Area less than one acre Architectural style Other, Moorish Opened 1890 | Built 1890 NRHP Reference # 78002666 Added to NRHP 16 November 1978 | |
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Location 249 S. 400 East, Salt Lake City, Utah Similar Cathedral of the Madeleine, LDS Conference Center, Church Office Building, Abravanel Hall, Antelope Island State Park | ||
B'nai Israel Temple is a historic Jewish synagogue at 249 S. 400 East in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The synagogue was built in 1890 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The building was originally planned to be a "facsimile in miniature" of Berlin's Fasanenstrasse Synagogue, as most of the congregation had originated in Germany, but plans were changed during construction. The synagogue was established in 1873.
The congregation observed an Orthodox style of worship until 1883, when it joined the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, the Reform movement. In 1885, the members who wanted B'nai Israel to continue to follow Orthodox tradition split off to form their own congregation, Congregation Montefiore (which later affiliated itself with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism). In 1973, Montefiore and B'nai Israel merged to form Congregation Kol Ami, which is a member of both the Union for Reform Judaism and the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.