Wikipedia's first sentence called it “synagogue in the old port neighborhood in portland”. Today it says “unaffiliated jewish congregation”.
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Etz Chaim . 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. 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. In c. 2003 , the dwindling Orthodox congregation became egalitarian and unaffiliated with any movement. Berenson is the congregation's rabbi . Located in the India Street Historic District, the building has also housed the Maine Jewish Museum since 2010.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Located at 267 Congress Street , it is the only immigrant-era European -style synagogue remaining in Maine . It was founded in 1921 as an English-language synagogue, rather than a traditional Yiddish-language one. Berenson presides as Rabbi of the congregation. The building also houses the Maine Jewish Museum.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Etz Chaim Synagogue is a synagogue in Portland, Maine . Located at 267 Congress Street , it is the only immigrant-era European -style synagogue remaining in Maine . It was founded in 1921 as an English-language synagogue, rather than a traditional Yiddish-language one. Berenson presides as Rabbi of the congregation. The building also houses the Maine Jewish Museum.
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synagogue in the old port neighborhood in portland
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unaffiliated jewish congregation
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