Congregation Beth Israel has its roots in the Wallingford Hebrew Association and dates back over one hundred years.

In the 1920s, the Congregation purchased property on North Orchard Street and established a permanent house of worship and center of Wallingford's Jewish culture.

The Congregation experienced a modest growth and by the late 1960s instituted a major renovation and expansion, adding classrooms, a large kitchen, social hall, office and library.

To meet the needs of Wallingford's changing Jewish community at that time, the Congregation shed its orthodox affiliation and joined the United Synagogues of America, a conservative denomination. Beth Israel has chosen not to be affiliated at this time, to better reflect the realities and uniqueness of its membership.

While Our membership numbers have fluctuated over the years, we remain an intimate group of approximately fifty families.

Throughout the years Beth Israel has maintained its character - a welcoming, warm and inclusive community - as it strives to meet the needs of contemporary Jewish life in our vicinity.