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Description
Beth Am Temple was founded in April, 1963 with the encouragement of Rabbi Louis Frishman of Temple Beth El in Spring Valley. He felt that this area was in need of a Temple and therefore called a few couples from Pearl River who, in turn, called on a few more couples and set a night for a meeting. Rabbi Frishman brought Rabbi Davis, from the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, the UAHC (now the URJ) to this meeting. Rabbi Davis' job was to travel around to different areas to help set up new temples. The UAHC sent literature pertaining to the different aspects of Reform temples, which provided us with the essentials needed to start a temple. By this time, many more families were contacted and many were interested. We held an open meeting for the public and were delighted with the response. We knew then a Temple was in the making. By the beginning of the summer we had a temporary chairman and different people to do the many jobs necessary in getting started. We had to find facilities to use for worship and also for a school, and then a name for the congregation. Many names were suggested and, after a while, the name Beth Am was selected because it means "House of the People" and we felt it applied very well to us. The UAHC helped us set up a dues program for the year and advised us how to contact their school to obtain a Rabbi and we were fortunate to get Rabbi Milton Weinberg, who, in turn, helped us get the religious school organized. ...