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B'nai Israel Synagogue and Montefiore Cemetery

Coordinates: 47°54′58.2″N 97°1′58.3″W / 47.916167°N 97.032861°W / 47.916167; -97.032861
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B'nai Israel Synagogue
The synagogue, in 2010
Religion
AffiliationReform Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organisational statusSynagogue
LeadershipLay–led
StatusActive
Location
Location601 Cottonwood Street, Grand Forks, North Dakota
CountryUnited States
B'nai Israel Synagogue and Montefiore Cemetery is located in North Dakota
B'nai Israel Synagogue and Montefiore Cemetery
Location in North Dakota
Geographic coordinates47°54′58.2″N 97°1′58.3″W / 47.916167°N 97.032861°W / 47.916167; -97.032861
Architecture
Architect(s)Joseph Bell DeRemer
TypeSynagogue architecture
StyleArt Deco
General contractorSkarsbro and Thorwaldson
Date established1891 (as a congregation)
Completed1937
Construction cost$14,000
Website
bnaiisraelnd.org
B'nai Israel Synagogue and Montefiore Cemetery
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
NRHP reference No.11000745
Added to NRHPOctober 13, 2011
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Montefiore Cemetery
Map
Details
Established1888
Location
1450 N. Columbia Road, Grand Forks, North Dakota 58203
CountryUnited States
Coordinates47°56′01″N 97°03′59″W / 47.9337113°N 97.0664224°W / 47.9337113; -97.0664224
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B'nai Israel Synagogue and Montefiore Cemetery in Grand Forks, North Dakota, in the United States, consists of a Reform Jewish congregation and its synagogue; and the congregation's related cemetery. Both the synagogue building and the cemetery were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.

B'nai Israel Synagogue

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The B'nai Israel Synagogue (transliterated from Hebrew as "Sons / Children of Israel") is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 601 Cottonwood Street, in Grand Forks.

The congregation was chartered on August 26, 1891; founded by Eastern European Jews, including Jews fleeing pogroms in Russia and Lithuanian Jews. The first building, a wooden synagogue called the Congregation of the Children of Israel, was built in 1891 at 2nd Avenue, South & 7th Street.

The second and current synagogue was built in 1937, designed by Grand Forks architect, Joseph Bell DeRemer, in the Art Deco style of architecture, and built by local builders Skarsbro and Thorwaldson at a cost of $14,000.

In the early 1990s, B'nai Israel joined the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (now the Union for Reform Judaism).[2]

The synagogue has been without a permanent rabbi since 1987.

Montefiore Cemetery

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Montefiore Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery located at 1450 North Columbia Road, in Grand Forks. The cemetery dates from 1888. The Montefiore Cemetery in Grand Forks is one of many institutions named in honor of Sir Moses Montefiore.[3]

Heritage listing

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On October 13, 2011, the B'nai Israel Synagogue and the Montefiore Cemetery were jointly added to the National Register of Historic Places, as one listing.[4][5][6][7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Lieberman, Victor. "The Early History". B'nai Israel Synagogue. Retrieved February 22, 2013.[self-published source?]
  3. ^ "Sir Moses Montefiore". Chabad.org.
  4. ^ "NRHP weekly listing". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. October 21, 2011.
  5. ^ "Congregation of the Children of Israel synagogue" (image). Digital Horizon Online.
  6. ^ "Grand Forks County, North Dakota". Jewish Cemetery Project.
  7. ^ Papermaster, Isadore. "History of the North Dakota Jewish Community" (PDF). Union for Reform Judaism.[permanent dead link]
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