B’nai Sholom Temple is a former

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congregation and

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, located in

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, in the United States. Founded as a congregation in 1852, the synagogue building was built in 1870 in the

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-style towers were damaged by a tornado in 1947 and not replaced. The temple closed in 2019.

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