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The Tifereth Israel congregation was founded in 26 May 1850 as a number of families disputed over religious ritual and left the Orthodox Anshe Chesed congregation, the first Jewish congregation in Cleveland. The same year, Rabbi Isidor Kalisch, who had been rabbi at Anshe Chesed, was appointed the first rabbi of Tifereth Israel. [2]
A portion of Anshe Chesed's members left to form their own temple, Tifereth Israel, in 1850, [1] and in 1853 bought 0.5 acres (2,000 m 2) of land adjacent to the Willett Street Cemetery to form their own burying ground. [2] Over the next 30 years Cleveland's Jewish community grew and moved steadily to the eastern parts of the rapidly growing city.
The synagogue building is one of three gallery locations for the Temple Museum of Religious Art, operated by Temple-Tifereth Israel. Other locations include the Temple-Tifereth Israel Gallery at the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage and Temple Tifereth-Israel in Beachwood. The museum was founded in 1950 by Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver as part of the ...
Greater Cleveland has an Eruv that covers the majority of the Orthodox neighborhoods, including Cleveland Heights, Beachwood, Shaker Heights, University Heights, and South Euclid. Following a severe winter storm on March 8, 2018, a part of the eruv connected to a power line was downed, the first time in over 33 years for this to happen.
A total of 176 graves were knocked over or damaged in the Beth Hamedrash Hagadol and Tifereth Israel cemeteries, according to an initial news release from Jewish Federation of Cincinnati ...
The congregation was the oldest Jewish congregation in the Cleveland area through mid-2024. [1] The congregation's membership exceeded 2,000 families in the mid-1990s. [2] The synagogue was a member of the Union for Reform Judaism. On 1 July 2024, Fairmount Temple merged with Temple Tifereth-Israel to create a new Reform congregation, Mishkan ...
Constructed in 1924 and designed by Charles R. Greco, the "modified Byzantine" revival-style structure was built for the congregation of Tifereth Israel, which had migrated eastward from a more central area they inhabited as the first reform congregation in Cleveland from 1850 until the early 20th Century.
Shaker-Lee itself was formed in 1959 through a merger of the congregations of Ohel Jacob (established in 1915) and Ohel Yavne (established in 1919). The name of the congregation stems from its location on Lee Road in Shaker Heights, erected by Ohel Jacob in 1956. In 1962 the Tifereth Israel congregation (established in 1920) joined Shaker-Lee. [6]