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Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath, abbreviated as BCMH, is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue located at 5145 South Morgan Street, in the Seward Park neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, in the United States. It is the oldest synagogue in Washington state; [1] and practises Ashkenazi traditions.
The Kavana Cooperative (transliterated from Hebrew as "intention"; [1] pronounced "Kah-va-NAH" [2]) is a non-denominational Jewish congregation located in Seattle, Washington, in the United States. Formed in 2006, the pluralistic community is based on a cooperative model, where partners and participants take on the responsibility for actively ...
Temple De Hirsch Sinai is a Reform Jewish congregation with synagogues at campuses in Seattle and nearby Bellevue, Washington, in the United States.The congregation was formed as a 1971 merger between the earlier Temple De Hirsch (Seattle, founded 1899) and Temple Sinai (Bellevue, founded 1961) [1] and is the largest Reform congregation in the Pacific Northwest.
A member of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, Congregation Beth Sholom is a hub of the Bay Area Jewish community. Beth Shalom built a synagogue on Fourteenth Avenue and Clement Street in 1934 after initially meeting in a church on Fourth Avenue near Geary.
New York City is home to the largest Jewish community outside of Israel. In 2011, according to the UJA-Federation of New York, the five boroughs of New York City proper was home to 1,086,000 Jews, representing 13% of the city's population. [4] In 2023, 960,000 Jews live in the city, nearly half of them live in Brooklyn. [5] [3] [2]
The name Bikur Holim (which can be transliterated various ways into English) means visiting or comforting the sick, an important mitzvah. [1] The first official name of the congregation was Spanish Hebrew Society and Congregation Bikur Holim, shortened to "Sephardic Bikur Holim" ("Sephardic" to avoid confusion with Seattle's similarly named Ashkenazic congregation).
Israel-China Cultural Festival – The first Israel-China Cultural Festival was held for one month in June 2012 in the San Francisco Bay Area. SFJazz Presents: Israeli Jazzfest – From Saturday April 28 to Sunday, April 29, 2012, three Israeli Jazz performances took place at the San Francisco Jewish Community Center.
Schwabacher Hardware Co. sign at 401 First Avenue S., Seattle, Washington. The Schwabacher Brothers—Louis Schwabacher (1837 – June 3, 1900), Abraham (Abe) Schwabacher (c. 1838 – September 7, 1909), and Sigmund (Sig) Schwabacher (May 14, 1841 – March 20, 1917) [1] [2] —were pioneering Bavarian-born Jewish merchants, important in the economic development of the Washington Territory and ...