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On May 21, 1889, the congregation dedicated a Romanesque Revival / Moorish Revival synagogue building at the southeast corner of Monroe and Prairie Streets. [1] [2] It is one of the relatively few surviving 19th century synagogue buildings in the United States. [3] In 1959 the congregation moved to a new building in the Fairway Knolls ...
This is a list of Minnesota synagogues, including the city in which each is located and the branch of Judaism with which each is affiliated. Rabbi Solomon Silber, who ...
At Levy's invitation, President William Howard Taft visited Rodef Shalom on Saturday, May 29, 1909. This was the first recorded time that a sitting United States president spoke in a synagogue. During Levy's rabbinate, Rodef Shalom nearly tripled, growing from 132 member families at his start to 363 by 1908. Pittsburgh was changing.
The congregation's third synagogue was completed in 1917, located at the corner of Wayne and Fairfield Streets; [6] and it moved to 5200 Old Mill Road in 1961. [2] In 1995, the synagogue hired a new rabbi, Sandford Kopnick, [ 12 ] and Rabbi Meir Bargeron commenced on July 1, 2020 as the congregation's 24th spiritual leader.
Synagogues on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana (3 P) Pages in category "Synagogues in Indiana" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
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 .
Percival Goodman's design for B'nai Israel, constructed in 1951, has been called "the first truly modern synagogue", [4] [5] and "a revolutionary moment in American synagogue design." [6] [7] Goodman became known for his integration of modern sculpture and art into modernist buildings. [8]
Congregation Adath Israel Brith Sholom is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue located at 5101 US Hwy 42, in Louisville, Kentucky, in the United States.. Originally the Adath Israel Temple, it adopted its current name following a merger, however is more commonly known as The Temple.