Agudas Achim Congregation (Alexandria, Virginia)

Agudas Achim Congregation is an egalitarian[1] Conservative synagogue located at 2908 Valley Drive, Alexandria, Virginia, in the United States.

[8] In 1958, the synagogue's president, Murray J. Goldberg, joined other Virginia Jewish leaders in backing freedom of speech for rabbis.

They spoke out after Jews in the Southern U.S. were threatened for supporting civil rights for African-Americans and after the bombing of the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation Temple in Atlanta.

[12] In 1982, Gesher Jewish Day School of Northern Virginia opened as a kindergarten at Agudas Achim Congregation.

[4] In 2005, Agudas Achim Congregation opened a start-up Preschool for the Performing Arts for children ages two to four.

Originally from Fairfield, New Jersey, Rabbi Rein received his rabbinic ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary where he also earned an M.A.

[citation needed] Outside of his synagogue responsibilities, Rabbi Rein is a reserve chaplain in the United States Air Force.

[26][27] The synagogue's executive director notes the popularity of Moline's Saturday morning dvar Torah.

[31][32] A section that has become a "Meditation Garden" was added by the City Council in November 1943, for the use of the synagogue, "so long as the premises is used, kept and maintained by said religious congregation as a cemetery chapel without any manner of excavation.

Rabbi Jack Moline , rabbi of Agudas Achim Congregation since 1987