Beth Israel Congregation (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
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Beth Israel Congregation is an egalitarian Conservative
synagogue
located at 2000 Washtenaw Avenue in Ann Arbor, Michigan
. Established in 1916, Beth Israel is the oldest synagogue
in Ann Arbor, and currently has 480 member households.
, the rabbis are Robert Dobrusin and Kim Blumenthal.
Conservative Judaism
Conservative Judaism is a modern stream of Judaism that arose out of intellectual currents in Germany in the mid-19th century and took institutional form in the United States in the early 1900s.Conservative Judaism has its roots in the school of thought known as Positive-Historical Judaism,...
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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...
located at 2000 Washtenaw Avenue in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. The 2010 census places the population at 113,934, making it the sixth largest city in Michigan. The Ann Arbor Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 344,791 as of 2010...
. Established in 1916, Beth Israel is the oldest synagogue
Oldest synagogues in the United States
The designation of the oldest synagogue in the United States requires careful use of definitions, and must be divided into two parts, the oldest in the sense of oldest surviving building, and the oldest in the sense of oldest congregation...
in Ann Arbor, and currently has 480 member households.
, the rabbis are Robert Dobrusin and Kim Blumenthal.