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Temple Beth El is a Reform synagogue located at in Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan, in the United States. Beth El was founded in 1850 in the city of Detroit , and is the oldest Jewish congregation in Michigan .
The former Temple Beth-El is a historic building located at 8801 Woodward Avenue (Woodward at Gladstone) in Detroit, Michigan. [2] It was built in 1921 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]
The Bonstelle Theatre is a theater and former synagogue owned by Wayne State University, located at 3424 Woodward Avenue (the southeast corner of Woodward and Eliot) in the Midtown Woodward Historic District of Detroit, Michigan. [2] It was built in 1902 as the Temple Beth-El, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]
1922–1973 temple of Temple Beth El in Detroit. In the early 20th Century Jews of many nationalities had settled Detroit. The German Jews, who predominately lived north of Downtown Detroit, usually worshiped at Reform Temple Beth El. Russian and Eastern European Jews tended to worship at lower east side Jewish district Orthodox synagogues. [16]
The congregation was founded in 1861 when a faction of more traditional Jews split off from Temple Beth El. [2] [3] Shaarey Zedek was a founding member of the Conservative United Synagogue of America in 1913. [4] [5]
As a boy he attended Temple Beth El, which in the 1950s and ‘60s was thriving with hundreds of Jewish families. He attended Hebrew school at the temple three times a week, was a member of its ...
In 1898, Franklin was invited to deliver a sermon in Detroit. His speech was received with such approval that Detroit's Temple Beth El immediately invited him to serve as their rabbi, replacing the recently departed Dr. Louis Grossmann. Franklin pondered the matter, and, sensing a greater opportunity in Detroit, accepted Temple Beth El's offer.
It was originally named Champlain Street Cemetery of Temple Beth El because Lafayette was formerly known as Champlain Street. [17] With an area of 0.5 acres (2,000 m 2 ), this cemetery is by far the smallest of the three in the district; [ 17 ] it is located at the southeast corner of Elmwood Cemetery, on Layfayette.