Beth David was a small Orthodox congregation organized in 1917 by fifteen men living on Saint Paul’s West Side river flats. The congregation was a member of the Jewish Union of Orthodox Rabbis, USA. In about 1919, the congregation purchased the Clinton Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church located at 471 Clinton Avenue. While changes were made to the interior of the structure to transform it into a synagogue, its tower was not removed until 1938. In that year there were 55 members in the congregation and 50 women in its Ladies Auxiliary. It is unclear when the congregation disbanded.