation Beth Sholom is a hub of the Bay Area Jewish community. Beth Shalom built a synagogue on Fourteenth Avenue and Clement Street in 1934 after initially meeting in a church on Fourth Avenue near Geary. The first full-time rabbi, Saul White, age 27 and born and raised in Russian Poland, was hired in 1935. The first bat mitzvah, for Judith Stein, was held at the synagogue in 1957.
The congregation moved to a new synagogue designed by architect Stanley Saitowitz in 2008. In 2022, Rabbi Amanda Russell was promoted to the position of senior rabbi, the first woman to hold the position in the congregation.
Rabbinical leaders
The following individuals have served as rabbi of Congregation Beth Sholom: Ordinal Officeholder Term start Term end Time in office Notes Saul E. White 1934 1983 years Allan Schranz 1983 1986 years Alexander Graubart 1986 1991 years Alan Lew 1991 2005 years Kenneth Leitner 2005 2007 years Micah Hyman 2007 2014 years Aubrey Glazer 2014 2018 years Dan Ain 2018 2022 years Amanda Russell 2022 incumbent years
See also History of the Jews in San Francisco
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