Temple Beth Israel (Port Washington, New York)

Beth Israel
Basic information
Location Temple Drive,
Port Washington, New York,
 United States
Geographic coordinates 40°49′12″N 73°41′15″W / 40.820078°N 73.687518°W / 40.820078; -73.687518Coordinates: 40°49′12″N 73°41′15″W / 40.820078°N 73.687518°W / 40.820078; -73.687518
Affiliation Conservative Judaism
Status Active
Leadership Rabbi: Michael Mishkin[1]
Website tbiport.org

Temple Beth Israel (Hebrew: בית ישראל‎) is a Conservative synagogue located on Temple Drive in Port Washington, New York. Founded in 1933, it is affiliated with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism,[2] and is the oldest synagogue in Port Washington.[3] The congregation initially met in a rented location at Shored Road and Main Street, and in 1938 purchased a building at 138 Bayview Avenue.[3] Its current building was designed by Percival Goodman in 1960.[4]

Robert E. Fine joined as rabbi in 2007.[5] He was succeeded by Michael Mishkin in August 2009.[6]

Notes

  1. ↑ Rabbi Archived 2008-07-04 at the Wayback Machine., Synagogue website. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
  2. ↑ Synagogue website. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
  3. 1 2 Poliakoff, Ira. "Port Washington", in Synagogues of Long Island, History Press Library Editions, 2017. ISBN 978-1540227782
  4. ↑ Percival Goodman, Kimberly J. Elman, Angela Giral. Percival Goodman: architect, planner, teacher, painter, Princeton Architectural Press, 2001, p. 189.
  5. ↑ ""Looking Back"" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16.  (3.37 MB), From the Rabbi, The Temple Beth Israel RePort, July/August 2009.
  6. ↑ ""Shalom TBI Community"" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16.  (1.65 MB), From the Rabbi, The Temple Beth Israel RePort, July/August 2009.
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