Congregation B'nai Israel | |||||||||||||||||
Religious Affiliation: | Conservative Judaism | ||||||||||||||||
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Organizational Status: | --> | ||||||||||||||||
Leadership: | Cantor Ivor Lichterman | ||||||||||||||||
Status: | Synagogue | ||||||||||||||||
Functional Status: | Active | ||||||||||||||||
Location: | 6525 Sylvania Avenue, Sylvania, Toledo, Ohio | ||||||||||||||||
Country: | United States | ||||||||||||||||
Map Type: | USA Ohio | ||||||||||||||||
Map Size: | 250 | ||||||||||||||||
Map Relief: | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Coordinates: | 41.6874°N -83.6976°W | ||||||||||||||||
Established: | 1866 | ||||||||||||||||
Date Destroyed: | --> | ||||||||||||||||
Elevation Ft: | --> | ||||||||||||||||
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Congregation B'nai Israel is a Conservative synagogue in Toledo, Ohio, in the United States. Founded in 1866, it is the oldest synagogue in Toledo.[1]
In 1913, the congregation built its first synagogue of the corner of 12 Street and Bancroft Street. This building is now a registered historic building listed in the National Register on October 6, 2005. The congregation vacated the building in 1957 it is currently in use as a church.[2]
The congregation moved in 1957 to a building on Kenwood Boulevard, and, in 2007 to a new synagogue located behind Shomer Emunim, a Reform synagogue, located adjacent to Sylvania Avenue.