{{Short description|Orthodox synagogue in Seattle, Washington}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2023}} {{ref-improve|date=November 2023}} {{Infobox religious building | name = Congregation Ezra Bessaroth | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | religious_affiliation = [[Orthodox Judaism]] | tradition = | sect = | district = | prefecture = | province = | region = | deity = | rite = [[Sephardic]] | festival = <!-- or |festivals= --> | organisational_status = <!-- or |organizational_status= --> | ownership = | governing_body = | leadership = Rabbi David Benchlouch | bhattaraka = | patron = | consecration_year = | status = [[Synagogue]] | functional_status = Active | religious_features_label = | religious_features = | location = 5412 Wilson Avenue South, [[Seward Park, Seattle|Seward Park]], [[Seattle]], [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]] 98118 | locale = | municipality = | cercle = | state = | country = United States | map_type = Seattle landmarks | map_size = 250 | map_alt = | map_relief = 1 | map_caption = Location in [[Seattle]] | grid_name = | grid_position = | sector = | territory = | administration = | coordinates = {{coord|47.5526931|-122.2672736|region:US-WA_type:landmark|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | heritage_designation = | architect = | architecture_type = | architecture_style = | founded_by = | creator = | funded_by = | general_contractor = | established = {{nowrap|June 19, 1914 {{small|(as a congregation)}}}} | groundbreaking = | year_completed = 1958 | construction_cost = | date_demolished = <!-- or |date_destroyed= --> | facade_direction = | capacity = | length = | width = | width_nave = | interior_area = | height_max = | dome_quantity = | dome_height_outer = | dome_height_inner = | dome_dia_outer = | dome_dia_inner = | minaret_quantity = | minaret_height = | spire_quantity = | spire_height = | site_area = | temple_quantity = | monument_quantity = | shrine_quantity = | inscriptions = | materials = | elevation_m = <!-- or |elevation_ft= --> | elevation_footnotes = | nrhp = | designated = | added = | refnum = | delisted1_date = | website = {{url|congregationezrabessaroth.shulcloud.com}} | module = <!-- for embedding other infobox templates --> | footnotes = }} '''Congregation Ezra Bessaroth''' is an [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] [[Jewish]] congregation and [[synagogue]] located at 5412 Wilson Avenue South, in the [[Seward Park, Seattle|Seward Park]] neighborhood of [[Seattle]], [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]], in the United States.
Established in 1914, Ezra Bessaroth is one of Seattle's two [[Sephardic]] congregations, the other being [[Sephardic Bikur Holim Congregation]]. Ezra Bessaroth maintains the liturgy and customs of the Mediterranean Island of [[Rhodes]].<ref name=home>{{cite web |url=https://congregationezrabessaroth.shulcloud.com |title=Home page |work=Congregation Ezra Bessaroth |date=2023 |access-date=25 November 2023 }}{{self-published-inline|date=November 2023}}</ref>{{self-published-inline|date=November 2023}}<ref name=history>{{cite web |url=https://congregationezrabessaroth.shulcloud.com/our-history.html |title=Our history |work=Congregation Ezra Bessaroth |date=2023 |access-date=25 November 2023 }}{{self-published-inline|date=November 2023}}</ref>{{self-published-inline|date=November 2023}}
==Leadership== {{See also|History of Sephardic Jews in the Pacific Northwest}}
===Rabbis=== The following individuals have served as [[rabbi]] of Congregation Ezra Bessaroth: {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Ordinal !! Rabbi !! Term start !! Term end !! Time in office !! Notes |- |align=center| {{nts|1}} || Isidore Kahan{{ref|1|[note 1]}} ||align=center| April 25, 1939 ||align=center| May 1959 ||align=right| {{age in years and months|1939|04|25|1959|05|01}} || rowspan=6| <ref name=history/> |- |align=center| {{nts|2}} || Abraham Shalem ||align=center| May 1959 ||align=center| November 1962 ||align=right| {{age in years and months|1959|05|01|1962|11|01}} |- |align=center| {{nts|3}} || William Greenberg ||align=center| {{nowrap|September 1962}} ||align=center| 1990 ||align=right| '''{{age in years|1962|1990}} years''' |- |align=center| {{nts|4}} || Yamin Levy ||align=center| 1990 ||align=center| 2000 ||align=right| {{age in years|1990|2000}} years |- |align=center| {{nts|5}} || {{nowrap|Salomon Cohen-Scali}} ||align=center| September 2001 ||align=center| {{nowrap|December 2009}} ||align=right| {{age in years and months|2001|09|01|2009|12|01}} |- |align=center| {{nts|6}} || Ron-Ami Meyers ||align=center| August 2011 ||align=center| July 2018 ||align=right| {{nowrap|{{age in years and months|2011|08|01|2018|07|01}}}} |- |align=center| {{nts|7}} || David Benchlouch ||align=center| July 2022 ||align=center| ''incumbent'' ||align=right| {{age in years and months|2022|07|01}} || <ref name=home/> |}
===Cantors===
Yogev Nuna was [[chazan|cantor]] of Ezra Bessaroth for several years.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120920095117/http://www.ezrabessaroth.net/leadership/hazzan Ezra Bessaroth Hazzan. Accessed 2018-03-20.]</ref>
Isaac Azose was chazan of Ezra Bessaroth from March 1966 to the end of 1999. He has published several [[siddurim]] for the needs of the Sephardic Jewish communities.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://isaacazose.com/about |author=Azose, Isaac |title=About Hazzan Isaac Azose |work=Isaac Azose |date= |access-date=November 25, 2023}}{{self-published-inline|date=November 2023}}</ref>{{self-published-inline|date=November 2023}}
== Notes == *{{note|1|1}}: Also served as rabbi for [[Sephardic Bikur Holim Congregation|Bikur Holim]].<ref name=history/> ==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{official website|https://congregationezrabessaroth.shulcloud.com}}
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