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Temple Anshe Hesed is a Reform synagogue located at the corner of West Tenth Street and Liberty Street in Erie, Pennsylvania. The congregation is affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism.〔 == History == Anshe Hesed, once spelled as Anschai Chesed,〔Bates, Samuel P., History of Erie County, Pennsylvania, Part III, Chapter IV, Churches〕 "was incorporated on 23 May 1862 and organized as a classical Reform congregation on October 24, 1875, making it one of the oldest Reform communities in Pennsylvania." 〔Temple Anshe Hesed webpage〕 The synagogue's name literally means "people of benevolence" (or kindness) in Hebrew. In his history of the region, Samuel Bates reports that eight to ten members of this congregation began meeting in 1858. Members first met in an upstairs room at the corner of Fifth Street and French Street (the Lyons property) and subsequently met in temporary facilities on French Street, Holland Street, State Street; and then at another location on French Street.〔 Built in 1882, the congregation's first synagogue was "a brick structure trimmed in stone and an ornament to the city".〔 The land was purchased and the synagogue was built for a total cost of $13,000.〔 It was located on the north side 〔 of West Eighth Street,〔〔 between Myrtle Street and Sassafras Street.〔〔According to an Erie street map dated circa 2003, this entire block is part of Gannon University, but a personal visit to the site revealed privately owned apartment buildings. A building at 230-232 West 8th Street is the only likely candidate for the old synagogue among extant buildings on the block.〕 At the time Samuel Bates published his history, the membership of Anshe Hesed was 35.〔 The Tenth Street location was dedicated on 27 June 1930.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Temple Anshe Hesed」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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