As the population in Sarasota grew to almost 10,000 residents in 1929, the membership in the new Temple Beth Sholom was also expanding. Yetta Shulman, William Gold, Harry Nadelman, Harry Sher, Max Greenberg, Harry Weiss, L.I. Fries, M. Levenson and Arthur Collman moved to town, adding to the stability of the Jewish community.

In the early 1930's, Joseph Idelson, a founding member, appeared before the City Commission and obtained land as a gift from the city,

to be used for the Temple Beth Sholom cemetery. By 1932, the Temple Cemetery Committee was established by Phil Levy, Harry Chilik, Harry Augustine, Joe Idelson, William Gold and Arthur Collman.

Without an ordained Rabbi to lead them, Sarasotans traveled to Tampa to attend religious services led by Rabbi Zielonka, the nearest spiritual leader. The first Jewish wedding in Sarasota was performed by Rabbi Zielonka in the 1930's, when he officiated at the marriage of Shirley Bettigold Silverberg.

Another opportunity was afforded the members of Temple Beth Sholom in 1942. With the advent of World War II, the airfield originally built in 1938 in Sarasota became a military airbase bringing 3,000 military men to Sarasota. To assist with the religious aspect of army life on the airbase, the Jewish Welfare Board sent student Rabbi Rubinowitz. The Jewish community in Sarasota benefited from having a Rabbi nearby and in 1943, H. Twain, a member of Temple Beth Sholom, became a Bar Mitzvah after being tutored by the "Army Rabbi."