Congregation B'nai Israel (Pittsburgh)
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Congregation B'nai Israel (currently the Urban League of Pittsburgh Charter School) located at 327 North Negley Avenue in the East Liberty
neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
, is a former synagogue
that is now a charter school
. It was built in 1923, and was added to the List of Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks in 1979.
East Liberty (Pittsburgh)
East Liberty is a culturally diverse neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's East End. It is bordered by Highland Park, Morningside, Stanton Heights, Garfield, Friendship, Shadyside and Larimer, and is represented on by Patrick Dowd...
neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
, is a former 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...
that is now a charter school
Charter school
Charter schools are primary or secondary schools that receive public money but are not subject to some of the rules, regulations, and statutes that apply to other public schools in exchange for some type of accountability for producing certain results, which are set forth in each school's charter...
. It was built in 1923, and was added to the List of Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks in 1979.