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Congregation Or Chadash ( Hebrew : אוֹר חָדָשׁ , lit. ' New Light ' ) was a Reform Jewish LGBT-oriented congregation that was located at 5959 North Sheridan Road, Edgewater , Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. The congregation was founded in 1975 as a gay support group for Jews, and was holding religious services by 1976. In 1977 it moved into its first building, a former Unitarian church on West Barry Avenue, and hired its first permanent rabbi , Suzanne Griffel, in 1997. Griffel was succeeded as rabbi by Larry Edwards, and Or Chadash moved a new location, which shared with another synagogue and a Jewish day school , in 2003. In October 2010, Or Chadash was thought to be one of the two synagogues targeted in the 2010 cargo planes bomb plot . In 2016, Or Chadash merged into another Reform congregation, Temple Sholom , with Or Chadash remaining the name of the Temple's LGBTQ+ community group.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Congregation Or Chadash ( , Hebrew for "New Light") is a Reform LGBT -oriented congregation in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago , Illinois . It was founded in 1975 as a gay support group for Jews , and was holding religious services by 1976. It moved into its first building, a former Unitarian church on West Barry Avenue in 1977, and hired its first permanent rabbi , Suzanne Griffel, in 1997. Griffel was succeeded as rabbi by Larry Edwards, and Or Chadash moved to its current location, which it shares with another synagogue and a Jewish day school , in 2003. In October, 2010, Or Chadash was thought to be one of the two synagogues targeted in the 2010 cargo plane bomb plot . As of 2010 , Edwards remains the rabbi; the congregation's cantor is Judith Golden.
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Congregation Or Chadash ( , Hebrew for "New Light") is a Reform LGBT -oriented congregation in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago , Illinois . It was founded in 1975 as a gay support group for Jews , and was holding religious services by 1976. It moved into its first building, a former Unitarian church on West Barry Avenue in 1977, and hired its first permanent rabbi , Suzanne Griffel, in 1997. Griffel was succeeded as rabbi by Larry Edwards, and Or Chadash moved to its current location, which it shares with another synagogue and a Jewish day school , in 2003. In October 2010, Or Chadash was thought to be one of the two synagogues targeted in the 2010 cargo planes bomb plot . As of 2017 , Cindy Enger is rabbi and the congregation's hazzan is Judith Golden.
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Congregation Or Chadash ( , Hebrew for "New Light") was a Reform LGBT -oriented congregation in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago , Illinois . It was founded in 1975 as a gay support group for Jews , and was holding religious services by 1976. It moved into its first building, a former Unitarian church on West Barry Avenue in 1977, and hired its first permanent rabbi , Suzanne Griffel, in 1997. Griffel was succeeded as rabbi by Larry Edwards, and Or Chadash moved to its current location, which it shares with another synagogue and a Jewish day school , in 2003. In October 2010, Or Chadash was thought to be one of the two synagogues targeted in the 2010 cargo planes bomb plot . As of 2017 , Cindy Enger is rabbi and the congregation's hazzan is Judith Golden.
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reform lgbt -oriented congregation in the edgewater neighborhood of chicago
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reform jewish lgbt-oriented congregation that was located at 5959 north sheridan road
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