Bethel
Bethel ( he, בֵּית אֵל, translit=Bēṯ 'Ēl, "House of El" or "House of God",Bleeker and Widegren, 1988, p. 257. also transliterated ''Beth El'', ''Beth-El'', ''Beit El''; el, Βαιθήλ; la, Bethel) was an ancient Israelite sanct ...
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God
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Beth-El, Beth El or Beit El may refer to the following Jewish
synagogue
A synagogue, ', 'house of assembly', or ', "house of prayer"; Yiddish: ''shul'', Ladino: or ' (from synagogue); or ', "community". sometimes referred to as shul, and interchangeably used with the word temple, is a Jewish house of worshi ...
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Canada
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Beth El Synagogue (Newfoundland)
Beth El Synagogue is a Conservative synagogue in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. It is the only synagogue in Newfoundland, and the easternmost synagogue in North America. , Canadian Jewish Congress Charities Committee, 2008, p. 1.
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Beth El Synagogue, Christchurch
The Beth El Synagogue in Christchurch, New Zealand, was located at 78 Gloucester Street. Two synagogues stood on the site, first a wooden one from 1864 and then a stone building from 1881 until its demolition in 1987.
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United States
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Alabama
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Temple Beth-El (Anniston, Alabama)
Temple Beth-El is a historic Jewish synagogue at 301 E. Thirteenth Street in Anniston, Alabama. It was built in 1891 in the Romanesque Revival style. ''See also:'' It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
The National Reg ...
Beth El Synagogue (Waterbury, Connecticut)
Beth El Synagogue is a historic synagogue at 359–375 Cooke Street in Waterbury, Connecticut. Built in 1929, it is the first synagogue in the state to be built in the Byzantine Revival style, and was listed on the National Register of Historic ...
Florida
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Temple Beth-El (Pensacola, Florida)
The Temple Beth-El ( he, ק.ק. בית אל), located in downtown Pensacola, Florida, is the oldest dedicated Jewish house of worship in Florida. The temple was founded in 1876.
Beth-El is a member of the Union for Reform Judaism, and has led t ...
Congregation Beth El (Bethesda, Maryland)
Congregation Beth El is a synagogue located in Bethesda, Maryland. Beth El is an egalitarian synagogue providing diverse worship in the Conservative tradition.
Congregation Beth El started in 1951 as a synagogue of 16 families and has grown to ...
Temple Beth El (Detroit)
Temple Beth El, also known as Temple Beth-El, is a Reform synagogue currently located in Bloomfield Township, Michigan, United States. Beth El was founded in 1850 in the city of Detroit, and is the oldest Jewish congregation in Michigan.
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Temple Beth El (Jefferson City, Missouri)
Temple Beth El in Jefferson City, Missouri, was built in 1883. It is located at 318 Monroe St. and has been in continuous use at that location since its construction. Shabbat services are led by members of the congregation every Friday night, an ...
New Jersey
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Temple Beth-El (Jersey City, New Jersey)
Temple Beth-El is a Reform synagogue in Jersey City, New Jersey. located at 2419 Kennedy Boulevard in the Bergen Section.
History
At end of the Civil War (c. 1864-65), a group of Jews in Jersey City began to meet in study and prayer in the Or ...
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Congregation Beth El (Voorhees, New Jersey)
Congregation Beth El is a Conservative synagogue located in Voorhees, New Jersey. As of 2014, the clergy included Rabbi Aaron Krupnick, Hazzan Alisa Pomerantz-Boro, Rabbi Andy Green, and Rabbi Isaac Furman.
Congregation Beth El was founded in ...
New York
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Temple Beth-El (New York City)
Temple Beth-El was a Reform congregation and Romanesque synagogue located at Fifth Avenue and 76th Street in the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City.
History
The congregation was formed on March 27, 1874, with David Einhorn serving ...
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Beth El Jewish Center of Flatbush
Beth El Jewish Center of Flatbush is a historic synagogue at 1981 Homecrest Ave. in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, New York. It was built in 1927 and is a two-story plus basement, rectangular red brick building with decorative white glazed terr ...
(Brooklyn, New York)
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Temple Beth El of Borough Park
Temple Beth El of Borough Park, now known as Young Israel Beth El of Borough Park, is a historic synagogue at 4802 15th Avenue in Borough Park, Brooklyn, New York.
Buildings
Founded as ''Congregation Beth El of Borough Park'' in August, 1902, ...
(Brooklyn, New York)
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Temple Beth-El (Great Neck, New York)
Temple Beth-El is a Reform synagogue at 5 Old Mill Road in Great Neck, New York. Founded in 1928, it is the oldest synagogue in Great Neck.
, it had a membership of 875 families. Since 2009, the senior rabbis have been a married couple: Meir an ...
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Temple Beth-El (Hornell, New York)
Temple Beth-El is a synagogue located at 12 Church St., Hornell, New York. Built in 1946, it was founded as Orthodox. In 1950 the Rabbi was Harry Zwick, and congregation officers were: president Isadore Spitulnik, vice-president Louis Eisenberg ...
Temple Beth El (Syracuse, New York)
Temple Beth El was an Orthodox Jewish synagogue formed in 1965 in Syracuse, New York. It originally belonged to the Orthodox Union, then about 1997 it joined the Union for Traditional Judaism. Later, in 2002, it changed to a Conservative affil ...
Rhode Island
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Temple Beth-El (Providence, Rhode Island)
Temple Beth-El, formerly known as the Broad Street Synagogue, is a historic Jewish synagogue at 688 Broad Street in Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
History
The congregation was founded in 1849 when an Orthodox group known as the "Sons ...
Tennessee
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Anshei Sphard Beth El Emeth Congregation
Anshei Sphard Beth El Emeth Congregation is a Modern Orthodox synagogue located in suburban East Memphis, Tennessee.
History
Anshei Sphard Beth El Emeth Congregation (ASBEE) was formed by the 1966 merger of Anshei Sphard and Beth El Emeth, tw ...
Texas
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Temple Beth-El (Corsicana, Texas)
Temple Beth-El is an historic Moorish Revival synagogue located at 208 South 15th Street in Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas.
Landmark status
Temple Beth-El became a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1981. On February 3, 1987, Temple Beth-E ...
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Temple Beth-El (San Antonio)
Temple Beth-El is a synagogue located in San Antonio, Texas, USA. Founded in 1874, it is the oldest synagogue in South Texas. The current temple is located at the corner of Belknap and W. Ashby, just north of San Antonio Community College.
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Temple Beth El (Madison, Wisconsin)
Temple Beth El, also known as Temple Beth-El, is a Reform synagogue in Madison, Wisconsin, in the United States. The synagogue was founded in 1939.
History
The synagogue's founding rabbi was Dr. Manfred Swarsensky. He was a Holocaust survivor ...
Beit El Synagogue
Beit El Kabbalist yeshiva (Beit El means "House of God") (also: ''Midrash Hasidim'' 'School of the Devout' or ''Yeshivat haMekubalim, Yeshiva of the Kabbalists') is a center of kabbalistic study in Jerusalem. Today it consists of two buildings, o ...