Temple of Israel Synagogue, Reform Jewish synagogue in Rockaway Beach, United States.
The Temple of Israel Synagogue is a two-story brick building with a steel frame located on Beach 84th Street in Rockaway Beach. Its design incorporates Classical Revival architectural features with a rectangular floor plan typical of early twentieth-century religious structures.
A fire destroyed the original wooden building in 1920, prompting the community to construct a new brick synagogue in 1921. The rebuilt structure opened to worshippers in September 1922 and continued to serve the congregation for many decades.
The name reflects the Jewish community that made Rockaway Beach their home in the early twentieth century. The building served as a gathering place for religious observances and social events throughout its active years.
The building stands at 88 Beach 84th Street in Rockaway Beach, Queens, a short walk from the beach and the A train along Rockaway Freeway. It is no longer a synagogue: since 2002 it has housed Haven International Ministries, a Pentecostal congregation, so visits depend on that church's activities rather than Jewish worship.
The congregation was founded in 1894 as Beth Israel, and its first wooden synagogue on South Fairview Avenue burned down on 18 December 1920. The present brick building, completed in September 1922, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
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