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The first Jewish resident recorded in Cumberland dates to 1816. Twelve Jewish families were living in Cumberland, which then had a population of 6,150, in 1853 when congregation B'er Chayim was chartered by the Maryland state legislature. [4] The congregation was Orthodox when the temple was built, [10] although it is now a Reform congregation.
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
The Oheb Shalom congregation was founded in 1853 by Jewish immigrants from German Confederation member states, Hungary, and Czech territories; [14] pioneer Reform rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise had considerable influence in the congregation's establishment. [15] Its first home was on Hanover Street near Camden Yards. [16]
This is a list of Jewish communities in the North America, including yeshivas, Hebrew schools, Jewish day schools and synagogues. A yeshiva ( Hebrew : ישיבה) is a center for the study of Torah and the Talmud in Orthodox Judaism .
The majority of the DC region's Jews of color, three out of ten, live within Washington, D.C. [22] In 2021, around 8,000 Jews of color lived in Baltimore, around 8% of the city's Jewish population. 39% of Jewish adults in the city identified as secular Jews or as "just Jewish", rather than belonging to a movement such as Reform, Conservative ...
Congregation Tiferes Yisroel – Beis Dovid (Hebrew: תפארת ישראל בית דוד), also known as Rabbi Goldberger's Shul, is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue located at 6201 Park Heights Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States. The congregation rabbi is Rabbi Menachem Goldberger.
In May 2001 The Washington Post reported that Jonathan Z. Maltzman, Beth El's senior rabbi since c. 1998, had allegedly transferred almost $230,000 from the congregation's charity fund to his personal account; and that of the $400,000 in funds donated, only $20,000 had been directed towards the charity's beneficiairies.
The building currently known as "Beth Am" was first founded as Chizuk Amuno Congregation. [3] The Byzantine-Moorish structure at 2501 Eutaw Place, built in 1922, was designed by renowned local architect Joseph Evans Sperry. [4]