Beth Jacob Congregation is an

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, located at 9030 on West Olympic Boulevard in

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, in the United States. It is the largest Orthodox synagogue in the

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History

The congregation was started in

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in 1925. It was named West Adams Hebrew Congregation, and it was located at the corner of West Adams Street and Hillcrest Drive. In 1954, the synagogue was relocated to Olympic Boulevard in Beverly Hills. At the same time, the congregation became more traditional and Orthodox under the leadership of Rabbi Simon A. Dolgin. In 1955, its day school was named the Hillel Hebrew Academy and moved into a building one block away. After Dolgin moved to

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, Maurice Lamm served as rabbi from 1971 to 1984. He was followed by Abner Weiss from 1984 to 2000, and Steven Weil from 2000 to 2009. Since 2009, Kalman Topp has served as the Senior Rabbi. In July 2014, a ceremony was held at Beth Jacob to honor the memory of murdered Israeli teenagers Yaakov Naftali Frankel, Gilad Michoel Shaar and Eyal Yifrach. Lihi Shaar, the aunt of Gilad Shaar, is a member of Beth Jacob.

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* {{Authority control Synagogues in Beverly Hills, California Orthodox synagogues in California Jewish organizations established in 1925 1925 establishments in California Synagogues completed in 1954 20th-century synagogues in the United States