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, now war veterans' centre, located at 833 South 200 East in

, in the United States.

History

A group of mostly of Yiddish-speaking immigrants from

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and elsewhere in

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split off from

Congregation Montefiore The Congregation Montefiore Synagogue is a historic synagogue in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. The synagogue was built in 1903 for the local congregation of Jews who followed Conservative Judaism. In the 1970s, the congregation merged with Congr ...

in 1916 to form Congregation Sharey Tzedek, Utah's third Jewish congregation. The group raised $33,200 to buy the land and build a synagogue. The building was built by general contractor John E. Anderson, and it was completed in 1920. Utah Governor

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spoke at the dedication on March 28, 1920. When the synagogue was built, its front had circular windows that contained colored glass with a

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. Rabbi Joseph Strinkomsky served as the congregation's first

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. Services were in line with Orthodox Judaism, with different seating areas for men and women. Most of the members lived within a short walk of the synagogue, and they shopped at a

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butcher nearby. The congregation disbanded in the 1930s, and the building was sold to the

in 1948. and At the time of the building's sale, many of the original members of the congregation had died, and others were attending religious services at B'nai Israel, which followed the

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movement, or at Congregation Montefiore, which followed

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practices. The building was added to the

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in 1985. According to the Utah Historical Society, the building is significant "for its historical association with Utah's pluralistic community."

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