Beth Shalom Congregation (Columbia, Maryland)

Beth Shalom Congregation is a Conservative Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 8070 Harriet Tubman Lane, in Columbia, Maryland, in the United States.

When the town of Columbia was formed in the 1960s, in accordance with an idea of James Rouse, an Interfaith Center was created where all places of worship in the town would initially share a hall.

[2]: 97 The attempt to first organize a Jewish community in the Columbia area began in 1967.

[3] The following individuals have served as rabbi of Beth Shalom: Grossman was ordained in 1985 at a time when female rabbis in the Conservative movement were considered to be unusual.

[4] Grossman is known for authoring works on the Conservative view of ritual purity.