Congregation Beith David Celebrates New Sanctuary

Ceremony goes ahead for Beith David.

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Adam Wills

July 9, 2006

(From left) City Councilman Jack Weiss, L.A. County Supervisor Zev
Yaroslavsky, L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and City Councilman Dennis Zine
join congregants at Beith David for their official move from their Reseda
Boulevard synagogue to a new building on Clark Street on Sunday, July 9.

City Councilman Dennis Zine grabs a Torah to carry to Beith DavidÂ¹s new
building on Clark Street.

City Councilman Jack Weiss supports one of Beith DavidÂ¹s Torah at the
synagogues Reseda Boulevard location.

Congregants remove a covering from the Torah Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
carried to Beith DavidÂ¹s new Clark Street building.

(From left) L.A. City Councilman Dennis Zine, L.A. Mayor Antonio
Villaraigosa, L.A. County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky and Simon Wiesenthal
Center associate dean Rabbi Abraham Cooper carry Beith DavidÂ¹s Torahs down
Reseda Boulevard to the synagogueÂ¹s new Clark Street location.

L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa addresses congregants from the bimah at
Beith DavidÂ¹s new Clark Street building.

L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa inspects anti-Semitic graffiti scrawled onto
a window of the Clark Street building. Beith David synagogue was the victim
of an arson attack on Friday, July 7.