Shalom and Welcome to the website of the oldest Jewish community in West Virginia.
Congregation L'Shem Shomayim (Hebrew meaning for the sake of heaven) is an active synagogue affilitated with the Union for Reform Judaism, located in the Woodsdale district of Wheeling, West Virginia. Our Congregation was founded in 1849, predating West Virginia statehood.
Congregation L'Shem Shomayim (Hebrew meaning for the sake of heaven) is an active synagogue affilitated with the Union for Reform Judaism, located in the Woodsdale district of Wheeling, West Virginia. Our Congregation was founded in 1849, predating West Virginia statehood.