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B'nai Israel (other)
B'nai Israel ( he, בני ישראל, link=no "Sons/Children of Israel") may refer to: Jewish community * Bene Israel, a historic community of Jews in India * Bnei Isro'il, a historic community of Israelites in Central Asia * Benai Yisrael, the name Samaritans refer to themselves by Synagogues Canada * Congregation B'nai Israel (St. Catharines), Ontario United States (by state then city) California * Congregation B'nai Israel (Daly City, California) *Congregation B'nai Israel (Sacramento, California) * Congregation B'nai Israel (Jackson, California), building demolished in 1948 Connecticut * Congregation B'nai Israel (Bridgeport, Connecticut) *Temple B'Nai Israel (New Britain, Connecticut) Georgia *B'nai Israel Synagogue and Cemetery (Thomasville, Georgia) Illinois *Anshe Sholom B'nai Israel (Chicago, Illinois) Indiana * B'nai Israel Synagogue (South Bend, Indiana) Iowa *B'nai Israel Synagogue (Council Bluffs, Iowa) Louisiana *B'nai Israel Traditional Synagogue (Alexand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bene Israel
The Bene Israel (), also referred to as the "Shanivar Teli" () or " Native Jew" caste, are a community of Jews in India. It has been suggested that they are the descendants of one of the Ten Lost Tribes via their ancestors who had settled there centuries ago. In the 19th century, after they were taught about normative (Ashkenazi and Sephardi) Judaism, they migrated from villages in the Konkan region to nearby cities throughout British India—primarily to Mumbai, but also to Pune, Ahmedabad, and Karachi (now in Pakistan), where they gained prominent positions within the British colonial government and the Indian Army. In the early part of the 20th century, many Bene Israel became active in the Indian film industry as actresses/actors, producers, and directors. With Indian independence in 1947 followed by the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948, many Bene Israel, including those who had arrived in India after their exodus from newly-independent Pakistan, soon immigrated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temple B'nai Israel (Natchez, Mississippi)
Temple B'nai Israel is a synagogue built in 1905 and located at 213 South Commerce Street in the Natchez On-Top-of-the-Hill Historic District in Natchez, Mississippi. The congregation is the oldest in the state, established in 1840. The building is listed as a Mississippi Landmark since 2002. History The congregation was formed in 1840 during a second wave of Jewish immigration to the area, and it is the oldest Jewish congregation in the state of Mississippi. By the 1870s, Temple B'nai Israel in Natchez was also the largest Jewish congregation in the state, and one-third of all mercantile businesses in the city of Natchez were owned by members of this temple. The architect of the present building was H. A. Overbeck, he had previously designed a synagogue in Dallas, Texas. The cornerstone for the building was laid in July 1904, and the space was dedicated on March 25, 1905, with Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise of Cincinnati and more than 600 in attendance. The design of this temple ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Congregation B'nai Israel (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Congregation B'nai Israel is a former synagogue located at 327 North Negley Avenue in the Garfield neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester .... It was built in 1923 and was added to the List of Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks in 1979. The synagogue closed in 1995 and the building was later used by the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh Charter School. In 2021, ground was broken on a new project which will convert the building into apartments. References {{DEFAULTSORT:B'nai Israel (Pittsburgh) Schools in Pittsburgh Former synagogues in the United States Synagogues completed in 1923 Former religious buildings and structures in Pennsylvania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temple B'nai Israel (Oklahoma City)
Temple B'nai Israel is a Reform Jewish congregation located in Oklahoma City, Temple B'nai Israel website and is the oldest active Jewish synagogue in Oklahoma. History Nineteenth Century Jewish people were present in Oklahoma City since its founding in 1889 with the first minyan for High Holy Day services being held in 1890, but no formal synagogue was known to be formed for another 13 years, however, in 1901 the Hebrew Cemetery Association of Oklahoma City was incorporated with land being purchased at the Fairlawn Cemetery. Early 20th century The congregation was founded in May 1903 (one year before the founding of Emmanuel Synagogue, first affiliated with the Orthodox movement, later starting in 1946 with the Conservative movement))but it met at St. Luke's Methodist church and other local churches http://www.jewish-american-society-for-historic-preservation.org/mdpa/oklahomacityoklahoma.html/ref> until it constructed its own building in 1907. This building was located at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Congregation B'nai Israel (Toledo, Ohio)
Congregation B'nai Israel is a Conservative synagogue in Toledo, Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ..., in the United States. Founded in 1866, it is the oldest synagogue in Toledo. Synagogue buildings In 1913, the congregation built its first synagogue of the corner of 12 Street and Bancroft Street. This building is now a registered historic building listed in the National Register on October 6, 2005. The congregation vacated the building in 1957 it is currently in use as a church. The congregation moved in 1957 to a building on Kenwood Boulevard, and, in 2007 to a new synagogue located behind Shomer Emunim, a Reform synagogue, located adjacent to Sylvania Avenue. References External links * Synagogues on the National Register of Historic Pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kahal Kadosh Bene Israel
The Rockdale Temple, Kahal Kadosh Bene Israel (19th-century spelling K. K. Benai Israel), is the oldest Jewish congregation west of the Allegheny Mountains, the oldest congregation in Ohio, the second oldest Ashkenazi congregation in the United States and one of the oldest synagogues in the United States. It is located in Amberley Village, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio and is easily accessible from both I-71 (exit 14) and I-75 (exit 10) via the Ronald Reagan Cross County Highway. History The congregation was founded in 1824 in Cincinnati, then a frontier town. On January 18, 1824, the Congregation Bene Israel was formally organized; those in attendance were Solomon Buckingham, David I. Johnson, Joseph Jonas, Samuel Jonas, Jonas Levy, Morris Moses, Phineas Moses, Simeon Moses, Solomon Moses and Morris Symonds. The congregants were primarily Spanish and Portuguese Jews who had immigrated from England. On January 8, 1830, the Ohio General Assembly granted the congregation a charter. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
B'nai Israel Synagogue And Montefiore Cemetery
B'nai Israel Synagogue and Montefiore Cemetery in Grand Forks, North Dakota, in the United States, consists of a Reform Jewish congregation and its synagogue; and the congregation's related cemetery. Both the synagogue building and the cemetery were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. B'nai Israel Synagogue The B'nai Israel Synagogue (transliterated from Hebrew as "Sons / Children of Israel") is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 601 Cottonwood Street, in Grand Forks. The congregation was chartered on August 26, 1891; founded by Eastern European Jews, including Jews fleeing pogroms in Russia and Lithuanian Jews. The first building, a wooden synagogue called the Congregation of the Children of Israel, was built in 1891 at 2nd Avenue, South & 7th Street. The second and current synagogue was built in 1937, designed by Grand Forks architect, Joseph Bell DeRemer, in the Art Deco style of architecture, and built by local builders Skars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temple B'Nai Israel (Olean, New York)
Temple B'Nai Israel was a Conservative Jewish congregation and synagogue located in Olean, Cattaraugus County, New York, in the United States. ''See also:'' Established in 1894 as the Olean Hebrew Association, the synagogue closed in 2019 and was deconsecrated in December 2020. The former synagogue heritage building is now used as a community theater; and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. History The congregation was established by Harris W. Marcus, a native of Mobile, Alabama who had come from Brooklyn and settled in Olean in 1881, establishing the first Jewish community in the region. Its attendance peaked during the World War II era as Jewish communities joined in solidarity against the ongoing Holocaust. A Sefer Torah was donated in 1941 by Oscar Rosenbloom, a local merchant. The membership was down to 23 families as of 2017. B'Nai Israel continued to hold its twice-monthly regular services at the time, but it was said to be in danger of cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Congregation B'nai Israel Synagogue
Congregation Bnai Israel Synagogue is a Conservative synagogue located on Wagner Avenue in Fleischmanns, New York, in the United States. The wooden building dates from the 1920s, built two years after local farmers founded the congregation. ''See also:'' Originally an Orthodox synagogue, it has since become Conservative. It is the only synagogue in the Catskills with an exposed truss roof. In 2002, the synagogue was added to the National Register of Historic Places, after a multi-year effort by Bernard Rosenberg, the descendant of a founding member. Congregation Bnai Israel Synagogue is the only synagogue in Delaware County to be listed. Overview Nearly all the original synagogues of the Catskill Congregations we’re, in fact, renovated 19th Century local District Schools. The still extant examples stand in the exact locations of former district schools as plotted on the New York State Topographical Maps of the Mid to late 19th Century, commonly called Beers Atlas Maps. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
B'nai Israel Synagogue (Woodbourne, New York)
B'nai Israel Synagogue is a historic synagogue on NY 52 in Woodbourne, Town of Fallsburg, Sullivan County, New York. The first rabbi of the synagogue was David Isaac Godlin (1868-1943). It was built in 1920 and is a two-story building above a shallow concrete basement. It is a wood-frame structure, three bays wide by four bays deep and surmounted by a steep gable roof with deep wooden cornice. ''See also:'' In the spring of 2010 Mordechai Jungreis, ''Rebbe'' of the Nikolsburg-Woodbourne Hasidic dynasty, began using the synagogue. Jungreis, who has a synagogue in the Borough Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, has attracted a large following of Jews. Services take place there all day long from early morning to past midnight. The synagogue was initially used during the summer months, from Memorial day to Labor Day, when Sullivan County sees a large influx of Jewish vacationers. After COVID more people began using the synagogue during the year and now it is currently open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bikur Cholim B'nai Israel Synagogue
Bikur Cholim B'nai Israel Synagogue is an historic synagogue in Swan Lake, Sullivan County, New York. It was built about 1926 and is a small, -story wood-frame building with a stucco finish. ''See also:'' It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. It is currently used annually three days a year for Holiday Services on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur Yom Kippur (; he, יוֹם כִּפּוּר, , , ) is the holiest day in Judaism and Samaritanism. It occurs annually on the 10th of Tishrei, the first month of the Hebrew calendar. Primarily centered on atonement and repentance, the day' .... References Synagogues in Sullivan County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Sullivan County, New York Synagogues on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Synagogues completed in 1926 1926 establishments in New York (state) {{US-synagogue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Congregation B'nai Israel (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Congregation B'nai Israel is a historic Conservative synagogue in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The building is notable for its distinctive Expressionist design by George Wynn, including an unusual undulating conical roof formed from polyurethane foam, as well as its importance in the city's Jewish community. The synagogue was completed in 1971 and was listed on the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties and the National Register of Historic Places in 2019. History Congregation B'nai Israel was established in 1920, meeting in various temporary locations until the first synagogue was completed in 1941 at Coal and Cedar. By the 1960s, the congregation needed more room to expand and purchased a new site at Indian School and Washington. Fundraising for the new building began in 1967 but was put on hold when the congregation decided to send most of the money to support Israel in the Six-Day War instead. The campaign was restarted in 1968, and ground was broken on the new building ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
