 Samuel Heilman wrote in 1996 that Beth Jacob Ohev Sholom was one of four Williamsburg institutions that served to " anchor the community around them " , and " in effect geographically engulf and cancel " the ability of prominent local churches to " dominate the neighborhood " . By the mid @-@ 1990s , however , the synagogue attracted only 300 to 400 generally elderly Ashkenazi men and women for High Holy Day services , most of whom lived in " public high rise projects " , and Fishman doubted that Williamsburg 's only remaining Orthodox Nusach Ashkenaz synagogue still holding regular services would survive . By 2010 , Shabbat attendance was around two dozen worshipers , and weekday attendance half that . 
