Congregation Beth Elohim, also known as the Garfield Temple and the Eighth Avenue Temple, is a Reform Jewish congregation located at 274 Garfield Place and Eighth Avenue, in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, United States. Founded in 1861 as a more liberal breakaway from Congregation Baith Israel, for the first 65 years it attempted four mergers with other congregations, including three with Baith Israel, all of which failed.

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  • Congregation Beth Elohim, also known as the Garfield Temple and the Eighth Avenue Temple, is a Reform Jewish congregation located at 274 Garfield Place and Eighth Avenue, in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, United States. Founded in 1861 as a more liberal breakaway from Congregation Baith Israel, for the first 65 years it attempted four mergers with other congregations, including three with Baith Israel, all of which failed. The congregation completed its current Classical Revival synagogue building in 1910 and its "Jewish Deco" Temple House in 1929. These two buildings were contributing properties to the Park Slope historic district, listed as a New York City Landmark district and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The congregation went through difficult times during the Great Depression, and the bank almost foreclosed on its buildings in 1946. Membership dropped significantly in the 1930s because of the Depression, and again in the 1970s as a result of demographic shifts. Programs for young children helped draw Jewish families back into the neighborhood and revitalize the membership. By 2006, Beth Elohim had over 1,000 members, and, as of 2008, it was the largest Reform congregation in Brooklyn, the "oldest Brooklyn congregation that continues to function under its corporate name", and its pulpit was the oldest in continuous use in any Brooklyn synagogue. In 2009, it was listed by Newsweek as one of America's 25 "Most Vibrant" Jewish congregations.
  • Congregation Beth Elohim (myös Garfield Temple tai Eighth Avenue Temple) on suurin reformijuutalainen seurakunta Brooklynissä New Yorkissa ja vanhin, joka toimii yhtäjaksoisesti samalla nimellä. Se perustettiin vuonna 1861 ja sen synagogarakennus on merkitty National Register of Historic Places -rekisteriin. Vuonna 2009 se mainittiin Newsweek-lehden artikkelissa "Yhdysvaltain 25 eloisimman" seurakunnan joukossa. .
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  • Simon Eisendrath & B. Horowitz (Sanctuary) Mortimer Freehof & David Levy (Temple House)
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  • 25:4–5
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  • Congregation Beth Elohim
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  • 1,200 (Sanctuary)
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  • Sanctuary main entrance
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  • West (Sanctuary)
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  • Active
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  • 1909 (Sanctuary) 1928 (Temple House)
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  • Senior Rabbi: Andy Bachman Rabbi: Shira Koch Epstein Congregational scholar: Daniel Bronstein
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  • 274 Garfield Place and Eighth Avenue,
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  • Cast stone (Temple House)
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  • 1910 (Sanctuary) 1929 (Temple House)
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  • Congregation Beth Elohim, also known as the Garfield Temple and the Eighth Avenue Temple, is a Reform Jewish congregation located at 274 Garfield Place and Eighth Avenue, in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, United States. Founded in 1861 as a more liberal breakaway from Congregation Baith Israel, for the first 65 years it attempted four mergers with other congregations, including three with Baith Israel, all of which failed.
  • Congregation Beth Elohim (myös Garfield Temple tai Eighth Avenue Temple) on suurin reformijuutalainen seurakunta Brooklynissä New Yorkissa ja vanhin, joka toimii yhtäjaksoisesti samalla nimellä. Se perustettiin vuonna 1861 ja sen synagogarakennus on merkitty National Register of Historic Places -rekisteriin. Vuonna 2009 se mainittiin Newsweek-lehden artikkelissa "Yhdysvaltain 25 eloisimman" seurakunnan joukossa. .
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  • Congregation Beth Elohim (Brooklyn, New York)
  • Congregation Beth Elohim
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