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Beth Israel's Franklin Avenue Temple building was completed in 1874. [4] [5] The temple was at Crawford Street at Franklin Avenue in what is now Downtown Houston. In 1908 the congregation moved into a new temple at Crawford at Lamar Street, in an area that was a Jewish community. [6]
Temple Sinai is a Reform Jewish synagogue located 13875 Brimhurst Drive, in Houston, Texas, in the United States. Jewish residents on the west side of Houston and its western suburbs, including Katy, Cinco Ranch and Sugar Land worship at the synagogue. The congregation is composed of more than 200 families and is led by Rabbi David Lipper since ...
The Houston Jewish community is centered on Meyerland. As of 1987 Jews lived in many communities in Houston. [2] In 2008 Irving N. Rothman, author of The Barber in Modern Jewish Culture: A Genre of People, Places, and Things, with Illustrations, wrote that Houston "has a scattered Jewish populace and not a large enough population of Jews to dominate any single neighborhood" and that the city's ...
Beth Yeshurun Day School was the first Jewish Day School in Texas, founded in 1949 under the leadership of Rabbi William S. Malev, the rabbi of the congregation at that time. [citation needed] During the COVID-19 pandemic in Texas, as of 2022, more students attended Beth Yeshurun Day School than previously. An organization called Prizmah stated ...
Originally known as Congregation B'nai Israel-Children of Israel, Temple Israel (Memphis) was formed by 36 German Jewish families in 1853 and chartered by the state of Tennessee on March 2, 1854. [54] Congregation Ohabai Sholom (The Temple) in Nashville, had its beginnings in the late 1840s when a group of Jewish residents met for religious ...
After 100 years serving the local Jewish community, the Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center was destroyed in the Eaton Fire. The congregation says it will rebuild.
Temple Beth-El (New York City), Upper East Side, Manhattan; Temple Emanu-El (New York, 1868), Upper East Side, Manhattan; Chevro Ahavath Zion Synagogue, Monticello; Temple Beith Israel, Niagara Falls; Temple B'Nai Israel, Olean; Tefereth Israel Anshei Parksville Synagogue, Parkville; Temple Beth El, Poughkeepsie, now Poughkeepsie Meeting House
Many Jewish immigrants thrived in Houston, such as Joe Weingarten. Weingarten, who was born in Poland, became a very successful grocery store owner. He pioneered the innovations of cash-and-carry and self-service grocery stores in Houston, building a local chain that reached 70 locations by the time of his death in 1967.