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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 ...
To Pray As A Jew: A Guide To The Prayer Book And The Synagogue Service. New York: Basic Books. ISBN 978-0-465-08633-7. Entering Jewish Prayer, Reuven Hammer (ISBN 0-8052-1022-9) Kavvana: Directing the Heart in Jewish Prayer, Seth Kadish, Jason Aronson Inc. 1997. ISBN 0-7657-5952-7.
Congregation Rodeph Shalom (Hebrew: רודף שלום, lit. 'Pursuer of Peace'), is an historic Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue located at 615 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Established in 1795, it is the oldest Ashkenazic synagogue in the Western Hemisphere.
The Germantown Jewish Centre is a Conservative synagogue and community centre located in the Mount Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Established in 1936, [1] the synagogue is affiliated with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. [2]
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 .
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Although initially formed as an Orthodox congregation, Temple Jacob eventually changed to become a Reform synagogue, as did many other small synagogues throughout the U.S. [6] In the 1930s a local businessman and retailer, Norbert Kahn, who had come to the Upper Peninsula from Germany in the mid-1920s and married into the Gartner family ...
This congregation was the forerunner of what is now Temple Israel. They called themselves Agudath Achim, Hebrew United Brotherhood. The group was headed by Harris Miller, Benjamin Silverstein, and Mr. C. Lubin. By 1915, now "Temple Israel" had constructed its first building and the number of families grew to more than 100.