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Reform synagogue in Savannah, Georgia, United States For similarly named synagogues, see Mikveh Israel (disambiguation) . Congregation Mickve Israel ( transliterated from Hebrew as "Congregation for the Hope of Israel") is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue located at 20 East Gordon Street, Monterey Square , in Savannah , Georgia , in the United States. The site also contains a Jewish history museum . Organized in 1735 by mostly Sephardic Jewish immigrants of Spanish-Portuguese extraction from London who arrived in the new colony in 1733, it is one of the oldest congregations in the United States . The current synagogue was consecrated in 1878, completed in the Gothic Revival -style. The synagogue building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and is a contributing property of the Savannah Historic District . The congregation has been a member of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (and its successor organizations) since January 10, 1904. Library of Congress . n.d . National Register of Historic Places . There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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Congregation Mickve Israel , in Savannah, Georgia , is one of the oldest synagogues in the United States , the congregation having begun in 1733. The synagogue , located on Monterey Square in historic Savannah, was consecrated in 1878, and is a rare example of a Gothic -style synagogue. The synagogue building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
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Congregation Mickve Israel in Savannah, Georgia , is one of the oldest in the United States, as it was organized in 1735 by mostly Sephardic Jewish immigrants from London who arrived in the new colony in 1733.They consecrated their current synagogue , located on Monterey Square in historic Savannah, in 1878. It is a rare example of a Gothic -style synagogue. The synagogue building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Today, the synagogue is a member of the Union for Reform Judaism .
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Congregation Mickve Israel in Savannah, Georgia , is one of the oldest synagogues in the United States, as it was organized in 1735 by mostly Sephardic Jewish immigrants of Spanish-Portuguese extraction from London who arrived in the new colony in 1733. They consecrated their current synagogue , located on Monterey Square in historic Savannah, in 1878. It is a rare example of a Gothic -style synagogue. The synagogue building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Today, the synagogue is a member of the Union for Reform Judaism .
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Synagogue in Savannah, Georgia, US This article is about the synagogue in the US state of Georgia. Congregation Mickve Israel in Savannah, Georgia , is one of the oldest synagogues in the United States, as it was organized in 1735 by mostly Sephardic Jewish immigrants of Spanish-Portuguese extraction from London who arrived in the new colony in 1733. They consecrated their current synagogue , located on Monterey Square in historic Savannah, in 1878. It is a rare example of a Gothic -style synagogue. The synagogue building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Today, the synagogue is a member of the Union for Reform Judaism .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the oldest synagogues in the united states”. Today it says “reform jewish congregation and synagogue located at 20 east gordon street”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Synagogue in Savannah, Georgia, US”. It now reads “Reform synagogue in Savannah, Georgia, US”. Read the current article and compare.
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one of the oldest synagogues in the united states
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reform jewish congregation and synagogue located at 20 east gordon street
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