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The Orthodox Beth Israel Congregation in Houston opened in a former house that had been converted to a synagogue. [3]: 216 In 1874 the congregation voted to change their affiliation to Reform Judaism, sparking the foundation of Congregation Adath Yeshurun, now known as Congregation Beth Yeshurun. [2] Hyman Judah Schachtel was a past rabbi.
These services would eventually lead to the founding of Texas' first and oldest Reform Jewish congregation, Temple B'nai Israel, in 1868. [4] The first synagogue in Texas, Congregation Beth Israel of Houston, was founded in Houston in 1859 as an Orthodox congregation. However, by 1874 the congregation voted to change their affiliation to the ...
He was ordained in 2021 by Rabbi Ponet, Rabbi David Lyon, Rabbi Richard Address, Dr. Catherine Stephenson, Reverend Laura Mayo, and Dr. Thelma Jean Goodrich. In 2021, he founded Congregation Beth Israel's Center for Healing, Hope, and the Human Spirit with Rabbi David Lyon and began working as a Spiritual Director at Temple Beth Israel in Houston.
Congregation Beth Israel, Honesdale; Congregation Beth Israel, Lebanon; Congregation Beth Or, Maple Glen; Temple Adath Israel of the Main Line, Merion; B'nai Jacob Synagogue, Middletown; Beit Harambam Congregation, Philadelphia; Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel, Philadelphia; Historic Congregation B'nai Abraham, Philadelphia
Watch a live view over the Israel-Gazaborder as fighting with Hamas continues on Monday (23 October). Israel has now widened its attacks to include targets in Syria and the occupied West Bank.
The congregation gathered to mark two years since the arson at their synagogue. The person who started the fire faces sentencing later this month. Austin's oldest Jewish congregation marks 2 years ...
The Houston Jewish community is centered on Meyerland. As of 1987 Jews lived in many communities in Houston. [2] In 2008 Irving N. Rothman, author of The Barber in Modern Jewish Culture: A Genre of People, Places, and Things, with Illustrations, wrote that Houston "has a scattered Jewish populace and not a large enough population of Jews to dominate any single neighborhood" and that the city's ...
In January, a gunman entered Congregation Beth Israel during services and held Charlie Cytron-Walker and three members hostage for 11 hours. Authorities stormed the small synagogue and killed the ...