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Adath Jeshurun (other)
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Adath Jeshurun ( "Congregation/Community of the Upright") may refer to the following Jewish synagogues: United States * Adath Jeshurun Congregation, Minnetonka, Minnesota * Kahal Adath Jeshurun (commonly known as the ''Eldridge Street Synagogue''), Chinatown, Manhattan, New York * Khal Adath Jeshurun, Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York * Adath Yeshurun congregation of Aiken, South Carolina Former synagogues * Congregation Adath Jeshurun, a former synagogue, now church, in Boston, Massachusetts * Adath Jeshurun of Jassy Synagogue, a former synagogue, now residences for artists, in Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York See also * Jeshurun Jeshurun ( ''Yəšurūn'') is a poetic name for Israel used in the Hebrew Bible. Etymology A hypocoristicon of the name ''Israel'' (יִשְׂרָאֵל ''Yiśrāʾēl''). The vocalization of this name reflects the Phoenician Shift, so may be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judaism
Judaism () is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic, Monotheism, monotheistic, ethnic religion that comprises the collective spiritual, cultural, and legal traditions of the Jews, Jewish people. Religious Jews regard Judaism as their means of observing the Mosaic covenant, which they believe was established between God in Judaism, God and the Jewish people. The religion is considered one of the earliest monotheistic religions. Jewish religious doctrine encompasses a wide body of texts, practices, theological positions, and forms of organization. Among Judaism's core texts is the Torah—the first five books of the Hebrew Bible—and a collection of ancient Hebrew scriptures. The Tanakh, known in English as the Hebrew Bible, has the same books as Protestant Christianity's Old Testament, with some differences in order and content. In addition to the original written scripture, the supplemental Oral Torah is represented by later texts, such as the Midrash and the Talmud. The Hebrew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Synagogue
A synagogue, also called a shul or a temple, is a place of worship for Jews and Samaritans. It is a place for prayer (the main sanctuary and sometimes smaller chapels) where Jews attend religious services or special ceremonies such as weddings, bar and bat mitzvahs, choir performances, and children's plays. They often also have rooms for study, social halls, administrative and charitable offices, classrooms for religious and Hebrew studies, and many places to sit and congregate. They often display commemorative, historic, or modern artwork alongside items of Jewish historical significance or history about the synagogue itself. Synagogues are buildings used for Jewish prayer, study, assembly, and reading of the Torah. The Torah (Pentateuch or Five Books of Moses) is traditionally read in its entirety over a period of a year in weekly portions during services, or in some synagogues on a triennial cycle. However, the edifice of a synagogue as such is not essential for hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adath Jeshurun Congregation
Adath Jeshurun Congregation (also Adath Jeshurun Synagogue) is a Conservative synagogue located in Minnetonka, Minnesota, in the United States, with about 1,200 members. Founded in 1884, it is a founding member of the United Synagogue of America, a founding member of the Women's League for Conservative Judaism, Olitzky, Kerry M.; Raphael, Marc Lee. ''The American Synagogue: A Historical Dictionary and Sourcebook'', Greenwood Press, June 30, 1996, p. 183. . and the oldest affiliate of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism west of Chicago.Paprock, John-Brian and Paprock, Teresa Peneguy. ''Sacred Sites of Minnesota'', Big Earth Publishing, 2004, p. 31. Early history Adath Jeshurun was founded in 1884 by two small groups of Romanian and Russian Jews. Although the congregation, originally known as A’Tas Yeshurun, began by closely following orthodox Jewish customs, it soon became the first Conservative congregation west of the Mississippi River. In its early years, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kahal Adath Jeshurun
The Eldridge Street Synagogue is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue at 12–16 Eldridge Street in the Chinatown and Lower East Side neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City. Built in 1887 for Congregation Kahal Adath Jeshurun, the synagogue is one of the first erected in the U.S. by Eastern European Jews. The congregation, officially known as Kahal Adath Jeshurun with Anshe Lubz, still owns the synagogue and hosts weekly services there in the 21st century. The Museum at Eldridge Street, founded in 1986 as the Eldridge Street Project, also occupies the synagogue under a long-term lease. The building is a National Historic Landmark and a New York City designated landmark. The congregation was established in 1852 as Beth Hamedrash and had congregants from across Eastern Europe. It relocated several times and was renamed Kahal Adath Jeshurun after merging with Holkhe Yosher Vizaner in 1886. Kahal Adath Jeshurun acquired a site for a new synagogue on Eldridge Street in 1886, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khal Adath Jeshurun
Khal Adath Jeshurun, officially K'hal Adath Jeshurun, abbreviated as KAJ, is an Orthodox Jewish community and synagogue located at 85-93 Bennett Avenue in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States. The community includes a high proportion of Ashkenazi German Jews and follows the Western Ashkenazic rite, unlike most Ashkenazic synagogues in the United States, that follow the Eastern Ashkenazic ('' Polish'') liturgical rite. The Western Ashkenazic rite covers the community's liturgical text, practices, and melodies. The community uses the Rödelheim Siddur Sfas Emes edited by Wolf Heidenheim and Seligman Baer, although the community's rite varies in some places from Rödelheim. The community has an affiliated synagogue in the heavily Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of Monsey, and there is a synagogue that follows the minhagim of KAJ in Lakewood. History The community is a direct continuation of the pre-Second World War J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aiken, South Carolina
Aiken is the most populous city in, and the county seat of, Aiken County, South Carolina, United States. According to 2020 census, the population was 32,025, making it the 15th-most populous city in South Carolina, and one of the two largest cities of the Central Savannah River Area. Founded in 1835, Aiken was named after William Aiken, the president of the South Carolina Railroad. It became part of Aiken County when the county was formed in 1871. In the late 19th century, Aiken gained fame as a wintering spot for wealthy people from the Northeast. Thomas Hitchcock, Sr. and William C. Whitney established the Aiken Winter Colony. Over the years Aiken became a winter home for many notable people, including George H. Bostwick, James B. Eustis, Madeleine Astor, William Kissam Vanderbilt, Eugene Grace, president of Bethlehem Steel, Allan Pinkerton, and W. Averell Harriman. Aiken is home to the University of South Carolina Aiken. History The municipality of Aiken was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Congregation Adath Jeshurun
Congregation Adath Jeshurun is an historic former synagogue, serving as a church since 1967, at 397 Blue Hill Avenue in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States. The congregation was formed in 1894. As the Jewish community of Roxbury gradually moved away, its congregation dwindled and in 1967 it was sold to Ecclesia Apostolic Church. It was purchased by its present owner, the First Haitian Baptist Church, in 1978. The church has restored it to its present condition. The Romanesque Revival style building was designed in 1906 by Frederick Norcross and built by David Krokyn and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. Gallery See also *National Register of Historic Places listings in southern Boston, Massachusetts __NOTOC__ Boston, Massachusetts is home to many listings on the National Register of Historic Places. This list encompasses those locations that are located south of the Massachusetts Turnpike. See National Regis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adath Jeshurun Of Jassy Synagogue
The Adath Jeshurun of Jassy Synagogue and later, the Erste Warshawer Synagogue is a former Orthodox Jewish synagogue located at 58-60 Rivington Street near Eldridge Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States. The former synagogue was designed by architect Emery Roth, and completed in 1904 in the Moorish Revival style. The building operated as a synagogue for two different congregations until 1976 when it closed and subsequently fell into disrepair. Since 1979, the building has been used as studios and residences for local artists. Synagogue history First Romanian-American Congregation At the turn of the 20th century, the Lower East Side became a refuge for hundreds of thousands of Jews who fled the pogroms, persecutions and economic distress of Eastern Europe. There were approximately 75,000 Romanian Jews in New York in 1914. The First Romanian-American Congregation, founded in 1881, worshiped in a small synagogue at 70 Hester Stree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
