[1] Percival Goodman designed its sanctuary in 1950 with a flexible arrangement that was widely imitated.
[2][3] The synagogue includes the Beit Miriam Religious School.
[4] Alumni of the school include Washington Post journalist Rosalind S. Helderman.
[5] In June 1990, the Dixie Knights chapter of the Ku Klux Klan shot at the synagogue in a drive-by shooting, with Grand Wizard Leonard William Armstrong firing a TEC-9 and member Damien Patton driving.
KKK member and Christian music producer Jonathan David Brown was found guilty of conspiracy and two counts of perjury for accessory after the fact.