‘So special to be back’: Jewish congregation returns to Amherst church where it began 70 years ago

‘So special to be back’: Jewish congregation returns to Amherst church where it began 70 years ago

Rabbi Alex Lazarus-Klein stood at the pulpit of Amherst Community Church on Friday, leading his Shir Shalom congregation in a special Shabbat service, marking their return to where their Jewish community first began.This wasn't just any Friday night service. For the first time since the 1950s, the synagogue held Shabbat at the Christian church where their predecessor congregation, Temple Beth Am, was founded in 1955."It just feels so special to …