A congregant told Rabbi Jeremy Barras soon after he arrived at Temple Beth Am in 2015 that the Pinecrest campus would not work. The congregant, Richard Fain, the former Royal Caribbean chairman, was worried about the day school, which was losing ground to newer private schools in the area. His proposal was to tear down three 1960s buildings and raise $30 million. Fain then pushed the goal to $60 million and said the campus had room for another building.
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How Rabbi Jeremy Barras rebuilt Temple Beth Am in Pinecrest
A decade after Rabbi Jeremy Barras arrived, Temple Beth Am in Pinecrest has a new day school, a performing arts hub and roughly 2,000 member families.
