Rodef Sholom (San Rafael, California)

Congregation Rodef Sholom
The synagogue building, in 2010
Religion
AffiliationReform Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organisational statusSynagogue
Governing bodyUnion for Reform Judaism (member)
StatusActive
Location
Location170 North San Pedro, San Rafael, Marin County, California
CountryUnited States
Geographic coordinates38°01′24″N 122°32′49″W / 38.0232°N 122.5470°W / 38.0232; -122.5470
Architecture
Architect(s)Marquis & Stoller
TypeSynagogue architecture
Date established1956 (as a congregation)
Groundbreaking1961
Completed1962
Website
rodefsholom.org

Congregation Rodef Sholom (transliterated from Hebrew as "Pursuers of peace"[1]) is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located on the Lonee C. Hoytt Jewish Campus, at 170 North San Pedro, in San Rafael, Marin County, California, in the United States.[2]

The congregation was founded in 1956 and Shabbat services were held at the Marin Jewish Community Center, established in 1946 at Mission and Forbes Street,[3] until 1962 when it moved to its current location.[4] The congregation shares a campus with the Osher Marin JCC and the Brandeis Hillel Day School. Rodef Sholom has been affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism since 1957.

  1. ^ Mishnah Avot 1:12
  2. ^ "History and mission". Congregation Rodef Sholom.[self-published source?]
  3. ^ "Osher Marin Jewish Community Center". www.marinjcc.org. Archived from the original on November 23, 2005.
  4. ^ Zarchin, Michael Moses Glimpses of Jewish life in San Francisco, 1964, page 233