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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)

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  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)