Congregation Temple Israel (Creve Coeur, Missouri)

Congregation Temple Israel
Basic information
Location Creve Coeur, Missouri, U.S.
Geographic coordinates 38°39′22″N 90°24′47″W / 38.65621°N 90.41301°W / 38.65621; -90.41301Coordinates: 38°39′22″N 90°24′47″W / 38.65621°N 90.41301°W / 38.65621; -90.41301
Affiliation Reform Judaism
Status Active
Leadership Rabbis: Amy Feder, Michael Alper
Rabbi emeritus: Mark L. Shook
President: David Weinstein
Website www.ti-stl.org
Architectural description
Completed 1962

Congregation Temple Israel is a Reform synagogue in Creve Coeur, Missouri.[1][2]

The synagogue was founded in 1886, as 63 members broke away from Shaare Emeth Temple.[1][3][4][5]

Rabbi Solomon H. Sonneschein was its first rabbi. He was followed by Rabbi Leon Harrison, who was chosen out of 28 candidates and served as rabbi until he was killed by a subway train in New York City in 1928.[1][3][5][6][7]

A stone temple was completed in 1888.[8] The synagogue was involved in litigation against the City of Creve Coeur when the City changed its zoning rules to prohibit any churches, including the synagogue, just after the synagogue purchased land for a new building. The synagogue ultimately prevailed against the City when the Supreme Court of Missouri ruled that state law did not authorize municipalities to regulate the location of churches.[9] The synagogue conducted its first wedding for a LGBT couple in 2008.[10]

In 1967, it had nearly 1,600 members, and in 2011 it had more than 1,000 member households.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "About Temple Israel". Congregation Temple Israel. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
  2. ↑ Walter A. Schroeder, Howard W. Marshall (1941). Missouri: the WPA guide to the "Show Me" state. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 Kerry M. Olitzky, Marc Lee Raphael (1996). The American synagogue: a historical dictionary and sourcebook. Greenwood Publishing Group. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
  4. ↑ Walter Ehrlich (1997). Zion in the Valley: 1807-1907. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
  5. 1 2 Howard Louis Conard (1901). Encyclopedia of the history of Missouri: a compendium of history and biography for ready reference. Haldeman, Conard & co. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
  6. ↑ American Jewish Committee (1903). American Jewish year book. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Rabbi Sonnenschein Resigns. - He Was Brilliant And Popular, But Had Many Enemies". The New York Times. September 10, 1891. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
  8. ↑ Norbury L. Wayman. "History of St. Louis's Neighborhoods". Retrieved June 27, 2011.
  9. ↑ "Congregation Temple Israel v. City of Creve Coeur, 320 S.W.2d 451 (Mo. 1959)". Google. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  10. ↑ Richard Weiss (May 19, 2008). "Extraordinarily Ever After: A St. Louis Wedding". St. Louis Beacon. Retrieved June 27, 2011.

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