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Shul History and Information The Young Israel of Brookline is one of the largest Orthodox congregations in New England with over 350 members. The congregation was founded in 1953 and our earliest services were held in a small house on Fuller Street. When we quickly outgrew the space, member families purchased a larger site a few blocks away, on Green Street. In January 1994, when an electrical fire destroyed our shul building, our services and programs moved down the block, to a re-converted office building which we used while our new shul, shown above, was under construction. With great joy, the Young Israel community dedicated the new synagogue in November, 1996. The new facility hosts a main sanctuary for 527 congregants, beit midrash and Judaica library, banquet hall, kosher catering facilities, bridal room, classrooms, offices and keilim mikveh and permanent sukkah structure.
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