Congregation Beth Israel (West Hartford, Connecticut)

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Temple Beth Israel
The current synagogue in West Hartford, in 2008
Religion
Affiliation	Reform Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Synagogue
Leadership	Rabbi Michael Pincus Rabbi Andi Fliegel Rabbi Stephen Fuchs (Emeritus)
Status	Active
Location
Location	701 Farmington Avenue, West Hartford, Connecticut 06119
Country	United States
Location in Connecticut
Geographic coordinates	41°45′53″N 72°43′12″W / 41.76472°N 72.72000°W / 41.76472; -72.72000
Architecture
Architect(s)	George Keller (1876) Charles R. Greco (1936)
Type	Synagogue
Style	1876: Romanesque Revival 1936: Art Deco Byzantine Revival
Date established	1843 (as a congregation)
Completed	1876 (NRHP-listed Charter Oak) 1936 (NRHP-listed West Hartford)
Dome(s)	Two (1876) One (1936)
Website
cbict.org
Temple Beth Israel (1876)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The first synagogue, now cultural center, in 2010
Location	21 Charter Oak Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut
Coordinates	41°45′33″N 72°40′29″W / 41.75917°N 72.67472°W / 41.75917; -72.67472
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
NRHP reference No.	78002868
Added to NRHP	December 01, 1978
Temple Beth Israel (1936)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The current synagogue building, in 2008
MPS	Historic Synagogues of Connecticut MPS
NRHP reference No.	95001343
Added to NRHP	November 27, 1995
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Congregation Beth Israel (transliterated from Hebrew as "House of Israel") is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue located at 701 Farmington Avenue, in West Hartford, Connecticut, in the United States.

Established in 1843, it is one of the two oldest Jewish congregations in Connecticut and one of the largest Reform congregations in New England, with about 900 member families and about 2,000 individual members.

Designed by George Keller in the Romanesque Revival style, the congregation's first synagogue building, commonly called the Charter Oak Temple, located in Hartford on Charter Oak Avenue, was completed in 1876 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.^[3] Designed by Charles R. Greco in the Art Deco and Byzantine Revival styles, the congregation's second and current building, located in West Hartford, was completed in 1936 and was added to the same register in 1995,^[1] as part of a multiple property listing of fifteen historic synagogues in Connecticut.^[4]