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A History of the Congregation Beth Israel, Malden

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The Fire of '84

Though financial problems still persisted, the congregation began to rally and take on a new spirit. But on the eighth day of Channuka, 1984, a fire broke out in the Faulkner Street synagogue, and by the end of the day, the old Beth Israel East was nothing more than a memory.


After the fire

Following the fire, the bulk of the congregation's activities were moved to Beth Israel West. The congregants remaining on the east side of town held Shabbat services in the auditorium at Malden Hebrew School for about a year, after which a small synagogue was built in the recreation room of Salem Towers. It was named the Brass Chapel after Oscar Brass -- a past president and strong supporter of the shul -- and it has served as a satellite of Beth Israel ever since.