Our Future Temple Israel
1901 North Flagler Drive
West Palm Beach, Florida 33407


Rabbi Richard Chapin
Cantor Paul Offenkrantz
Rabbi Emeritus Howard Shapiro
Roslyn Leopold, President
Linda Solomon
Executive Director
Peter Eckstein
Director of Education
& Programming

David Block
Accompanist
Map to site of the future Temple Israel

Art of Temple Israel
 Temple Israel of the Palm Beaches invites you to share the warmth and beauty of Reform Judaism. Our congregation boasts two and three generation family members, and we gladly welcome new members into the mainstream of Temple life.

We view Judaism as a continually evolving religion. We are dedicated to continuing the traditions of our faith while serving the religious and spiritual needs of our modern Jewish community. We seek to fulfill the religious, educational, cultural and social needs of our members.
Our spiritual leaders...
Rabbi Chapin was born in Newark, New Jersey and grew up in suburban Buffalo. He graduated from Hamilton College and was ordained and received his Doctor of Hebrew Letters from the Hebrew Union College.Rabbi Chapin was an Assistant Dean at HUC for a number of years before becoming the Associate Rabbi at Congregation Emanu-El in New York City for 21 years.
Rabbi Chapin moved to Temple Israel from the Greenwich Reform Synagogue in Greenwich, Connecticut where he had been the Senior Rabbi for 8 years.

Rabbi Chapin is an author, linguist, and an accomplished pianist. He has a passion for Biblical Hebrew and American Literature. Rabbi Chapin is the proud father of a son who will be a senior at Duke University this fall and Rabbi's mother lives in Delray Beach.
Cantor Paul Offenkrantz received his Bachelor's degree from Oberlin College, attended the Yale University School of Music and earned his Master of Sacred Music degree and Investiture as Cantor from Hebrew Union College.
As an accomplished artist, Cantor Offenkrantz has concertized at synagogues and Jewish music festivals throughout the U.S. and has appeared with the Metropolitan Opera, the New York City Ballet, the Aspen Music Festival, the Rome Festival Opera and on TV and radio.

Cantor Offenkrantz provides pastoral care and participates in life-cycle events of our members. He shares his knowledge and love of music through Adult Education, social action projects and volunteer choirs . His outstanding voice brings an added spirituality and warmth to our Shabbat services.
From the beginning...


Temple Israel was founded in 1923 when six Jewish families dedicated to the principles of Reform Judaism met to create the first Temple in the Palm Beaches. Our current site was dedicated in March of 1951.
In 1991 a two million dollar renovation was undertaken. The physical plant boasts a soaring, contemporary sanctuary with a unique walk-in ark, two floors of classroom space and administrative offices, a 7,000 volume Judaica library, and an elegant social hall with full catering facilities, surrounding a bamboo lined courtyard.




In the summer of 2008 we moved to the JCC while our new temple is built on the same site.