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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.
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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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