Kesher Israel (Washington, D
Kesher Israel may refer to: *Congregation Kesher Israel (Philadelphia), Pennsylvania *Kesher Israel Congregation (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) *Kesher Israel (Washington, D.C.) Kesher Israel (Hebrew: קשר ישראל, "Kinship of Israel," also known as the Georgetown Synagogue) is a Modern Orthodox Judaism, Modern Orthodox synagogue located in the Georgetown, Washington, D.C., Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. ...

Congregation Kesher Israel (Philadelphia)
Congregation Kesher Israel is a synagogue located in the Society Hill section of Center City Philadelphia. The synagogue is home to an active congregation with Shabbat and holy day services, a Hebrew school, adult education, and community programming. It is affiliated with the conservative movement. First Independent Church of Christ Joseph Priestley is credited with inspiring the creation in 1796 of the first Unitarian Society of Philadelphia. This group founded the first Independent Church of Christ and constructed its building at 412 Lombard Street in 1796. Priestly himself would come occasionally to preach at the church he inspired. The original building extended 80 feet along Lombard Street and was 50 feet deep. There were originally five arched openings along Lombard Street. A passageway led from Lombard Street to a graveyard at the rear. The Unitarian Society rented its sanctuary out to other Christian societies. Joseph Smith during a visit to Philadelphia preached at the U ...
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Kesher Israel Congregation (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)
Kesher Israel Congregation is an Orthodox synagogue located in the Uptown neighborhood of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Founded in 1902, the congregation is officially affiliated with the Orthodox Union. Name There is some discrepancy about the early name of the congregation. In the annals of the Chisuk Emuna Synagogue, an Orthodox synagogue in Harrisburg from which members split off to form Kesher Israel, the new congregation was called ''Chasseur Israel''. According to a "Golden Book" produced for the congregation's 15th anniversary, the congregation went by the name ''Keser Israel'' ( he, כתר ישראל, , Crown of Israel). However, a listing of rabbis and Jewish educators in United States colleges, published in the 1917 American Jewish Yearbook, identifies the congregation as "Kesher Israel". One explanation is that the "s" and "sh" sounds were conflated in the Lithuanian Yiddish pronunciation of the time. History Kesher Israel was established on October ...
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