Congregation Beth Shalom (Clifton Park, New York)

Congregation Beth Shalom
Congregation Beth Shalom
Religion
Affiliation	Judaism
Rite	Unaffiliated
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Synagogue
Leadership	Rabbi Ami T. Monson; (Rabbi in Residence); Rabbi Chanan Markowitz (Emeritus);
Status	Active
Location
Location	688 Clifton Park Center Road, Clifton Park, New York 12065
Country	United States
	Location in upstate New York
Geographic coordinates	42°51′27″N 73°49′35″W / 42.857609°N 73.826460°W
Architecture
Date established	1974 (as a congregation)
Completed	1975
Website
	bethshalomcp.com

Congregation Beth Shalom is an unaffiliated Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 688 Clifton Park Center Road, in Clifton Park, New York, in the United States. It is the only synagogue in southern Saratoga County. According to its own report, in 2016 the congregation was losing members.^[1]

Beth Shalom was founded in 1974^[2] as a Conservative congregation. However, in c. 2005 it withdrew from the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, and as of 2024^[update] continued unaffiliated. The synagogue building was completed in 1975.

Beverly Magidson served as rabbi from 1983 to 1991. Magidson was the first female rabbi appointed to lead a Conservative congregation in the United States. Magidson was also the synagogue's first full-time rabbi.^[2] As of 2024^[update], Rabbi Ami T. Monson was the Rabbi in Residence; and Rabbi Dr. Chanan Markowitz was Rabbi Emeritus.

References

^ Hayden, Fern (August 2, 2017). "State of the Synagogue" (PDF). Congregation Beth Shalom. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 23, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2017.^{[self-published source?]}
^ ^a ^b Goldman, Ari L. (June 22, 1984). "A Women [sic] Finds Bias as a Rabbi". The New York Times (New York ed.). Archived from the original on January 30, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2018.

External links

Official website

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[1] Hayden, Fern (August 2, 2017). "State of the Synagogue" (PDF). Congregation Beth Shalom. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 23, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2017.^{[self-published source?]}

[Magidson-2] Goldman, Ari L. (June 22, 1984). "A Women [sic] Finds Bias as a Rabbi". The New York Times (New York ed.). Archived from the original on January 30, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2018.

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