Peninsula Temple Sholom

{{Short description|Reform Jewish synagogue in Burlingame, California, US}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox religious building | name = Peninsula Temple Sholom | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = Peninsula Temple Sholom Sanctuary.jpg | image_upright = 1.4 | alt = | caption = The synagogue [[sanctuary]] and [[Torah ark|ark]] in 2013 | religious_affiliation = [[Reform Judaism]] | tradition = | sect = | district = | prefecture = | province = | region = | deity = | rite = | festival =  | organisational_status = [[Synagogue]] | ownership = | governing_body = | leadership = {{ubl|Rabbi Daniel Feder}} | bhattaraka = | patron = | consecration_year = | functional_status = Active | religious_features_label = | religious_features = | location = 1655 Sebastian Drive, [[Burlingame, California|Burlingame]], [[California]] 94010 | locale = | municipality = | cercle = | state = | country = United States | map_type = San Francisco Bay Area | map_size = 250 | map_alt = | map_relief = 1 | map_caption = Location in [[San Francisco Bay Area]], [[California]] | grid_name = | grid_position = | sector = | territory = | administration = | coordinates = {{coords|37.58022|-122.39354|region:US-CA_type:landmark|format=dms|display=it}} | coordinates_footnotes = | heritage_designation = | architect = | architecture_type = [[Synagogue architecture]] | architecture_style = | founded_by = | creator = | funded_by = | general_contractor = | established = 1955 {{small|(as a congregation)}} | groundbreaking = | year_completed = 1961 | 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 = | elevation_m =  | elevation_footnotes = | nrhp = | designated = | added = | refnum = | delisted1_date = | website = {{url|sholom.org}} | module =  | footnotes = }} '''Peninsula Temple Sholom''' (abbreviated as '''PTS''') is a [[Reform Judaism|Reform]] [[Jewish]] congregation and [[synagogue]] in [[Burlingame, California|Burlingame]], [[California]], in the United States. Founded in 1955, and the congregation has expanded its facilities over the years to include a social hall, a religious school and a preschool. <!-- The following information is non-encyclopedic and does not need to sit in Wikipedia. See [[WP:Wikipedia is not]] == Past Presidents ==

* Herbert Fields * Mel Dollinger * Leonard Lean * Benjamin Slade * Abe S. Miller * Dr. Bertram Solomon * Emanuel Kuby * Leonard Berger * Harvey Carter * Jack Ramen * Henry Glasser * Sol J. Robinson * Irwin S. Levin * Louis Starr * Guenther Leopold * Leonard Sarkon * David Monasch III * Larry Moskovitz * Sandra Oberstein * Steve Barkoff * Diane Goldman * Dr. Charles Pascal * Donald Woolfe * Mark Herbach * Don Ermann * Gary Pollard * Marcia Barkoff * Karen Wisialowski * Keith Tandowsky * Brian Hafter * Alan Zeichick * April Glatt * Lauren Schlezinger - Current President --> == Rabbinical leaders == The following individuals have served as senior rabbi of Peninsula Temple Sholom: {|class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Ordinal !! Officeholder !! Term start !! Term end !! Time in office !! Notes |- |align=center| {{nts|1}} || Gerald Raiskin, ''z’’l'' ||align=center| 1956 ||align=center| 2006 ||align=right| {{age in years|1956|2006}} years || <ref name="practice">{{cite book |title=The Minyan: A Tapestry of Jewish Life |year=2002 |author=Moskovitz, Patti |publisher=iUniverse |isbn= }}</ref> |- |align=center| {{nts|2}} || Daniel Feder ||align=center| July 1, 2006 ||align=center| ''incumbent'' ||align=right| {{age in years and days|2006|07|01}} || <ref name="Feder">{{cite web |url=http://data.urj.org/conglist/detail.cfm?id=C875 |title=Peninsula Temple Sholom |work=List of congregations |publisher=[[Union for Reform Judaism]] |date= |access-date= }} </ref> |}

==Notable members== *[[Dianna Agron]], an actress<ref>{{cite web|last=Bloom|first=Nate|date=2011-03-04|title=Shayna punim alert, More on Dianna Agron ...|url=https://www.jweekly.com/2011/03/04/shayna-punim-alert-more-on-dianna-agron/|access-date=2020-10-11|website=Jweekly }}</ref> *[[Scott Feldman]], a professional baseball player<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/59708/jewish-stars-of-the-world-series/ |title=Jewish stars of the Giants, Rangers World Series |work=Jweekly |date=October 29, 2010 |accessdate=October 13, 2011}}</ref> *[[Bruce Pasternack]], a businessman and former president of Special Olympics International{{cn|date=January 2024}}

== Religious school and preschool == [[File:PTS Torah Center.jpg|thumb|right|The congregation's Torah Center]] [[File:Peninsula Temple Sholom Social Hall.jpg|thumb|The congregation's social hall]] The religious school was established in January, 1956, and 136 students were enrolled. On November 19, 1957 PTS was given the right to purchase property on Sebastian Drive for the construction of a new synagogue and religious school. In 1958, Chester Zeff was hired to be the first religious school director.<ref name="religious school">{{cite web |url=http://sholom.org/aboutus/history/ |title=History |work=Peninsula Temple Sholom |date= |accessdate=2020-02-04}}{{self-published-inline|date=January 2024}}</ref> In the 1982 a new preschool was added to the temple. By 2004, the temple was completely reconstructed, and a new school building opened.<ref name="opened">{{cite web|last=Wall |first=Alix |url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/23615/peninsula-temple-sholom-gets-a-face-lift-new-school/ |title=Peninsula Temple Sholom gets a face-lift, new school |work=Jweekly |date=2004-09-03 |accessdate=2020-02-04}}</ref>

Once a month each grade in the religious school has the opportunity to lead a service. The religious school curriculum <ref name="curriculum">{{Cite web |url=http://ptseducation.org/ |title=Home page |work=PTS Youth education |publisher=Peninsula Temple Sholom |access-date=2022-07-15 |archive-date=2017-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022074846/https://www.ptseducation.org/ |url-status=dead }}{{self-published-inline|date=January 2024}}</ref> includes the study of sacred texts, Jewish life cycle, Jewish ethics, Jewish holidays, the history of Israel, the holocaust, modern-day Israel, and [[Hebrew language]].

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== External links == {{commons category}} * {{oweb|https://www.sholom.org}}

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