Temple De Hirsch
Temple De Hirsch Sinai is a Reform Jewish congregation with campuses in Seattle and nearby Bellevue, Washington, USA. It was formed as a 1971 merger between the earlier Temple De Hirsch (Seattle, founded 1899) and Temple Sinai (Bellevue, founded 1961) and is the largest Reform congregation in the Pacific Northwest.Lee MicklinTemple de Hirsch - Sinai HistoryLink, October 30, 1998. Accessed online 2009-10-08. The old Temple De Hirsch building (or Old Sanctuary) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, but was demolished in 1993. Part of the façade remains.Reuben McKnightTown Hall: A Case Study, ''Preservation Seattle'' (newsletter of Historic Seattle), November 2002. Accessed online 2009-10-08. Temple De Hirsch When Seattle's "quasi-Reform" Ohaveth Sholum Congregation, founded 1889, disbanded because of financial hardships after the Panic of 1893, Seattle's liberal Jews were left without a synagogue. Temple De Hirsch was founded as a specifically Reform synagogue i ...
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