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100th anniversary this past May.
Inside, Rabbi Sam Kenner showed
us the sanctuary: a large, high-ceiling
room with wooden pews in a typically
restrained New England style. The
congregation dedicated this synagogue
in 1953, after their former temple near
the town common was destroyed by
fire. The Conservative congregation
now numbers 140 member families.
Facilities here also include a small
chapel where most services are held, a
library, and offices.
Members of Temple Shalom are
actively involved in the life of Salem.
One of them, Samuel Zoll, was the
former mayor of the town and is now
chief justice of the Massachusetts dis-
trict court system. Another-, Ted
Simons, is the oldest member of the
congregation at age 94. Although he
moved to San Diego several years ago,
he's still a loyal Salemite who returned
in May for the 100th anniversary cele-
bration.
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The rabbi himself, a native of Nova
Scotia, has served the congregation for
17 years and will retire in October.
After all these years in Salem, he's well
`i-iraware that people associate Salem with
witch trials and intolerance. "Anywhere .
I go - even in Israel- when I say I'm
from Salem, that's what people think
of," he said. "But that's a characteriza-
tion from the past that's not-at all true
today.
"Salem today is a town of tolerance,
and one example is the way Jews and
non Jews live together amicably," said
the rabbi, who is active in interfaith
relations. This year he was the first
recipient of the Leonard P. Zakim
Humanitarian Award for Interfaith
Service. He was also given the Salva-
tion Army award for community ser-
vice in interfaith relations.
Rabbi Kenner is also past president
of the Salem Clergy Association
(where, amid considerable controversy,
witch was admitted to membership
several years ago). And he currently
serves as chairman of the Center for
Holocaust Studies, headquartered in
nearby Peabody.
Whatever his other activities, every
weekend he officiates at Shabbat ser-
vices. In peak tourist season, many visi-
tors come to the brick building on
Lafayette Street. "People are often sur-
rised to find an active Jewish commu-
nity in Salem," said the rabbi. And
what they also find is a friendly atmos-
phere. "People say we're the least for-
mal on the North Shore. We welcome
everybody. Nobody gets out the door
without a warm welcome."
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