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Our History

  • 1974 - Beth Torah was founded by six families:
    • Marilyn & David Adler
    • Flora & Steve Brothman
    • Patti & Howard Fields
    • Rebecca & Neil Sklaver
    • Marcia & Barry Sommerstein
    • Gail & Harvey Weiner
  • 1975 - Our first sefer Torah acquired and first High Holiday Services held.
  • 1977 - We hired our first full-time rabbi, Rabbi Len Lifshen.
  • 1982 - We built our permanent facility in Richardson, Texas.
  • 1995 - We added an education wing to house our Learning Center, and other rooms to hold Junior Congregation Services, celebrations, lectures, youth activities, and more.
  • 2001-2002 - Major sanctuary and education wing renovations, including installing our stained glass murals.
  • 2015 - Congregation Beth Torah was selected as one of 16 congregations in North America to participate in the United Synagogue for Conservative Judaism Ruderman Family Foundation Inclusion Action Community.

  • Our Rabbis (Past to Present)

  • Rabbi Len Lifshen
  • Rabbi Michael Goldberg
  • Rabbi Gabriel Ben Or
  • Rabbi Neil Sandler
  • Rabbi Jeffrey Leynor
  • Rabbi Adam Raskin
  • Rabbi Rafi Cohen
  • Rabbi Elana Zelony
  • Rabbi Sydni Rubinstein (Present)

    Our Presidents (Past to Present)

  • Howard “Howie” Fields
  • Jerome Levy
  • Norman Kramer
  • Zelene Lovitt
  • Jerry Zeffren
  • Louis Fisher
  • Stephen Quinn
  • Nat Cohen
  • Ron Weller
  • Lou Kaiser
  • Rona Kesselman
  • Larry Strauss
  • Paul Koch
  • Garry Kahalnik
  • Tony Tello
  • Chuck Smith
  • Alan Hoffman
  • Cyd Friedman
  • Lynda Markowitz
  • Michael Precker (Present)
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