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https://www.kenesethisrael.org/
Philadelphia, PA
Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel (KI) is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania.
The congregation was founded in Philadelphia in 1847 and is recognized as the sixth-oldest Reform congregation in the country. By 1900, it ...
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https://phillyshul.com/
Philadelphia, PA
One of five members from Philadelphia selected to be a member of the American Jewish Committee, an organization established to safeguard Jews in Russia and later worldwide. Congregation’s Rabbi founded the Council of Jewish Clubs of Philadelphia. The Cong ...
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https://www.societyhillsynagogue.org/
Philadelphia, PA
Society Hill Synagogue is an independent congregation, rooted in tradition, flourishing with life. Our services are based on Conservative liturgy while incorporating influences from the Reconstructionist, Renewal, and Reform movements, and beyond. We emph ...
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https://www.bethelhebrew.org/
Alexandria, VA
Introduction Beth El Hebrew Congregation has a long and storied past. From its inception during the middle of the 19th century in the port city of Alexandria, Virginia, just across the Potomac River from the nation’s capital, to its present 21st century v ...
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https://case.edu/maltzcenter/
Cleveland, OH
Take a look inside the renovated Case Western Reserve University's Maltz Performing Arts Center at the Temple – Tifereth Israel in Cleveland.
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https://www.asbi.org/
Chicago, IL
From a Straw Hat to Anshe Sholom (1870 - turn of the century) Anshe Sholom B'nai Israel Congregation began its service to Chicago's Jewish community with a fight over a hat. One hot day in the summer of 1870, Duber (Dov Ber) Ginsburg, an immigrant from Ma ...
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https://www.chiloopsyn.org/
Chicago, IL
The Chicago Loop Synagogue is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue, located at 16 South Clark Street, in the Loop precinct of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. Completed in 1958, the synagogue is renowned for a stained glass artwork by Abraham Rattner.
The ...
Synagogues
A synagogue or synagog, 'Beit Kneset'—"house of gathering" in Hebrew, also called a shul (meaning school in Yiddish) or a temple, is a place of worship for Jews or Samaritans.
It serves as a house of prayer. It includes a main sanctuary with the Torah ark where the Torah scrolls are kept (called an Holy Closet aron qodesh (Hebrew: אָרוֹן קׄדֶש) by Ashkenazi Jews and a hekhal (היכל) by Sephardic Jews), and a stage called bema in front of it as well as raised galleries for female worshipers. Synagogues have religious services or ceremonies such as Daily prayers, Shabbat prayers (Saturday) weddings, bar and bat mitzvahs.
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