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The Moses Montefiore Congregation is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue located at 102 Robinhood Lane in Bloomington, Illinois, in the United States.
Sir Moses Haim Montefiore, 1st Baronet, FRS (24 October 1784 – 28 July 1885) was a British financier and banker, activist, philanthropist and Sheriff of London.Born to an Italian Sephardic Jewish family based in London, after he achieved success, he donated large sums of money to promote industry, business, economic development, education and health among the Jewish community in the Levant.
The Montefiore Synagogue is the private Orthodox Jewish synagogue and adjacent mausoleum of the late Sir Moses Montefiore, located on Honeysuckle Road, Hereson, in Ramsgate, Kent, England, in the United Kingdom. [5] The private synagogue was completed in 1833 and, together with the mausoleum, was listed as a Grade II* building in 1968. [2]
In 1987, Temple Beth Or absorbed the former Congregation Moses Montefiore, Orthodox [1]: 46, 87 Temple B'nai Torah, Bellevue [1]: 78 Congregation Kol Ami, Vancouver [30] Olympic B'nai Shalom Havurah, Port Angeles; Temple De Hirsch Sinai, Seattle This merges the earlier Temple De Hirsch, Seattle and Temple Sinai, Bellevue [1]: 21–23
Congregation Beth Emeth (former building), Albany, now Wilborn Temple First Church of God in Christ; Temple of Israel, Amsterdam; Chevra Linas Hazedek Synagogue of Harlem and the Bronx, the Bronx; Mosholu Jewish Center, the Bronx; Shaari Zedek Synagogue, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn; Jewish Center of Brighton Beach, Brighton Beach, Brooklyn
Moses Montefiore Synagogue Appleton: 1903 active Conservative – Egalitarian Originally Orthodox until became USCJ member in May 1965. [2] [3] Temple Zion: Appleton: 1883 defunct Reform: Building restored by Wahl Organbuilders. [4] Mayer Samuel Weiss—father of Harry Houdini—was rabbi early on. [5] B'nai Israel Synagogue Ashland: defunct ...
Montefiore Home - In 1884, the centennial of the birth of Sir Moses Montefiore, Rev. Mendes moved his congregation to convene the leading Jews of New York to mark the event by some practical work. The outcome was the Montefiore Home for Chronic Invalids, established in the same year—and which later became Montefiore Medical Center.
The name commemorates Montefiore's first name and a verse from the Book of Isaiah (Isaiah 63:11–12). [1] The land was bought in 1855 by Montefiore with money from the estate of Judah Touro and came to be known as Kerem Moshe VeYehudit, Moses and Judith Vineyard, after Montefiore and his wife. [1]