Jewish Center of Atlantic Beach

{{short description|Modern Orthodox synagogue on Atlantic Beach, Long Island, New York, US}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox religious building | name = Jewish Center of Atlantic Beach | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | religious_affiliation = [[Modern Orthodox Judaism]] | tradition = | sect = | district = | prefecture = | province = | region = | deity = | rite = | festival =  | organisational_status = [[Synagogue]] | ownership = | governing_body = | leadership = {{ubl|Rabbi Elie Weinstock|Rabbi Simcha Willig|Rabbi Saul Haimoff {{small|(Youth)}}}} | bhattaraka = | patron = | consecration_year = | functional_status = Active | religious_features_label = | religious_features = | location = 100 Nassau Avenue, [[Atlantic Beach, New York|Atlantic Beach]], [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]], [[Long Island]], [[New York (state)|New York]] 11509 | locale = | municipality = | cercle = | state = | country = United States | map_type = USA New York Long Island | map_size = 250 | map_alt = | map_relief = 1 | map_caption = Location on [[Long Island]], [[New York (state)|New York]] | grid_name = | grid_position = | sector = | territory = | administration = | coordinates = {{coord|40.5867957|-73.7258368|type:landmark_globe:earth_region:US-NY|format=dms|display=it}} | coordinates_footnotes = | heritage_designation = | architect = | architecture_type = | architecture_style = | founded_by = | creator = | funded_by = | general_contractor = | established = 1953 {{small|(as a congregation)}} | groundbreaking = | year_completed = | construction_cost = | date_demolished =  | 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 = Brick | elevation_m =  | elevation_footnotes = | nrhp = | designated = | added = | refnum = | delisted1_date = | website = {{url|jewishcenterofatlanticbeach.org}} | module =  | footnotes = }} The '''Jewish Center of Atlantic Beach''' (JCAB) is a [[Modern Orthodox Judaism|Modern Orthodox]] [[Jewish]] congregation and [[synagogue]], located on Nassau Avenue in [[Atlantic Beach, New York|Atlantic Beach]], [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]], [[Long Island]], [[New York (state)|New York]], in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Location - The Jewish Center of Atlantic Beach|url=https://www.jewishcenterofatlanticbeach.org/location.html|access-date=2020-07-28|website=www.jewishcenterofatlanticbeach.org}}</ref>

Founded in 1953,<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Jewish Center of Atlantic Beach Restoration Project |url=http://www.indiegogo.com/jcabsandyrelief |access-date=2020-07-28 |website=Indiegogo |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> JCAB is the primary synagogue in the Atlantic Beach village, serving the local Jewish community of approximately 250 families.{{as of when?|date=January 2024}}

Rabbi Samuel Klibanoff served as the Rabbi of the Congregation for eleven years, from 2004 until 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Rabbi Klibanoff - Congregation Etz Chaim|url=https://www.etzchaimnj.org/about-rabbi-klibanoff.html|access-date=2020-07-28|website=www.etzchaimnj.org|archive-date=August 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807010321/https://www.etzchaimnj.org/about-rabbi-klibanoff.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Following his departure, Rabbi Ari Perl assumed the role for three years. Currently,{{when?|date=January 2024}} the congregation has a temporary rabbi, Rabbi Prus. During the summer months, Rabbi Simcha Willig, son of [[Mordechai Willig|Rabbi Mordechai Willig]], has served as a visiting rabbi. {{as of|2024|01}}, the senior rabbi was Rabbi Elie Weinstock. He was supported by Rabbi Simcha Willig and Rabbi Saul Haimoff.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Rabbis |work=The Jewish Center of Atlantic Beach |url=https://www.jewishcenterofatlanticbeach.org/our-rabbi.html |access-date=2024-01-31 |date=2024 }}{{self-published-inline|date=January 2024}}</ref>

== Notable members ==  * [[Bruce Blakeman]], politician<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kornbluh|first=Jacob|author-link=Jacob Kornbluh|title=Interview with Bruce Blakeman, Nassau County's First Jewish Executive, guided by Orthodox tradition|url=https://forward.com/news/480259/bruce-blakeman-nassau-county-first-jewish-executive-interview/|access-date=2022-02-14|website=The Forward|date=2 January 2022|language=en-US|archive-date=February 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215004608/https://forward.com/news/480259/bruce-blakeman-nassau-county-first-jewish-executive-interview/|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[J. Ezra Merkin]], a businessman<ref name=weekly/> * [[Ira Rennert]], a businessman and philanthropist<ref name=weekly/> * [[Leonard N. Stern]], a businessman and philanthropist<ref name=weekly/> * [[Max Stern (businessman)|Max Stern]], a businessman and philanthropist<ref name=weekly/> * [[Henry Swieca|Henry Sweica]], a businessman and philanthropist<ref name=weekly>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-01-08|title=Weekly Announcmeents|url=https://images.shulcloud.com/557/uploads/Shabbat-Announcements-2020/SHABBATANNOUNCEMENTS08.01.20withlink.pdf|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-07-28|website=Jewish Center of Atlantic Beach}}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Official|https://www.jewishcenterofatlanticbeach.org/}}

[[Category:1953 establishments in New York (state)]] [[Category:20th-century synagogues in the United States]] [[Category:Modern Orthodox synagogues in New York (state)]] [[Category:Synagogues in Nassau County, New York]]