Beth Ahm Synagogue (Windsor) records

Collection

Identifier: M 25

Scope and Contents

Box 1: Twelve folders of Board of Directors Minutes, 1956-1965, 1970-1986 Box 2: Twelve folders of Board of Directors Minutes, 1987-1991; 1996-2003; and one folder of Merger talks 2016-2018. Box 3: Seven folders of Newsletters, 1960-1969 Box 4: Seven folders of Newsletters, 1970-1975 and part of 1979 Box 5: Twelve folders of Newsletters 1980-1993 (only part of 1987 and missing 1989) Box 6: Early Newsletters and Bulletins, 1954-1962; Constitution and By-laws, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1985; Membership Lists, 1969-1994; Historical Highlights; DVD of newsletters 2005-2018.

Dates

Creation: 1950s-2018

Historical Note

Founded by 16 families in 1951, the Jewish Community of Greater Windsor as it was then known, held services and religious classes at homes, local churches, a Masonic Temple, a bank and a school until its own building was completed on Palisado Avenue in 1960 in an historic residential area. In the 1970s, the Conservative synagogue Beth Ahm had 120 families and its religious school held double sessions. Affiliates included a sisterhood, a men’s club, a United Synagogue Youth chapter, Kadimah, a junior congregation and a 55 and over group for seniors. The synagogue was expanded and remodeled in 1979. In June 2018, the synagogue merged with Temple Beth Hillel in South Windsor. The rabbis of the synagogue over the years include Rabbi Barukh Katz, Rabbi Kenneth Greene, Rabbi Mark Raphael, Rabbi Larry Kaplan, Rabbi Miriam Spitzer, Rabbi Barukh Schechtman, Rabbi Gary Kreditor, and Rabbi Alan Lefkowitz.