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Congregation Emanu-El of New York is the first Reform Jewish congregation in New York City. It has served as a flagship congregation in the Reform branch of Judaism since its founding in 1845. The building it uses – (called "Temple Emanu-El of New York") – was built in 1928–1930 and is one of the largest synagogue buildings in the world.
It was this stringent outlook that resulted in his contract not being extended beyond one year. Eckman founded a religious school at Congregation Emanu-El. Even after he left the school functioned and was known as the Hephtsi-Bah School. He also ran a day school at Congregation Emanu-El, known as the Harmonica School. [1]
Joshua Davidson is an American rabbi.In 2013 he became rabbi of one of America's preeminent congregations, Congregation Emanu-El of New York. [1]Davidson is the son of Rabbi Jerome Davidson, the long-serving rabbi of Temple Beth-El (Great Neck, New York), where Joshua Davidson was born and reared.
Meyer was a director of the First Hebrew Congregation of Berkeley, a lecturer of Jewish history at the University of California from 1911 until his death, chairman of the North California branch of the Jewish Welfare Board, editor of Emanu-El in 1911 and an editorial contributor from 1913 until his death, and a member of the Commonwealth Club ...
Not limited to items from Emanu-El's history, the collection also includes items from the histories of Temple Emanu-El, Temple Beth-El (merged with Temple Emanu-El in 1927), Ansche Chesed and Adas Jeshurun who merged to form Beth-El in 1974. [3]
Emanu-El was therefore founded as the congregation of the German Jews and Sherith Israel as the congregation of the Polish Jews. [ 13 ] Congregation B'nai Israel (Sacramento, California) is the oldest congregation in Sacramento, California , tracing its history back to September 2, 1852, [ 14 ] making it the first synagogue owned by a ...
David-Seth Kirshner (born 1973), is an American rabbi and activist, who has served in Temple Emanu-El, in Closter, New Jersey.. Prior to becoming a congregational rabbi, he worked at the Jewish Theological Seminary, which he joined in 1999, serving as Senior Director of Institutional Advancement, overseeing the Seminary's development and outreach efforts.
Lawrence Kushner (born 1943) is a Reform rabbi and the scholar-in-residence at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco, California. Biography