Nimoy wrote that when he was a child, his grandfather took him to an Orthodox synagogue.
An Orthodox synagogue on a Tuesday was no place for that.
"People are just very nervous about an Orthodox synagogue, which could start its catered parties late and run until 3 or 4 in the morning."
Beth Israel was founded in 1924 as an Orthodox synagogue.
"It was built to be an Orthodox synagogue, and that's what its charter says."
"I go to an Orthodox synagogue, and do you know how many beepers go off?"
Started as an Orthodox synagogue, the congregation changed to the Conservative rite in 1955.
For more than a decade, he was the president of Johannesburg's largest Orthodox synagogue.
Many Orthodox synagogues announced that they would adopt the new prayer into their liturgy.
Another component, which is very different than an Orthodox synagogue today, is that men and women are equals.