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Congregation Beth Israel ( ) is a Jewish congregation located at 411 South Eighth Street in Lebanon, Pennsylvania .1 Founded in 1907 to provide services for the High Holidays , it was then, and remains today, the only synagogue in the Lebanon area. The congregation's current building, designed by synagogue architect Percival Goodman to mirror the barns of the surrounding Pennsylvania Dutch community, was dedicated in 1953. Yolen, a graduate of The Academy of Jewish Religion (New York) in Yonkers.2Beth Israel is governed by an elected board of directors.3
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Congregation Beth Israel ( ) is a Jewish congregation located at 411 South Eighth Street in Lebanon, Pennsylvania . Founded in 1907 to provide services for the High Holidays , it was then, and remains today, the only synagogue in the Lebanon area. The congregation's current building, designed by Percival Goodman to mirror the barns of the surrounding Pennsylvania Dutch community, was dedicated in 1953. Zivic was succeeded by Paula Reimers ; as of 2010 , Reimers was Beth Israel's rabbi, and Judith Clark was its president.
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Congregation Beth Israel ( ) is a Jewish congregation located at 411 South Eighth Street in Lebanon, Pennsylvania . Founded in 1907 to provide services for the High Holidays , it was then, and remains today, the only synagogue in the Lebanon area. The congregation's current building, designed by Percival Goodman to mirror the barns of the surrounding Pennsylvania Dutch community, was dedicated in 1953. Glazer was rabbi from 1970 to 1977, Louis Zivic from 1983 to 2004, and Jonathan Panitz in 2005. Panitz was succeeded by Paula Reimers ; as of 2010 , Reimers was Beth Israel's rabbi, and Judith Clark was its president.
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Congregation Beth Israel ( ) is a Jewish congregation located at 411 South Eighth Street in Lebanon, Pennsylvania . Founded in 1907 to provide services for the High Holidays , it was then, and remains today, the only synagogue in the Lebanon area. The congregation's current building, designed by Percival Goodman to mirror the barns of the surrounding Pennsylvania Dutch community, was dedicated in 1953. Glazer was rabbi from 1970 to 1977, Louis Zivic from 1983 to 2004, and Jonathan Panitz in 2005. Panitz was succeeded by Paula Reimers ; as of 2010 , Reimers was Beth Israel's rabbi, and Judith Clark was its president.
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Synagogue in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, US For similarly named synagogues, see Beth Israel .Congregation Beth Israel ( Hebrew : בית ישראל ) is a Jewish congregation and synagogue located at 411 South Eighth Street, in Lebanon, Pennsylvania , United States. Founded in 1907 to provide services for the High Holidays , it was then, and remains today, the only synagogue in the Lebanon area. The congregation's current building, designed by Percival Goodman to mirror the barns of the surrounding Pennsylvania Dutch community, was dedicated in 1953. Yolen, a graduate of The Academy of Jewish Religion in New York, is the current spiritual leader.
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jewish congregation located at 411 south eighth street in lebanon
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jewish congregation and synagogue located at 411 south eighth street
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