Temple Beth-El | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Judaism |
Ecclesiastical or organisational status | Synagogue |
Status | Active |
Location | |
Location | 125 White Street, Alpena, Michigan |
Country | United States |
Location in Michigan | |
Geographic coordinates | 45°03′33.3″N83°26′10.1″W / 45.059250°N 83.436139°W |
Architecture | |
Type | Synagogue |
Date established | 1889 (as a congregation) |
Completed | 1889 |
Website | |
templebethelalpena |
Temple Beth-El is a non-denomational Jewish synagogue, located at 125 White Street, in Alpena, Michigan, in the United States. It is the only synagogue in northeastern Lower Michigan. [1] The congregation is closely associated with the Hebrew Benevolent Society Cemetery. [2] [3] [lower-alpha 1]
While having no resident rabbi, the temple occasionally brings in visiting rabbis or cantors. It also has periodic outreach programs, which include dialogue with other religious groups in Alpena, Michigan. [8] [9] [10]
The temple is located at 125 White Street in a vernacular style building built in 1889, making it one of America's relatively few surviving 19th century synagogues. [11] The building was moved to the present site in 1891. [3]
The congregation's archives are in the library of Wayne State University. [12]
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In 1875, the Hebrew Benevolent Society was formed for the purpose of "buying a burial ground." Founders then chartered a society and rented a room in which to hold regular meetings and prayer services (1877). As with all newly emerging Jewish congregations of the era, the Hebrew Benevolent Society was chartered to take care of its sick, bury the dead, and hold Sabbath and holiday services, which at the time, were conducted by officers and selected members.
It is believed that Julius Myers was among the early Jewish residents of Alpena, settling in the area sometime before 1867. The successful clothier would later serve as president of Alpena's Hebrew Benevolent Society... The first organizational meeting of the new congregation was held on Sunday, October 19, 1890. It was at that meeting that arrangements were made for the purchase of a frame building on Hitchcock Street in Alpena, for a purchase price of $1,100.from Leyman, Robert (October 2, 1958) "An American Shetl A History of the Jewish Community of Alpena, Michigan"
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