Congregation Beth Elohim

Local nameCongregation Beth Elohim
LocationBrooklyn, New York City

Congregation Beth Elohim, also known as the Garfield Temple and the Eighth Avenue Temple, is a Reform Jewish congregation located at 274 Garfield Place and Eighth Avenue, in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, United States.

Founded in 1861 as a more liberal breakaway from Congregation Baith Israel, for the first 65 years it attempted four mergers with other congregations, including three with Baith Israel, all of which failed. The congregation completed its current Classical Revival synagogue building in 1910 and its "Jewish Deco" Temple House in 1929. These two buildings were contributing properties to the Park Slope historic district, listed as a New York City Landmark district and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.The congregation went through…

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregation_Beth_Elohim

Official Website https://cbebk.org/

Phone +1-718-768-3814

Coordinates 40°40'15.678" N -73°58'27.894" E

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