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Cleveland's Old Still-Standing Synagogues |
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still-standing structures - Cleveland's old synagogues For congregations still with us, we provide a link to the History page of their website. Nate Arnold has been leading tours of old Jewish Cleveland for many years. Many of the pictures below were taken on those tours. He has furnished the material for a virtual tour of old Jewish Cleveland. To follow Nate's Tour, click here |
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Oheb Zedek Congregation |
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B'nai Jeshurun
BJC
website history page |
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Willson Avenue Temple (Tifereth Israel) |
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Euclid Avenue
Temple |
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Oheb Zedek Congregation
Built in 1921 |
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Morison Avenue Bath House |
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Tetiever Ahavath Achim Anshe Sfard 954 Linn Drive in Glenville Orthodox Moved from East 40th and Woodland to this building in 1926. Interior has a Sephardic plan, with the bimah facing the Ark. Balcony for women. For more on their first shul, dedicated in 1914, click here. In 1957 they constructed what became, with the merger of N'Vai Zedek and The Kinsman Jewish Center, Warrensville Center Synagogue. Now owned by True Vine Baptist Church. |
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Chibas Jerusalem 877 Parkwood Drive in Glenville Orthodox DEMOLISHED 2013 Merged with Oheb Zedek-Taylor Road Synagogue in 1952. Building became a church and currently is not occupied. Though the building seems to be beyond repair, you can see one of its beautiful stained glass windows on display at the Maltz Museum. On Nov 7, 2013 a rear section of the building collapsed. more Weeks later the the city had the unsafe structure demolished. More on Chibas Jerusalem and its demolition. |
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Small "shul" on East 105th Street in
Glenville More information later |
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Cleveland Jewish Center 1117 East 105th Street Anshe Emeth Beth Tefilo - now Park Synagogue Then Orthodox, became Conservative in the late 20s Occupied 1921 -1947 Rabbis Solomon Goldman, Harry Davidowitz and Armond Cohen When congregation moved to Cleveland Heights building bought by Cory United Methodist Church click to learn more |
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The Temple East 107th Street and Ansel Road Now The Temple-Tifereth Israel Reform Occupied 1924, still in use, though the main facility is now in Beachwood. Rabbis Abba Hillel Silver, Daniel Jeremy Silver School building rented by charter school. March 2010 it was announced that building will become Maltz Performing Arts Center of CWRU click to learn more |
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Ohave Emmuna Congregation 7115 Cedar Avenue. Now Sardis Baptist Church. Jeff Morris has identified it as Ohave Emnuna (Orthodox), that would later become part of the Heights Jewish Center. |
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N'Vai Zedek Congregation East 119th Street and Union Avenue Mount Pleasant (Kinsman) area Constructed in 1922. Rabbi Israel Porath served here in the 1940's. Would later become part of Warrensville Center Synagogue Kehillat Yaakov. |
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Kinsman Jewish Center B'nai Jacob Kol Israel (Orthodox) East 146th Street and Kinsman Avenue Founded in 1930 by members of Anshe Mamoresher B'nai Jacob Congregation. Rabbis David Genuth (1933-48), Jacob Muskin (1948) Building dedicated in 1932, sold in 1958. Merged with Tetiever Ahavath Achim Anshe Sfard and Neveh Zedek to form Warrensville Center Synagogue. more (ECH) For more on Kehillat Yaakov (Warrensville Center Synagogue) and the Cedar Road Synagogue, click here. |
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Beth El Temple Founded 1950, building 1954 Modern Orthodox Rabbi David Genuth. On 15808 Chagrin Road, near the border of Cleveland, First synagogue in Shaker Heights. Sold building in 1998 to a credit union. Merged with Heights Synagogue creating Beth El - the Heights Synagogue which bought Sinai Synagogue's building in Cleveland Heights in 2003. Described itself as "egalitarian/traditional". |
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Shaker Lee Synagogue |
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Beth Israel - The West Temple Reform 14308 Trinket Road. website Organized in April 1954. Merged with the West Side Jewish Center (Bnai Israel) in 1957. Later that year began to use the building that the WSJC had built. The congregation is the last one whose home is within the Cleveland city limits. (The Temple - Tifereth Israel still uses its University Circle building, but its home is in Beachwood.) In the meetings of the West Temple's Social Justice Committee, the grass roots Free Soviet Jewry movement was born. |
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