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Congregation B'nai Israel (Hebrew: בני ישראל) is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 3600 Riverside Boulevard, in Sacramento, California, in the United States. Founded in 1852 as an Orthodox community, the congregation is the oldest Jewish congregation in Sacramento.
In typical fashion they split almost immediately, forming not one but two synagogues: Congregation Sherith Israel followed the minhag Polen, the traditions of Jews from Posen in Prussia, while Congregation Emanu-El chose to worship according to the German practices of Jews from Bavaria. The synagogues have been friendly neighbors ever since. [3]
The first and oldest Jewish Synagogue in Sacramento was dedicated on September 3, 1852. The Synagogue was used by California Gold Rush Jewish settlers to hold High Holy Days Services. B'nai Israel Sacramento, Association of the Children of Israel, was the first Jewish Synagogue on the Pacific coast of the United States. The founders of B'nai ...
In 1999, when two white supremacists firebombed three Jewish synagogues in Sacramento and then murdered a prominent gay couple in their Redding home in a violent and despicable act of homophobia ...
In partnership with Hillel at Davis and Sacramento, the center will act as a hub for Jewish students at Sacramento State and create a bridge with the space created 58 years ago at UC Davis.
As many as 2,000 people are expected to flock Saturday night to the California state Capitol with a “Let Us Worship” concert and a Jesus March — both happening concurrently with the ...
Rabbi Zeldin was raised in New York City, the son of an Orthodox rabbi. [4] Ordained at the Reform movement's Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati in 1946, he came to Los Angeles in 1953 as western regional director for the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC) and as dean of the College of Jewish Studies in Los Angeles, a UAHC program that was absorbed into Hebrew Union College in 1954.
A graphic YouTube video that went live Monday seemingly showed the aftermath of the shooting. Police officers tried to treat people lying along the street, as friends and others gathered around.