B'nai Israel Traditional Synagogue

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B'nai Israel Traditional Synagogue
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B'nai Israel Traditional Synagogue
Religion
Affiliation Conservative Judaism
Rite Ashkenazic
Ecclesiastical or organizational status Synagogue
StatusActive
Location
Location1907 Vance Ave, Alexandria, Louisiana
CountryUnited States
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Location in Louisiana
Geographic coordinates 31°17′42″N92°27′12″W / 31.29508°N 92.45326°W / 31.29508; -92.45326
Architecture
TypeSyngagogue
Style Mid-Century modernism
Date established1913 (as a congregation)
Completed1954 (current location)
Specifications
Capacity100 worshippers
Materials Concrete block

B'nai Israel Traditional Synagogue is a Conservative synagogue located at 1907 Vance Ave, Alexandria, Louisiana, in the United States. It was founded in 1913 as an Orthodox synagogue by Jews from Poland and Russia, many of whom arrived in Alexandria and Central Louisiana as part of the Galveston Movement. In the 1950s the congregation became Conservative.

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History

The first shul was located at Fourth and Lee Streets. Ten years after B'nai Israel's founding, the congregation had twenty members. A full-time rabbi, Rabbi Jacob Aronson, led Shabbat services and a cheder, which met three times per week. The religious school soon thereafter met six days per week that "provided instruction in Hebrew language, history, and the Bible." [1] By 1940, the congregation had its own building and a small cemetery just north of the city.

In the 1950s a new concrete block building was constructed on Vance Avenue. The rectangular structure was designed with Mid-Century modern architecture.

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