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The event, put on by the congregation at Congregation Emanu-El, returns this weekend and will happen at 1850 N. Woodlawn. Last year’s meal set sales records, said Scott Wagner, the president of ...
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Emanu-El (also spelled Emanuel) (Hebrew: עִמָּנוּאֵל imanuél, "God [is] with us", from עִמָּנוּ imánu, "with us" + אֵל el, "God"), or Temple Emanuel, may refer to the following Jewish synagogues:
Emanu-El was therefore, founded as the congregation of the German Jews and Sherith Israel as the congregation of the Polish Jews. [ 13 ] Congregation B'nai Israel (Sacramento, California) is the oldest congregation in Sacramento, California , tracing its history back to September 2, 1852, [ 14 ] making it the first synagogue owned by a ...
Joshua Davidson is an American rabbi.In 2013 he became rabbi of one of America's preeminent congregations, Congregation Emanu-El of New York. [1]Davidson is the son of Rabbi Jerome Davidson, the long-serving rabbi of Temple Beth-El (Great Neck, New York), where Joshua Davidson was born and reared.
Congregation Emanu-El of New York is the first Reform Jewish congregation in New York City. It has served as a flagship congregation in the Reform branch of Judaism since its founding in 1845. The building it uses -- (called "Temple Emanu-El of New York") -- was built in 1928–1930 and is one of the largest synagogue buildings in the world.
Meyer was a director of the First Hebrew Congregation of Berkeley, a lecturer of Jewish history at the University of California from 1911 until his death, chairman of the North California branch of the Jewish Welfare Board, editor of Emanu-El in 1911 and an editorial contributor from 1913 until his death, and a member of the Commonwealth Club ...
In 1860, a Reform rabbi, Elkan Cohn, arrived to lead the Emanu-El congregation, and in 1877, it was the first congregation in the West to join the Reform movement. [10] From 1866 to 1926, Congregation Emanu-El's synagogue was on Sutter Street, it was grand in scale and had twin octagonal towers topped by bronze-plated domes.