- K.K. Bene Israel
K.K. Bene Israel is the oldest
Jewish congregation west of theAllegheny Mountains and one of theoldest synagogues in the United States . The congregation was founded in 1824 inCincinnati . On January 18, 1824, the Congregation B'ne Israel was formally organized; those in attendance were Solomon Buckingham, David I. Johnson, Joseph Jonas, Samuel Jonas, Jonas Levy, Morris Moses, Phineas Moses, Simeon Moses, Solomon Moses, and Morris Symonds. The congregants were primarilySpanish and Portuguese Jews who had immigrated from England. [ [http://www.americanjewisharchives.org/aja/FindingAids/Rockdale.htm Congregation Bene Israel (Cincinnati, Ohio)Records ] ] On January 8, 1830, the Ohio General Assembly granted the congregation a charter whereby it was incorporated under the laws of the state.The congregation built several temples: two at Sixth and Broadway (1836)and (1852), one at Eighth and Mound Streets, then to the classical
Rockdale Temple and since 1969 worships in a new Synagogue at 8501 Ridge Road inAmberley Village, Ohio .ee also
Jewish history in Cincinnati External links
* [http://www.rockdaletemple.org/ K.K. Bene Israel Official Site]
* [http://www.rockdaletemple.org/aboutus/history/ History]
* [http://www.americanjewisharchives.org/aja/collections/catalog06.html Records, 1884-1967]
* [http://www.cincinnatimemory.org/gsdl/collect/greaterc/archives/HASH0192/153dcb4d.dir/ocp000087pccpc.jpgEight & Mound Temple]
* [http://www.cincinnatimemory.org/gsdl/collect/greaterc/archives/HASH605d/774354bd.dir/ocp000091pcpfb.jpgRockdale Temple]References
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