Congregation B'nai Israel is a Conservative

Conservative Judaism

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 synagogue

Synagogue

A synagogue is a Jewish house of prayer. This use of the Greek term synagogue originates in the Septuagint where it sometimes translates the Hebrew word for assembly, kahal...

 in Toledo

Toledo, Ohio

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, Ohio

Ohio

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. Founded in 1866, it is the oldest synagogue

Oldest synagogues in the United States

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  in Toledo.

Historic building

The congregation's former building is a registered historic building listed in the National Register

National Register of Historic Places

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on 2005-10-06. It is currently in use as a church.

Current building

The congregation moved later to a building on Kenwood Blvd, and more recently to a newly constructed building behind the reform synagogue Shomer Emunim on Sylvania Ave.