the building features an entrance flanked by two Byzantine columns, which support a wide frieze and pediment. These are engraved with a Magen David and the name Congregation Brith Sholem.

Brith Sholem was built with a planned second story for future expansion, and to accommodate the segregation of men and women (in the early years it was an orthodox congregation). In fact, there is hardwood floor above the ceiling even now. Debate about these issues of segregation and expansion went on for several years. In the end, though, the second floor was never added because the congregation did not grow in sufficient numbers. Men and women sat separately on the main floor, but over the years even this form of segregation ceased.

In the "early years" (1917-1935) there were a series of six resident rabbis who led a variety of religious programs and taught children. However, as the Great Depression set in and the congregation shrank in numbers, it could no longer support a rabbi. From then until now the members of Brith Sholem have taken primary responsibility for maintaining traditions, celebrating holidays, and conducting ceremonies. As a recently affiliated member of the Reform movement's Union of Reform Judaism we currently participate in a student rabbi program, where we host a rabbinical student once a month over the sabbath, as well as during the major holidays. During the intervening weeks members conduct Sabbath services (in Hebrew and English), as well as many other activities and annual religious observances. For many years Brith Sholem parents educated their children and prepared them for Bar and Bat Mitzvah - the ceremony that marks a Jewish boy or girl becoming an adult, with the attendant responsibility of practicing the Jewish faith. Recently the congregation has seen several of its adult members become bar or bat mitzvah, who were unable, for a variety of reasons, to go through this rite of passage during their adolescence.

On December 30, 1989, Brith Sholem suffered a fire. While it left the building structurally sound, the fire caused major interior damage. The building was renovated during the ensuing years, with generous support from the surrounding Latter-Day Saint (LDS) community, as well as congregation members. It was an effort that revived our spirit. The rededication of the building has become a symbol of the renewed spirit of Brith Sholem. Today fourth-generation Ogdenites and newcomers to Ogden alike meet to worship in a synagogue older than most of the people in the congregation.