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Synagogues of the World
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The above building,
which is now a six unit apartment, is not native to Apalachin.
It was the Hebrew Brothers Association from 1915 to 1929 on Susquehanna
Street in Binghamton. The congregation outgrew the shul, however,
and upon purchasing a new building, sold the old building to an
Apalachin church, which moved it about 15 miles west to its current
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| Temple Emanu-El, a Conservative congregation in Batavia, New York, is the only synagogue in Genesee County. |
| The former Temple Beth Israel was built in Niagara Falls, New York in 1911. |
| The Leopold Street Shul in Rochester, New York, is now the Church of Black Hebrews. It was built in 1866. |
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Temple Society
of Concord occupies a hilltop on Madison Street in Syracuse. The
Reform congregation was founded in 1839; the current building
was erected in 1910. The classy sounding but odd name of the shul
comes, according to tradition, from the English version of the
Hebrew name Knesset Shalom. This would be better translated as
Assembly of Peace. The German immigrant founders of the synagogue,
however, instead used the literal, if idiomatically impaired,
Society of Concordance. The last word was subsequently shortened.
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| The former Temple Beth David is on Humboldt Parkway in Buffalo. |
The property of Temple Beth-El in Geneva, New York, is on the Seneca Lake shore. Temple Beth-El is the only operating synagogue in the Finger Lakes region. |
The Beth Joseph Synagogue in Tupper Lake, New York, was built in 1905. It is still in use. |
Congregation Tifereth Yehuda Veyisroel is in Kerhonkson, New York. Despite a membership of only 50 families, the shul boasts a Talmud Torah, which is the building on the right. The Kerhonkson Synagogue was founded in 1922. |
The Lake Placid Synagogue is in the high peaks region of New York's Adirondack Park. |
Temple Hesed Abraham is in Jamestown, Chautauqua County, New York. |
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| Buffalo's Temple Beth Zion was built in the early 1960's, a few doors north on Delaware Avenue from the location of the previous Temple Beth Zion, which was destroyed by fire. |
New York City's Temple Emanu-El was completed in 1929. |
New York City's Park East Synagogue was created as a German Orthodox congregation in 1890. |
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New York City's Shaarey Shamoyim Synagogue is better known as the First Roumanian-American Congregation. The shul has been arguably the premier synagogue for chazzonis in America for generations. Cantorial alumni included Richard Tucker and Jan Peerce. The building started as a church in 1888 and was purchased by the congregation in 1890. . |
The Jefferson Avenue
Shul's official name was Ahavas Sholem Synagogue. The building,
which is the Buffalo area's oldest standing former synagogue,
was constructed in 1903 and appears to be in poor condition. The
congregation was located at this site just north of William Street
between 1892 (before this building existed) and the late 1950's. |
The postcard
above (postmarked in 1908) depicts the synagogue in Gloversville. |
Jewish Center in Yorktown Heights |
Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York City
Temple
Beth David, Reform congregation in
Commack |
To learn about the history of the American Jewish community, click here.
Sources: Jewish Buffalo; Postcards courtesy of Judaica Philatelic Resources; Stephen Wise Free Synagogue photo courtesy of David Richter.
