Temple Emanu-El (Dallas)
{{Short description|First Reform Jewish congregation in North Texas}}
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Temple Emanu-El is a Reform Jewish synagogue located at 8500 Hillcrest Road, in Dallas, Texas, in the United States. Chartered as the Jewish Congregation Emanu-El in 1875, it was the first Reform congregation in North Texas, and is the largest synagogue in the South.
The congregation is led by Rabbi David E. Stern.
History
Temple Emanu-El of Dallas was founded in 1873 and chartered in 1875. It was renamed from the Jewish Congregation Emanu-El to Temple Emanu-El Congregation in 1974. The small but growing Jewish community sought a permanent religious structure as well as for a rabbi to conduct services and to offer religious education for children, so several families formed Congregation Emanu-El. They elected David Goslin president; Philip Sanger vice president; Emanuel Tillman treasurer; H. Regensburger secretary; and Alexander Sanger, August Israelsky, and Henry Loeb trustees. The next year they built a small red brick temple in the Byzantine style at Commerce and Church (now Field) streets in downtown Dallas. The congregation engaged its first rabbi, Aaron Suhler, in 1875 and joined the Union of American Hebrew Congregations in 1906.
In 1957 the temple moved to its present location in North Dallas. Architects Howard R. Meyer and Max M. Sandfield, with noted California architect William Wurster as consultant, received an Award of Merit from the American Institute of Architects for the design of the present structure, which was enhanced by art coordinator György Kepes of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.{{cite web |author=Cristol, Gerry |url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/ijt01 |title=Temple Emanu-El, Dallas |work=Handbook of Texas |publisher=Texan State Historical Association |date=June 8, 2016 |access-date=December 22, 2023 }}
Locations
Clergy
Past Temple Emanu-El senior rabbis include:{{cite book |author=Cristol, Gerry |title=A Light in the Prairie |publisher=TCU Press |year=1998 |page= |isbn= }}
- Rabbi Joseph Silverman (1884–1885)
- Rabbi George Alexander Kohut (1897–1900){{Cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Jewish Encyclopedia |article=Kohut, Alexander |authorlink=Isidore Singer |authorlink2=George Alexander Kohut |authorlink3=Cyrus Adler |last=Singer |first=Isidore |author2=George Alexander Kohut |author3=Cyrus Adler |url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=333&letter=K&search=George%20Alexander%20Kohut |date= |access-date= }}
- Rabbi William Greenburg
- Rabbi David Lefkowitz (1920–1949)
- Rabbi Levi Olan (1948–1970)
- Rabbi Gerald J. Klein (1952-2007)
- Rabbi Jack Bemporad
- Rabbi Sheldon Zimmerman
- Rabbi Charles Mintz (interim senior)
Music
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Temple Emanu-El is nationally renowned for its music programs. Samuel Adler created many of the Temple's early musical offerings including their extensive volunteer adult and children's choirs. Simon Sargon expanded the choir's influence and created programs such as the Showcase Series (showcasing jazz, classical, and pops musicians).
Notable members
See also
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.tedallas.org}}
- [http://www.bruceduffie.com/temple.html History of Temple Emanu-El]
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=vJ0MAAAACAAJ&dq=Temple+Emanu+El+of+Dallas A Light in the Prairie: Temple Emanu-El of Dallas, 1872-1997]{{dead-link|date=December 2023}}
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=weL9M46TcU8C&pg=PA340&dq=Temple+Emanu+El+of+Dallas&sig=JlqIHD7OOdAYWGzQgdqptDOcDG4 The American Synagogue A History And Source Book]
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=OOs7HAAACAAJ&dq=Temple+Emanu+El+of+Dallas Howard Meyer: Temple Emanu-El and Other Works]
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