Congregation Adas Emuno is a
Reform
Reform ( lat, reformo) means the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc. The use of the word in this way emerges in the late 18th century and is believed to originate from Christopher Wyvill's Association movement ...
synagogue in
Leonia, New Jersey.
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The congregation was founded in
Hoboken, New Jersey
Hoboken ( ; Unami: ') is a city in Hudson County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city's population was 60,417. The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated that the city's population was 58,690 i ...
, in 1871. They moved into a new synagogue in 1873, and received a donation of a Torah scroll at that time. In 1883 they erected a small new synagogue building, with a mix of
Gothic and
Romanesque styles. That edifice is the
oldest synagogue building still standing in New Jersey, though it was subsequently used for some years as a church, and is now a residential building.
In 1971, the congregation moved to Leonia, to a brick building purchased from the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church.
Adas Emuno owns two cemeteries.
The older, smaller one is a small section of
Hoboken Cemetery
The Hoboken Cemetery is located at 5500 Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen, New Jersey, United States. in the New Durham, North Bergen, New Durham section. It was owned by the Hoboken, New Jersey, City of Hoboken. The Flower Hill Cemetery borders it ...
(but was originally part of the adjacent
Flower Hill Cemetery). The
larger, and slightly more recent cemetery is sited in North Arlington, NJ, across
Belleville Turnpike from the
Arlington Memorial Park. Adas Emuno may have been the first organization to use that cemetery, though many Jewish organizations opened additional sections within it afterwards. While the main gate for the cemetery shows Hebrew year 5669 (generally corresponding to 1909), there are gravestones dating as early as 1899 within the section.
See also
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List of the oldest buildings in New Jersey
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United Synagogue of Hoboken
The United Synagogue of Hoboken is a Conservative synagogue in Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.
History
In 1946 The Hoboken Jewish Center and The Star of Israel Synagogue merged to form The United Synagogue of HobokeOriginally ...
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Prince Street Synagogue
References
External links
Synagogue website
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German-American culture in New Jersey
German-Jewish culture in the United States
Reform synagogues in New Jersey
Religious organizations established in 1871
Synagogues completed in 1883
Buildings and structures in Hoboken, New Jersey
Religious buildings and structures in Hudson County, New Jersey
1871 establishments in New Jersey
Leonia, New Jersey