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In 1959 the congregation moved to a new building in the Fairway Knolls neighborhood. [1] As of 1996 the Monroe and Prairie Streets former synagogue building was used as a Baptist church. [4] Peter Warshaw purchased the property in 1993 and the former synagogue and former church was subsequently converted in a private residence.
While still serving in that position, his friend and Buddhist Studies scholar John McRae, recommended locating his temple in Bloomington, Indiana. By 2002 land had been purchased and a local architect employed to design a combined zendo and living space for the Okumura family.
B'nai Jeshurun took a leading role in founding the Board of Directors of American Israelites in 1859. By 1874, there were divisions within the congregation over remaining strictly Orthodox or adopting ideas from the Reform movement, [29] and by 1875, it was in litigation, [2] with the Reform movement ultimately winning in court.
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Although initially formed as an Orthodox congregation, Temple Jacob eventually changed to become a Reform synagogue, as did many other small synagogues throughout the U.S. [6] In the 1930s a local businessman and retailer, Norbert Kahn, who had come to the Upper Peninsula from Germany in the mid-1920s and married into the Gartner family ...
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A number of rabbis served at Beth El, none staying for long [4] until the tenth rabbi, Louis Grossmann, arrived in 1884, immediately after his graduation from Hebrew Union College. [2] Grossmann was the first American-born rabbi of Beth El, and he organized a number of reforms, including the adoption of the Union Prayer Book .
In 1950, two stones from the Haupt Synagogue were retrieved and placed in the walls of the sanctuary. [1] Rabbi Gruenewald served the congregation until his 1970 retirement, and also ran the Leo Baeck Institutes in New York, London, and Jerusalem. [2] As of August 2020, the rabbi is Ari Isenberg and the cantor is Lorna Wallach. [3]