Neveh Shalom is a synagogue

Synagogue

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 affiliated with Conservative Judaism

Conservative Judaism

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, located in Portland

Portland, Oregon

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, Oregon

Oregon

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, United States. It was founded in 1961, and currently has a congregation of over 1000 households.

Neveh Shalom was formed by the merger of two existing Conservative congregations in 1961. One of those original synagogues (Ahavai Shalom) was founded in 1869 and the other (Neveh Zedek) in 1895. It is the second oldest Jewish congregation in the Pacific Northwest and the oldest Conservative congregation on the West Coast.

Further reading

• Miranda, Gary
  Gary Miranda
  -Life:Miranda was raised in the Pacific Northwest.He spent six years in a Jesuit seminary, then did graduate work at San Jose State College and the University of California, Irvine...
  
  . Following A River: Portland's Congregation Neveh Shalom, 1869-1989. Jewish Historical Society of Oregon, 1989.