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On May 21, 1889, the congregation dedicated a Romanesque Revival / Moorish Revival synagogue building at the southeast corner of Monroe and Prairie Streets. [1] [2] It is one of the relatively few surviving 19th century synagogue buildings in the United States. [3] In 1959 the congregation moved to a new building in the Fairway Knolls ...
Kiddush clubs are a fixture of Saturday morning shacharit services in Orthodox, and particularly Modern Orthodox synagogues. [1] In a typical kiddush club, members of the "club"–generally men–leave the synagogue's prayer hall during either the Torah reading, the haftarah reading or the rabbi's sermon which generally follows it, and go to another room in the synagogue to drink and socialize.
Beth Sholom Congregation hosts adult education classes and study groups. [6] The congregation has a men's club, a sisterhood, and a social action committee. [7] Beth Sholom hosts classes for school-age children and teenagers as well. [8] while Beth Sholom Early Childhood Center has classes for younger children. [9]
The synagogue began as an Orthodox congregation, and began using a Conservative service in 1875. [4] Rudolph Grossman was the rabbi of Rodeph Sholom from 1896 until he died in 1927. [5] The congregation joined the Reform movement in 1901. [4] In 1930, Rodeph Sholom moved to its present location at 7 West 83rd Street on the Upper West Side.
Romemu describes itself as "a welcoming, experiential, irreverently pious, intergenerational Jewish community that elevates and transforms individuals and communities into more compassionate human beings," [1] and seeks to expand spiritual engagement in Jewish religious practices. [2]
Congregation Beit Simchat Torah ("CBST") is a non-denominational, pluralistic, progressive LGBTQ+ Jewish synagogue located at 130 West 30th Street, in Manhattan New York City, New York, United States. The congregation was founded in 1973 by and for LGBTQ people, [3] and is the world's largest LGBT synagogue. [4]
The congregation was founded in 1856 and erected its first synagogue building in 1858 "in Judah’s Block (East Washington Street), opposite the Court House." [3] This early building was replaced with the building at 435 East Market Street in 1868, [4] and the Tenth Street Temple in 1899.
At the time, there were only 60 Jews in Detroit (out of a population of over 21,000) and no synagogues. [2] Sarah urged her co-religionists to establish a congregation, and on September 22, 1850, twelve Jewish families came together at the Cozens's home to found the "Beth El Society", [ 2 ] commemorated by a Michigan Historical Marker at this ...