Anshe Chesed Congregation Photographs 1846-2000

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Anshe Chesed Congregation Photographs 1846-2000

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Anshe Chesed is the oldest existing Jewish congregation in Cleveland, Ohio. It was established in 1841 when 30 members seceded from the Israelitic Society of Cleveland. The two congregations merged again in 1845 under the name Israelitic Anshe Chesed Society of Cleveland. It is also popularly known as Fairmount Temple, reflecting its current location on Fairmount Boulevard in Beachwood, Ohio. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of rabbis, synagogue leaders, and religious school students, and views of buildings and synagogue events.

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Anshe Chesed Congregation

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Anshe Chesed Congregation, the oldest existing Jewish congregation in Cleveland, Ohio, was established in 1841 when thirty members of the Israelitic Society of Cleveland, the city's first congregation, seceded because of differences in ritual practices. Anshe Chesed, which was chartered on February 28, 1842, merged three years later with the older congregation under the incorporated name, Israelitic Anshe Chesed Society of Cleveland. The present popular name, Fairmount Temple, deriv...