Congregation Emanu-El B'ne Jeshurun

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Congregation Emanu-El B'ne Jeshrun
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Emanu-El B'ne Jeshrun synagogue
Religion
Affiliation Reform Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organizational status Synagogue
Leadership
  • Rabbi Jessica Barolsky
  • Rabbi Marc Berkson (Emeritus)
StatusActive
Religious featuresSanctuary art by Tobi Kahn
Location
Location2020 West Brown Deer Road, River Hills, Wisconsin
CountryUnited States
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Location in Wisconsin
Geographic coordinates 43°10′43″N87°56′09″W / 43.178562°N 87.935707°W / 43.178562; -87.935707
Architecture
Architect(s) Phillip Katz
TypeSynagogue
Date established1847 (as a congregation in Milwaukee)
Completed2009
Website
ceebj.org

Congregation Emanu-El B'ne Jeshurun, abbreviated as CEEBJ, is a Reform Jewish synagogue located at 2020 West Brown Deer Road, River Hills, Wisconsin, in the United States. The congregation was founded in 1847 and the current synagogue completed in 2009.

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Founding

Congregation Emanu-El B'ne Jeshurun began in Milwaukee in 1847 with 12 men who gathered at the home of Isaac Neustadel for a Yom Kippur service. In 1850, after three years of services in homes and above businesses, the growing community named themselves Congregation Imanu-Al. In 1854, those who wished to worship in the Polish tradition, as opposed to the German, left to form Congregation Ahavath Emuno. Following that, members of Ahavath Emuno who found they preferred the German style, left to form a third congregation, Anshe Emeth, for a total of three synagogues in the small Jewish community of 200 families. [1]

When Isaac Mayer Wise, the founder of Reform Judaism, visited Milwaukee in 1856, he persuaded Imanu-Al and Ahavath Emuno to consolidate into Congregation B’ne Jeshurun. [2] Anshe Emeth joined them three years later. On September 16, 1859 the 115 Jewish families of Milwaukee were united in a ceremony complete with a procession, a ball, and speeches in both English and German. Nathan Pereles was elected president of the new congregation at a salary of $800 a year. [1] However, 13 years later, they were split again, as 35 families split off to Congregation Emanu-El. The two synagogues stayed apart for fifty-eight years.

Moving and expansion

In 1922 Emanu-El, in need of larger facilities, began building at 2419 East Kenwood Boulevard. [3] Meanwhile, B'ne Jeshurun's building on 10th and Cedar was also beginning to feel cramped, resulting in arguments about the placement of the new location. In 1927, Milwaukee County informed them that the building would have to be torn down to make room for the new County Courthouse. After a lengthy discussion within B'ne Jeshurun's own congregation and with Emanu-El, the two congregations combined in the building on Kenwood (now the Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts) on September 15, 1927. [1] Congregation Emanu-El B'ne Jeshurun had been formed.

In 2000 the congregation moved to the Joseph and Vera Zilber campus at 2020 West Brown Deer Road. [4] Renovations by Phillip Katz began in 2008 and were completed in 2009. The new sanctuary has art by notable Judaic artist Tobi Kahn. [5]

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The sanctuary of Congregation Emanu-El B'ne Jeshurun, with art by Tobi Kahn

Clergy

Congregation B'ne Jeshurun

The following individuals have served as rabbi of Congregation B'ne Jeshurun: [6]

Congregation Emanu-El

The following individuals have served as rabbi of Congregation Emanu-El: [6]

Congregation Emanu-El B'ne Jeshurun

The following individuals have served as rabbi of Emanu-El B'ne Jeshurun: [6]

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