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Temple Beth Israel was a Reform synagogue located at 840 Highland Road in Sharon, Pennsylvania.〔 Originally called House of Israel Congregation, it was founded in 1888〔 as an Orthodox congregation〔 by Jews from Eastern Europe.〔 It merged with Rodef Sholom Temple in July, 2013. The congregation constructed its first synagogue building in 1903, and expanded it in 1924.〔 It hired its first full-time rabbi, Maurice Moskowitz, in 1929; he served until 1934.〔 By the 1940s the congregation had moved to Conservative Judaism,〔 and with the installation of M. Robert Syme (1945–1948) as rabbi, transitioned to Reform Judaism.〔 It joined the Union for Reform Judaism in 1949, and completed its current building in 1950.〔 Rabbis since Syme have included Meyer M. Abramowitz (1948–1956), Robert Bergman (1957–1961), Joseph Hewzog (1961–1974), Samuel Weingart (1974–1985), Stephen L. Sniderman (1985–1996), and Jacques Cukierkorn (1996–1998approx) He was the last full-time Rabbi the congregation had before its merger with the Youngstown congregation. ==Early history== Jews from Eastern Europe first settled in Sharon in the 1880s.〔〔 In August, 1888〔 they founded the Orthodox Temple Beth Israel (originally called House of Israel Congregation) so that they would have place to worship for ''Rosh Hashanah'' the following month.〔〔 J.M. Rabinowitz〔 (or Rabinovitz)〔 served as cantor, ritual circumciser, Hebrew teacher, and ritual slaughterer.〔 Services were initially held on the second floor of 62 Shenango Street.〔 The first permanent synagogue building was constructed in 1903.〔 By 1907 the synagogue had 40 member families, and its annual revenues were $1,000 (today $). Services were held on ''Shabbat'' and the Jewish holidays. The congregational school had two teachers and 25 students.〔 A dissenting group who wanted more traditional services formed the Shaarah Torah synagogue. A number of years later Shaarah Torah re-merged with Beth Israel.〔 A new sanctuary was added to the building in 1924, in time for High Holy Days that year. Beth Israel's first full-time rabbi, Maurice Moskowitz, was hired in 1929.〔 He served until 1934, and was succeeded that year by Aaron Shapiro, who served until 1936. Shapiro was succeeded by Meyer Finkelstein, who served until 1937, and then by Harry Seeve, who served from 1937 to 1941.〔 Sidney Riback joined as rabbi in 1941; by this time the synagogue had moved to Conservative Judaism. By 1942 there were approximately 140 Jewish families in Sharon, and the women of House of Israel had formed a sisterhood.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Temple Beth Israel (Sharon, Pennsylvania)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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