Etz Chaim Synagogue
| Etz Chaim Synagogue | |
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 Exterior view of the synagogue, in 2015 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Judaism |
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| Ecclesiastical or organizational status | |
| Leadership | Rabbi Gary S. Berenson |
| Location | |
| Location | 267 Congress Street, Portland, Maine 04101 |
| Country | United States |
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| Architecture | |
| General contractor | Louis Serota |
| Established | 1917 (as a congregation) |
| Completed | 1921 |
| Website | |
| etzchaim-portland | |
Etz Chaim Synagogue (transliterated from Hebrew as "Tree of Life") is a unaffiliated Jewish congregation, synagogue, and Jewish history museum, located at 267 Congress Street, at the head of India Street, in Portland, Maine, United States. The congregation is the only immigrant-era European-style synagogue remaining in Maine.[1] It was founded in 1917 as an English-language Orthodox Sefardi congregation, rather than in the Yiddish-language tradition; and the synagogue was completed in 1921.[2] In c. 2003, the dwindling Orthodox congregation became egalitarian and unaffiliated with any movement.
Gary S. Berenson is the congregation's rabbi.[3]
Located in the India Street Historic District, the building has also housed the Maine Jewish Museum since 2010.[4]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Official website
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