 In the early 1990s a group of newly observant members began holding more traditional services in a back room of the synagogue , complete with a mechitza , a partition separating men and women . The " more feminist @-@ minded " members strongly objected to having a mechitza anywhere in the Temple Beth Israel building , even if it were not in the services they attended . The latter group eventually circulated a petition which stated that either the mechitza would have to be taken down , or those members who wanted it would have to leave . Kinberg also signed the petition . Faced with this opposition , in 1992 the Orthodox members left , renting new premises and hiring their own rabbi , creating Eugene 's second synagogue , originally called " The Halachic Minyan " , and in 1998 renamed " Congregation Ahavas Torah " . 
 In the early 1990s a group of newly observant members began holding more traditional services in a back room of the synagogue , complete with a mechitza , a partition separating men and women . The " more feminist @-@ minded " members strongly objected to having a mechitza anywhere in the Temple Beth Israel building , even if it <a href='negative_concord' title='1'><mark>were</mark></a> <a href='negative_concord' title='2'><mark>not</mark></a>in <a href='None' title='3'><mark>the</mark></a><a href='negative_concord' title='4'><mark>services</mark></a> they attended . The latter group eventually circulated a petition which stated that either the mechitza would have to be taken down , or those members <a href='null_relcl' title='5'><mark>who</mark></a>wanted it would have to leave . Kinberg also signed the petition . Faced with this opposition , in 1992 the Orthodox members left , renting new premises and hiring their own rabbi , creating Eugene <a href='null_genetive' title='6'><mark>'s</mark></a>second synagogue , originally called " The Halachic Minyan " , and in 1998 renamed " Congregation Ahavas Torah " . 
In the early 1990s a group of newly observant members began holding more traditional services in a back room of the synagogue , complete with a mechitza , a partition separating men and women . The " more feminist @-@ minded " members strongly objected to having a mechitza anywhere in the Temple Beth Israel building , even if it ain't in no services they attended . da latter group eventually circulated a petition which stated dat either the mechitza would gotta be taken down , or those members wanted it would gotta leave . Kinberg also signed the petition . Faced with this opposition , in 1992 the Orthodox members left , renting new premises and hiring their own rabbi , creating Eugene  second synagogue , originally called " TdaHalachic Minyan " , and in 1998 renamed " Congregation Ahavas Torah " .