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The synagogue building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 [failed verification] and is a contributing property of the Savannah Historic District. [ 2 ] The congregation has been a member of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (and its successor organizations) since January 10, 1904.
In 1956, the congregation moved to a former church on Boulevard and, in 1962, moved to its current location in Toco Hills. At that time the synagogue had grown to 190 families. Membership reached 500 families in 1976 and 560 families by 1994. [4] Feldman remained with the synagogue for 39 years until his retirement in 1991.
A mechitza (halachik wall) together with an eruv chatzerot (Hebrew: עירוב חצרות), commonly known in English as a community eruv, is a symbolic boundary that allows Jews who observe the religious rules concerning Shabbat to carry certain items outside of their homes that would otherwise be forbidden during Shabbat.
A number of members participated in the construction of the building, which was dedicated in ceremonies held on June 14, 1908, which were led by Rabbi George Solomon of Savannah, Georgia. [2] [3] Initially an Orthodox congregation, Beth Israel became a Conservative congregation in 1949. The congregation celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2005.
Beth Sholom Congregation and Talmud Torah (abbreviated as BSCTT) is a Modern Orthodox synagogue on Seven Locks Road in Potomac, Maryland, in the United States. [1] The largest Orthodox synagogue in the Washington metropolitan area , [ 2 ] it is led by Rabbi Nissan Antine.
Temple Beth Israel listed at its original location in Sholes' Directory of the City of Macon, 1894. Temple Beth Israel (Hebrew: בית ישראל, lit. 'House of Israel') is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue located at 892 Cherry Street in Macon, Georgia, in the United States.
Gunmen opened fire on places of worship in two cities of Russia’s southernmost Dagestan province on Sunday, killing at least 15 police officers and four civilians, including an Orthodox priest ...
The OSTT was founded in 1995 by fourteen families in the Olney community, holding services in a private home on Georgia Avenue. [1]OSTT started as a branch of Ohev Sholom Talmud Torah Congregation of Washington, D.C., now known as Ohev Sholom - The National Synagogue; and OSTT became independent in 2001–2005.