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Congregation Beth El

Bethesda, Italy

Congregation Beth El

Congregation Beth El, officially Congregation Beth El of Montgomery County, is a Conservative Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 8215 Old Georgetown Road, in Bethesda, Montgomery County, Maryland, in the United States. Located adjacent to the synagogue is a K–12 religious school owned by

the congregation that, as of January 2024, had approximately 500 students. The congregation's pre-school had approximately 100 students. The congregation was founded in 1951 with 16 families and had grown to approximately 1,000 families. As of February 2025, the congregation was led by Rabbi Greg Harris and Rabbi Deborah Megdal, and Asa Fradkin served as Hazzan. Prior to his passing, Bill Rudolph, Rabbi Emeritus, and Harris and Lubin were each featured on the PBS television program Religion & Ethics Newsweekly.

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