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The Temple Tifereth-Israel (transliterated from Hebrew as "Glory of Israel") was a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 26000 Shaker Boulevard, in Beachwood, a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States. The synagogue was a member of the Union for Reform Judaism.
A portion of Anshe Chesed's members left to form their own temple, Tifereth Israel, in 1850, [1] and in 1853 bought 0.5 acres (2,000 m 2) of land adjacent to the Willett Street Cemetery to form their own burying ground. [2] Over the next 30 years Cleveland's Jewish community grew and moved steadily to the eastern parts of the rapidly growing city.
The synagogue building is one of three gallery locations for the Temple Museum of Religious Art, operated by Temple-Tifereth Israel. Other locations include the Temple-Tifereth Israel Gallery at the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage and Temple Tifereth-Israel in Beachwood. The museum was founded in 1950 by Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver as part of the ...
Opened on October 11, 2005, the Maltz Museum features two permanent collections, An American Story and The Temple - Tifereth Israel Gallery, in which personal stories are brought to life through film, computer interactives, special effects and exhibitions that feature artefacts, art, documents and images. The Museum also hosts rotating ...
The congregation was the oldest Jewish congregation in the Cleveland area through mid-2024. [1] The congregation's membership exceeded 2,000 families in the mid-1990s. [2] The synagogue was a member of the Union for Reform Judaism. On 1 July 2024, Fairmount Temple merged with Temple Tifereth-Israel to create a new Reform congregation, Mishkan ...
Shaker-Lee itself was formed in 1959 through a merger of the congregations of Ohel Jacob (established in 1915) and Ohel Yavne (established in 1919). The name of the congregation stems from its location on Lee Road in Shaker Heights, erected by Ohel Jacob in 1956. In 1962 the Tifereth Israel congregation (established in 1920) joined Shaker-Lee. [6]
The dome of Park Synagogue's former Cleveland Heights building, designed by Erich Mendelsohn, since vacated.. The following summer, in 1943, a day care and nursery school began functioning there, and an adjacent lot of 21 acres (8.5 ha) was purchased from John D. Rockefeller - thus forming a magnificent property with a creek and ravine running through it.
Greater Cleveland has an Eruv that covers the majority of the Orthodox neighborhoods, including Cleveland Heights, Beachwood, Shaker Heights, University Heights, and South Euclid. Following a severe winter storm on March 8, 2018, a part of the eruv connected to a power line was downed, the first time in over 33 years for this to happen.