Jewish Center of Kings Highway
1218 Avenue P | Homecrest | built 1928
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- 1922
Beth HaKnesseth Talmud Torah of Kings Highway builds its first home on Avenue P
Between 1920 and 1922 the Beth HaKnesseth Talmud Torah of Kings Highway, a synagogue and school, put up its first building at 1202-1210 Avenue P. By 1924 the synagogue had taken the name Jewish Center of Kings Highway, while the school kept the older name. This first building stood on the lot before the present synagogue.
“Its first building was building between 1920 and 1922, at 1202–1210 Avenue P; and by 1924 the synagogue had been renamed as the Jewish Center of Kings Highway…”
Source: Wikipedia
- 1930
The Jewish Center of Kings Highway dedicates its new Neoclassical synagogue
Between 1928 and 1930 the congregation, under Rabbi Jacob J. Newman and president Nathaniel J. Levine, built a new Neoclassical synagogue at the same location, on a slightly larger site. The plan needed zoning variances because the building covered so much of the lot. It was dedicated over the weekend of March 28-30, 1930. Its temple front, made of cast stone, has four Corinthian piers engaged to the wall.
Source: Wikipedia
- 1963
The national Conservative movement expels the congregation over its bingo games
In 1963 the United Synagogue of America, the national Conservative body, expelled the Jewish Center of Kings Highway. The congregation had refused to give up playing bingo as a way to raise funds.
“In 1963, the Conservative congregation was expelled by the national Conservative movement, the United Synagogue of America, for refusing to drop the practice of playing bingo…”
Source: Wikipedia
- 2010
The former synagogue is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
In 2010 the former synagogue building at 1202-1218 Avenue P was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. It no longer serves as a synagogue; the premises now house a Jewish boys high school. A school building the Center put up in 1949 also stands on the property.
Source: Wikipedia
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