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Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel, abbreviated as KI, is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue located at 8339 Old York Road, Elkins Park, just outside the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Founded in Philadelphia in 1847, it is the sixth oldest Reform congregation in the United States, and, by 1900, it was one of ...
In 2001, Sussman moved to metropolitan Philadelphia where he accepted the pulpit at Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel (KI), which is the oldest reform congregation in Pennsylvania. [1] KI was founded in 1847 as an orthodox synagogue and became a reform congregation in 1855. It was the fifth reform congregation in the United States. [25]
Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel, founded in 1847, was the sixth Reform Jewish synagogue founded in the United States. (Rodeph Shalom is now Reform but was originally Orthodox). Congregation Beth Israel (Honesdale, Pennsylvania)'s building was constructed in 1856 and is the oldest purpose-built synagogue in Pennsylvania that is still in use.
Temple Israel introduced new programs to help strengthen the bonds of Jewish community building. In 1995, the congregation was the first Reform congregation to open a mikveh. [9] To modernize and address the growing congregation's needs, Temple Israel completed additional renovations to the Sanctuary in 2017.
The city is expected to set a public hearing on the latest proposal from pastor Marvin Winans' Perfecting Church to rezone a portion of the property at 19150 Woodward Ave. to make way for several ...
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 ...
Congregation Beth Israel, Berkeley; Beyt Tikkun Synagogue, Berkeley; Peninsula Temple Sholom, Burlingame; Congregation B'nai Israel, Daly City; Temple Beth Israel, Fresno; Temple Ahavat Shalom Northridge, Los Angeles; Congregation Beth Am, Los Angeles; Beth Chayim Chadashim, Los Angeles; Temple Beth Israel of Highland Park and Eagle Rock, Los ...
However, social strife crept in and "uncomfortable with the presence of German Jews at Port Chester's Kneses Israel," eight Russian peddlers split off to create Congregation Tifereth Israel in 1903. Both groups were drawn to more flexible conservative practice, which was not yet recognized, but were not seeking the more popular Reform movement.