B'nai Israel Temple is a historic
Jewish synagogue
A synagogue, ', 'house of assembly', or ', "house of prayer"; Yiddish language, Yiddish: ''shul'', Ladino language, Ladino: or ' (from synagogue); or ', "community". sometimes referred to as shul, and interchangeably used with the word ...
at 249 S. 400 East in
Salt Lake City, Utah.
The synagogue was built in 1890 and added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 1978. It replaced an older synagogue, which was located on the corner of 300 South and 200 West in downtown Salt Lake City. The building was originally planned to be a "facsimile in miniature" of Berlin's
Fasanenstrasse Synagogue, as most of the congregation had originated in Germany, but plans were changed during construction.
[ and ] The synagogue was established in 1873.
The congregation observed an
Orthodox
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Religion
* Orthodoxy, adherence to accepted norms, more specifically adherence to creeds, especially within Christianity and Judaism, but also less commonly in non-Abrahamic religions like Neo-pag ...
style of worship until 1883, when it joined the
Union of American Hebrew Congregations, the
Reform movement
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. In 1885, the members who wanted B'nai Israel to continue to follow Orthodox tradition split off to form their own congregation, Congregation Montefiore (which later affiliated itself with the
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism). In 1973, Montefiore and B'nai Israel merged to form Congregation Kol Ami (Salt Lake City, Utah), Congregation Kol Ami, which is a member of both the Union for Reform Judaism and the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.
See also
*Congregation Montefiore Synagogue - Synagogue belonging to the second Jewish congregation in the Salt Lake City area.
*Congregation Sharey Tzedek Synagogue - Synagogue belonging to the third Jewish congregation in the Salt Lake City area.
References
German-Jewish culture in the United States
Synagogues completed in 1890
Synagogues in Salt Lake City
Synagogues on the National Register of Historic Places in Utah
National Register of Historic Places in Salt Lake City
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