Ohavi Zedek (

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for "Lovers of Justice") is a Conservative congregation and

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located at 188 North Prospect Street, in

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, in the United States.

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Founded in 1876, it is the oldest Jewish congregation in Vermont. The synagogue's original building,

Old Ohavi Zedek Synagogue Old Ohavi Zedek Synagogue (Hebrew for "Lovers of Justice") is a historic synagogue building at Archibald and Hyde Streets in Burlington, Vermont. It was built in 1885 for Ohavi Zedek, Vermont's oldest Jewish congregation, and is currently occup ...

, a brick

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structure erected in 1885, is among the oldest synagogue buildings still standing in the United States. The building, at the corner of Archibald and Hyde Streets in Burlington, is listed on the

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. The congregation moved to its present location on North Prospect Street in 1952. The Archibald Street building is now occupied by Congregation Ahavath Gerim. In 2019, the building was vandalized with inflammatory posters by

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* Conservative synagogues in the United States Synagogues in Vermont Jewish organizations established in 1876 Synagogues completed in 1885 Buildings and structures in Burlington, Vermont 1876 establishments in Vermont Synagogues completed in 1952 Jews and Judaism in Burlington, Vermont 20th-century synagogues in the United States {{Vermont-religious-struct-stub

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