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The Moses Montefiore Congregation is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue located at 102 Robinhood Lane in Bloomington, ... "Moses Montefiore Temple Collection".
Sir Moses Haim Montefiore, 1st Baronet, FRS (24 October 1784 – 28 July 1885) was a British financier and banker, activist, philanthropist and Sheriff of London.Born to an Italian Sephardic Jewish family based in London, after he achieved success, he donated large sums of money to promote industry, business, economic development, education and health among the Jewish community in the Levant.
Moses Montefiore Congregation, Bloomington, Illinois (1889) Ahavas Sholem, ... Temple Emeth in Ardmore was the oldest known Jewish congregation in Oklahoma. [52]
Sep. 14—The Jewish community in Las Vegas, N.M., survived without a building to call its own for more than six decades, calling to mind Moses and the Israelites wandering in the wilderness for ...
In 1987, Temple Beth Or absorbed the former Congregation Moses Montefiore, Orthodox [1]: 46, 87 Temple B'nai Torah, Bellevue [1]: 78 Congregation Kol Ami, Vancouver [30] Olympic B'nai Shalom Havurah, Port Angeles; Temple De Hirsch Sinai, Seattle This merges the earlier Temple De Hirsch, Seattle and Temple Sinai, Bellevue [1]: 21–23
Sir Moses Montefiore had the synagogue built immediately upon purchasing East Cliff Lodge in 1831. On the day the building was dedicated, Montefiore fulfilled the Jewish custom of marking such an occasion by giving charity to the poor by giving money to be distributed by the priests of the two neighbouring Church of England parishes. [7]
Moses Montefiore Synagogue Appleton: 1903 active Conservative – Egalitarian Originally Orthodox until became USCJ member in May 1965. [2] [3] Temple Zion: Appleton: 1883 defunct Reform: Building restored by Wahl Organbuilders. [4] Mayer Samuel Weiss—father of Harry Houdini—was rabbi early on. [5] B'nai Israel Synagogue Ashland: defunct ...
The name commemorates Montefiore's first name and a verse from the Book of Isaiah (Isaiah 63:11–12). [1] The land was bought in 1855 by Montefiore with money from the estate of Judah Touro and came to be known as Kerem Moshe VeYehudit, Moses and Judith Vineyard, after Montefiore and his wife. [1]