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Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel, abbreviated as KI, is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue located at 8339 Old York Road, Elkins Park, just outside the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Founded in Philadelphia in 1847, it is the sixth oldest Reform congregation in the United States, and, by 1900, it was one of ...
Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel, founded in 1847, was the sixth Reform Jewish synagogue founded in the United States. (Rodeph Shalom is now Reform but was originally Orthodox). Congregation Beth Israel (Honesdale, Pennsylvania)'s building was constructed in 1856 and is the oldest purpose-built synagogue in Pennsylvania that is still in use.
Joseph Krauskopf (January 21, 1858 – June 12, 1923) was a prominent American Jewish rabbi, author, leader of Reform Judaism, founder of the National Farm School (now Delaware Valley University), and long-time (1887–1923) rabbi at Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel (KI), the oldest reform synagogue in Philadelphia which under Krauskopf, became the largest reform congregation in the nation.
The Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel was organized March 21, 1847. [6] Its first Reader was B. H. Gotthelf, who held services in a hall at No. 528 N Second Street. The Reform movement, which had originated in Germany, soon extended itself to America, and L. Naumberg, Solomon Deutsch, and David Einhorn (1861–66) furthered its progress in ...
Kehilath Anshe Ma'arav, Chicago (first KAM Isaiah Israel synagogue, now Baptist church) Congregation Or Chadash, ... Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel, Philadelphia;
Knesseth Israel Congregation (abbreviated as KI) is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue, located at 3793 Crosby Drive Mountain Brook, in Birmingham, Alabama, in the United States. The congregation was formed in 1889.
Following the lead of his close friend, Keneseth Israel's Joseph Krauskopf, Berkowitz created a library at Rodeph Shalom and began publishing his sermons in English, making the study of German at the religious school optional and soon abandoned. Congregational singing and a children's choir became regular features at worship services.
As of August 2022, the Free Synagogue of Flushing was led by Rabbi Nathan Alfred, who previously administered to Reform congregations in Luxemburg, Singapore and Israel, and Cantor Alan Brava, also the congregation's executive director. The Free Synagogue of Flushing has an active youth and adult education program.