Baltimore Hebrew Congregation is a 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...

 and Jewish

Judaism

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 community in Baltimore

Baltimore

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. It is affiliated with the Reform Judaism

Reform Judaism

Reform Judaism refers to various beliefs, practices and organizations associated with the Reform Jewish movement in North America, the United Kingdom and elsewhere. In general, it maintains that Judaism and Jewish traditions should be modernized and should be compatible with participation in the...

 movement.

Originally named Nidche Yisroel, the 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...

 was founded in 1830, and for the first fifteen years of its existence, services were held in a small room above a local grocery.

In 1845, the congregation moved to Lloyd Street under the new name, Baltimore Hebrew Congregation. That building, the Lloyd Street Synagogue

Lloyd Street Synagogue

The Lloyd Street Synagogue is an 1845, Greek Revival style synagogue building in Baltimore, Maryland. One of the oldest synagogues in the United States, Lloyd Street was the first synagogue building erected in Maryland and is the third oldest synagogue building still standing in the United States...

, the third-oldest synagogue building in the United States, is now preserved as a museum. As the city of Baltimore and its Jewish population continued to grow, so too did the number of congregants, and thus also the size of its endowment. Thus, in 1891, the congregation moved to Madison Avenue, where it built a brand new building. This building, the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Synagogue

Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Synagogue

Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, now known as Berea Temple Seventh Day Adventist Church, is a historic synagogue building located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The former synagogue is built of ashlar gray granite from Port Deposit, Maryland. It is a well-executed, 19th century...

, was added to the National Register of Historic Places

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 in 1976. The congregation finally moved to Park Heights Avenue on the border of Baltimore City and Baltimore County, as the Jewish population fled to the countryside following the Second World War.

The Day School at Baltimore Hebrew

"Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Day School" is a Reform Jewish Day School added by the congregation in 1991 and has children from 18 months through 8th grade. In early 2008, BHCDS officially changed its name to The Day School at Baltimore Hebrew.

The Day School has received accreditation from the State of Maryland and the Association of Independent Maryland Schools (AIMS), is a member of the Center for Jewish Education of The Associated, Progressive Association of Reform Day Schools (PARDeS) and The Association of Independent Schools (NAIS).