Members met at a private home for a while, then rented the Masonic Temple on Grand Avenue before purchasing their current site at 327 MacArthur Blvd. However, location isn't the only transformation the congregation has had to contend with. Instead, for the most part, Beth Abraham embraced the shift. The congregation claims one woman past president, Jo Budman. And later this month a class of 10 female congregants will become b'not mitzvah.
Women are such a vital part of our congregation.
Similarly, the congregation has altered its services to appeal to greater numbers of people. One Saturday each month, the traditional morning service is scrapped for a lay-led one filled with music and Torah interpretations. By and large, our older members, our veterans, are remarkably open to change. They may not like the change in service, but they like to see young people coming to services. I think they figure, if young people are coming in, we must be doing something right.