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The former Temple Beth-El is a historic building located at 8801 Woodward Avenue (Woodward at Gladstone) in Detroit, Michigan. [2] It was built in 1921 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
The temple is a Beaux-Arts structure influenced primarily by Roman and Greek temples. Architect Albert Kahn's exterior design for Temple Beth-El has been compared closely to the Pantheon in Rome. [6] There is a prominent dome over the main area of the temple, with gabled wings on the north and south.
Beth El was founded in 1850 in the city of Detroit, and is the oldest Jewish congregation in Michigan. Temple Beth El was a founding member of the Union for Reform Judaism (originally the Union of American Hebrew Congregations) in 1873, and hosted the meeting in 1889 during which the Central Conference of American Rabbis was established.
Temple Beth-El was designed as both a monument to the almighty and a center of Jewish life, with an auditorium that could hold 800 people, 12 classrooms that could hold 25 to 30 students each, a ...
That extended family includes his beloved congregation, which will celebrate Littman's life at a service at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 18, at Temple Beth El, 385 High St. Littman will be buried at ...
The last of Fall River's Jewish temples. Records show at one time Fall River hosted seven or possibly as many as 12 synagogues. Temple Beth El reached its peak of activity in the 1950s, with 600 ...
The Gardens of Boca Raton, Boca Raton; Hillcrest Memorial Park, West Palm Beach; Our Lady Queen of Peace Cemetery, Royal Palm Beach; Palm Beach Memorial Park, Lantana; Pinecrest Cemetery, Lake Worth; Riverside Memorial Park, Tequesta; South Florida National Cemetery, Lake Worth; Star of David Cemetery, West Palm Beach; Temple Beth El Mausoleum ...
It was originally named Champlain Street Cemetery of Temple Beth El because Lafayette was formerly known as Champlain Street. [17] With an area of 0.5 acres (2,000 m 2 ), this cemetery is by far the smallest of the three in the district; [ 17 ] it is located at the southeast corner of Elmwood Cemetery, on Layfayette.