B'nai Israel: The Downtown Synagogue

Your Home at the Harbor

JOIN US AT B'NAI ISRAEL
FOR THE HIGH HOLIDAYS!

BECOME PART OF THE DOWNTOWN JEWISH EXPERIENCE!

Click here
for a schedule of services
and how to join us
for the High Holidays

Rosh Hashanah begins in the evening of Sunday, September 29th, 2019, and ends in the evening of Tuesday, October 1st, 2019.

Yom Kippur begins in the evening of Tuesday, October 8th, 2019, and ends in the evening of Wednesday, October 9th, 2019.

Members and non-members are welcome to join us for the
High Holidays.

Renew your membership, join for the first time, reserve seats, or submit entries for the Book of Remembrance

Descendants’ Day at B’nai Israel is simultaneously an extensive genealogical and history project, and a unique community building initiative, connecting people to their heritage and drawing fresh attention and energy to the historic Jewish community of Jonestown.

Read more here!

B'nai Spotlight is a new feature of the Descendants' Day Project. Over the next months, B'nai Spotlight will highlight a range of members of the B'nai Israel family who have a long and deep history with the shul. Every person has incredible stories. Here you will find a few.

Check out Mark Carp's story here.

As part of the Descendants' Day Project, we will feature original writing highlighting discoveries found in our research, and new perspectives on the history and stories of Jonestown and B'nai Israel Congregation. We hope you enjoy these gems. Check out this one by B'nai Israel's own shul historian, Fred Shoken: Henry S. Hartogensis (1829 - 1918) - Sometimes You Have To Say No