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The Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue located at 6501 North Meridian Street, in Indianapolis, Indiana, in the United States. It is the oldest synagogue in Indianapolis.
Grave of Nancy Hanks Lincoln, mother of Abraham Lincoln located at the Pioneer Cemetery at Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial in Lincoln City, Spencer County. Nancy Hanks Lincoln Cemetery, Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, Lincoln City; NRHP-listed
Anxious to leave his military service, he answered the ad, sent the congregation his picture, and was named rabbi over 93 other applicants. [4] Messing immigrated to America and began serving as rabbi of the Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation in 1867. The Congregation was initially Orthodox, but under him it became Reform. Active in charity, he ...
The congregation, called Ahavas Achim Congregation, was formed on April 27, 1849, the second Jewish congregation organized in Indiana. [4] [5] In 1874 it became a founding member of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. [6] The congregation moved to its third and present location on Cumberland Avenue in West Lafayette. [6]
Congregation Beth Israel, Berkeley; Beyt Tikkun Synagogue, Berkeley; Peninsula Temple Sholom, Burlingame; Congregation B'nai Israel, Daly City; Temple Beth Israel, Fresno; Temple Ahavat Shalom Northridge, Los Angeles
Indianapolis's first cemetery was established near the White River in 1821, the adjacent Union Cemetery in 1834, and Greenlawn Cemetery was added west of Union Cemetery in 1860. [34] A Hebrew cemetery was established 3 miles (4.8 km) south of the city's center in 1856, and land for a Catholic cemetery was acquired south of the city in 1860.
Ezras Achim, an Orthodox Hebrew congregation, is founded on the city's south side. It merges with Knesses Israel and Sharah Tefilla congregations in 1962 to form the United Orthodox Hebrew Congregation and moves to a temple at Central Avenue and Kessler Boulevard. [347] 1911 May 30: Ray Harroun wins the inaugural Indianapolis 500 motor race. [339]
Beth-El Zedeck Temple, originally known as Beth-El Temple, is a historic synagogue located in the Mapleton-Fall Creek neighborhood in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The building was completed in 1924, and was originally home to Congregation Beth-El before merging with the Ohev Zedeck congregation in 1928. [2]