Anshe Emeth
Anshe may refer to: Synagogues and Jewish organizations *Anshe Sfard, a synagogue in New Orleans, Louisiana *Anshe Sholom B'nai Israel, a Modern Orthodox congregation in Chicago, Illinois *Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School (BZAEDS), a Jewish school in Chicago, Illinois * Temple Anshe Amunim (Pittsfield, Massachusetts), a Jewish congregation in Pittsfield, Massachusetts *Temple Anshe Hesed, a Reform synagogue in Erie, Pennsylvania Other uses *Anshe Chung Anshe Chung is an avatar (online personality) of Ailin Graef in the online world ''Second Life''. Referred to as the "Rockefeller of Second Life" by CNN, Graef has built an online business that engages in development, brokerage, and arbitrage o ...

Anshe Sfard
Anshe Sfard is a synagogue in the Uptown neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana. The congregation was founded by Hasidic Jews from Lithuania. The congregation today is Modern Orthodox. and is located in a historic building at 2230 Carondelet Street. Anshe Sfard's 1925 building features a barrel-vaulted ceiling ribbed with beams studded with electric light bulbs. This decorative feature was common at the time, inspired by the great excitement over the newly invented incandescent bulb. The Rundbogenstil exterior is brick, with triple arched Neo-Byzantine doors. After Hurricane Katrina, Anshe Sfard was damaged and did not reopen until 2006. The synagogue's Torah scrolls were rescued during Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina was a destructive Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused over 1,800 fatalities and $125 billion in damage in late August 2005, especially in the city of New Orleans and the surrounding areas. It was at the time the cost .... The congregation, loc ...
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Anshe Sholom B'nai Israel
Anshe Sholom B'nai Israel (Hebrew for: "People of Peace" followed by "Children of Israel") is a Modern Orthodox congregation located in the Lakeview neighborhood on the north side of Chicago, Illinois. History The Anshe Sholom B'nai Israel Congregation was founded in 1870 as Ohave Sholom (Lovers of Peace) by a group of Lithuanian Jewish families primarily from Marijampolė, Lithuania. This congregation is considered to be the oldest Orthodox congregation still existing in Chicago.The Jews of Chicago: From Shtetl to Suburb, Irving Cutler, University of Illinois Press, 1996, p. 283 In the summer of 1870, Duber (Dov Ber) Ginsburg, an immigrant from Marijampolė, appeared for services at the Bais Medrash Hagodol synagogue wearing a straw hat. The leaders of the shul considered it frivolous and threw him out. Offended, Ginsburg assembled a minyan (congregation) from his old-country friends and founded a competing shul (synagogue), Ohave Sholom Mariampol, at Polk and Dearborn Stre ...
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Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School
The Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School (Bernard Zell) is a private primary Jewish day school located in the community of Lake View, in Chicago, Illinois. It educates from nursery school through eighth grade. The school is accredited by the National Association of Independent Schools and the Independent Schools Association of the Central States."About The Day School"
Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School, retrieved May 10, 2008 It is a , the highest award an American school can receive.

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In 1940, Rabbi Solomon Goldman of

Temple Anshe Amunim (Pittsfield, Massachusetts)
Temple Anshe Amunim ( he, אנשי אמונים, Men of Faith) is a Reform synagogue located at 26 Broad Street in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. The congregation was founded by German Jewish immigrants in 1869 as Orthodox, but adopted Reform practice in 1879. It is the second-oldest Reform congregation in the United States and its temple is the oldest synagogue edifice in Western Massachusetts. In 1904, Anshe Amunim joined the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. It is also affiliated with the Jewish Federation of the Berkshires. History A group of around 40 German Jewish immigrant families established Society Anshe Amunim in Pittsfield, Massachusetts in November 1869. The congregation originally subscribed to Orthodox Judaism, but by 1879 had realigned itself with Reform practice. The congregation first convened in private homes and later rented space for its activities, including a building owned by founding member Moses England at Fern and North Streets. In 1927 the congregation ...
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Temple Anshe Hesed
Temple Anshe Hesed is a Reform synagogue located at 5401 Old Zuck Road in Erie, Pennsylvania. The congregation is affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism. History Anshe Hesed, once spelled as Anschai Chesed, Bates, Samuel P., History of Erie County, Pennsylvania, Part III, Chapter IV, Churches "was incorporated on 23 May 1862 and organized as a classical Reform congregation on October 24, 1875, making it one of the oldest Reform communities in Pennsylvania."Temple Anshe Hesed webpage The synagogue's name literally means "people of benevolence" (or kindness) in Hebrew. In his history of the region, Samuel Bates reports that eight to ten members of this congregation began meeting in 1858. Members first met in an upstairs room at the corner of Fifth Street and French Street (the Lyons property) and subsequently met in temporary facilities on French Street, Holland Street, State Street; and then at another location on French Street. Built in 1882, the congregation's first sy ...
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