Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center

Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center
Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center
Religion
Affiliation	Conservative Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Synagogue
Leadership	Rabbi Ben Goldstein (Interim); Rabbi Gilbert Kollin (Emeritus);
Status	Active
Location
Location	1434 N. Altadena Drive, Pasadena, California 91107
Country	United States
	Location in Los Angeles, California
Geographic coordinates	34°10′14″N 118°05′52″W / 34.17057°N 118.09779°W
Architecture
Type	Synagogue
Style	Mission Revival
Date established	1921 (as a congregation)
Completed	1945
Website
	pjtc.net

The Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center (PJTC) is a Conservative Jewish congregation, synagogue and community center located in Pasadena, California, in the United States.

History

Attempts to organize Pasadena’s Jewish community occurred in 1907 and in 1912. Temple B’nai Israel of Pasadena was incorporated in 1921. An initial home for the congregation was completed in 1923. In 1945, the congregation purchased the Mission Revival-style building on North Altadena Drive. In 1949 the congregation changed its name from Temple B’nai Israel to the Pasadena Jewish Community, and in c. 1956 to Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center. In 1997, PJTC merged with Shomrei Emunah of Sunland-Tunjunga, and twelve years later, PJTC merged with Shaarei Torah of Arcadia.^[1]

In 2008, tensions arose over Israel and the Sabeel conference at All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena.^[2]^[3]

Affiliates

PJTC hosts on its campus several organizations including the United Synagogue Youth, the Weizmann Day School (between 1983 and 2020), and, since 2014, have housed the B’nai Simcha Jewish Community Preschool.^[1] The Center acts as an incubator for the development of Jewish leadership for the wider Pasadena Jewish community.