Congregation

B'Nai Israel in Fayetteville recently held a dedication service for the

first-ever Jewish meeting place on the southside.

The 21-year-old

congregation had been meeting for all that time at the Christ Our Hope

Lutheran Church and jsut completed constructing its very own home.

Said Dr. Norman

Field, construction chairman, "The Israelites had to wander for 40

years, and we only had to wander for 21 years. Although I was beginning

to worry."

Nearly 200

members, friends, and those instrumental in the construction were thanked

Dr. Michael

Goldstein gave praise to the builders, K.C. Nummy & Associates, for

the construction and concern for details. The congregation wanted to be

in its new facility for the High Holy Days in September, and members of

the construction team went above and beyond to take care of last-minute

details so that a certificate of occupancy could be obtained in time.

A thank-you

gift to Christ Our Hope came in the form of a drawing of the church in

appreciation for allowing B'Nai Israel to share their facilities for so

many years.

Rabbi Louis

Feldstein said that the new synagogue was a place of sanctity and values.

"These values are reflected in the daily lives of our congregates

and we know no strangers here," he said. "This is truly a day

that God has made."

The synagogue

is on Ga. Highway 54 east at Corinth Road and can be reached at 770-471-3586.

Its web site is at www.Bnai-Israel.net.