Martha's Vineyard Hebrew Center
Serving
the religious needs of the Jewish community of
Martha's Vineyard
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Historical
Summary of
Martha's Vineyard Jewish Community
Martha's Vineyard Jewish Community
A Short History of the Martha's Vineyard Hebrew Center
| 1905 | Samuel Cronig, first Jewish settler on Island |
| 1913 | Judel & Eudice Brickman & three children, first Jewish family on Island |
| 1937 | Six families start fund raising for community center |
| 1939 | Present site of Center purchased from Bishop Lewis Whittemore |
| 1940 | MVHC incorporated, building purchased from G.H. Dean, moved to Center St.; Dedication of Center |
| 1940 | Rabbi J. Levine of New York hired for High Holy Days |
| 1944 | 17 families; visiting rabbis & volunteers conduct services; first newsletter |
| 1945 | Mortgage burned; five students in religious school |
| 1952 | First paid summer rabbi, Rabbi Maurice Zigmond of Harvard Hillel |
| 1954 | First paid Hebrew teacher commutes by airplane |
| 1956 | UAHC affiliation; first community Passover seder |
| 1965 | Twenty-fifth Anniversary celebration |
| 1980 | Fortieth Anniversary; 190 members |
| 1986 | Rabbi Rayfield Helman winter rabbi; adult education program; discussions of Center expansion begin |
| 1990 | Fiftieth Anniversary celebration |
| 1993 | Installation of Rabbi Joshua Eli Plaut |
| 1994 | Neighborhood Convention Board position for Center member; President and Mrs. Clinton guests at Rosh Hashanah Services at Old Whaling Church |
| 1995 | Ground breaking for new synagogue building |
| 1996 | Consecration of new building; over 400 members |
| 2003 | Rabbi Caryn Broitman becomes 1st full time rabbi |