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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. [1] [2]
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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. [35]
In 1904, he was named associate rabbi of Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation in Indianapolis, under Rabbi Mayer Messing. When Messing retired in 1907, he became the congregation's main rabbi. [3] Shortly after becoming rabbi at Lafayette, he began post-graduate studies on Semitics in the University of Chicago under Emil G. Hirsch.
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]