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Temple Israel is a Reform congregation located at 130 Riverside Drive in Dayton, Ohio. Formed in 1850, it incorporated as "Kehillah Kodesh B'nai Yeshurun" in 1854.〔 After meeting in rented quarters, the congregation purchased its first synagogue building, a former Baptist church at 4th and Jefferson, in 1863. Strongly influenced by Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise, it rapidly modernized its services, and, in 1873, was a founding member of the Union for Reform Judaism.〔 The congregation sold its existing building in 1893, and constructed a larger one at First and Jefferson,〔 later severely damaged by the Great Dayton Flood of 1913.〔 In 1927, the congregation moved to still larger, multi-purpose premises at Salem and Emerson Avenues, outside downtown Dayton, and began to use the name "Temple Israel",〔〔 adding a new sanctuary to the building in 1953. Temple Israel moved to its current building in 1994.〔〔 Synagogue membership grew steadily for over 100 years, from 12 families in 1850 to 150 in the early 1900s, 200 by 1927, and 500 by 1945, peaking at 1,100 in the 1960s. By 1995, however, membership was down to 800 families.〔 Temple Israel has had a number of long-tenured rabbis who were influential both in the congregation and in the larger Dayton community. These have included David Lefkowitz (1900–1920), Louis Witt (1927–1947), Selwyn Ruslander (1947–1969) and P. Irving Bloom (1973–1997).〔〔 , the rabbis were David M. Sofian and Karen Bodney-Halasz.〔 ==The early years, at 4th and Jefferson== What was later to become Temple Israel was originally formed as a Hebrew Society in 1850 by twelve Jewish men under the leadership of Joseph Lebensburger, a German Jew〔Olitzky & Raphael (1996), p. 293.〕〔History of Temple Israel, Temple Israel website.〕〔An Inventory to the Dayton, Ohio — Temple Israel Records.〕〔Thum (2000).〕 and first permanent Jewish resident of Dayton.〔Tedford (2009).〕 The Society met daily for prayers in rented rooms: first above a shop in the old Dayton Bank Building (which was later the Steele High School, and has since been demolished) near Monument and Main Streets, and later in larger quarters in a building next to the Cooper building, a block south on Main Street.〔〔〔〔〔〔Landman (1941) Vol. 3, p. 493.〕 It also hired its first Torah reader, a "Mr. Wendel",〔 and purchased—for $100 (today $)—a small piece of land for a cemetery on what is now Rubicon Street.〔 The Society incorporated as "Kehillah Kodesh B'nai Yeshurun"〔or "B'nai Jeshurun", "B'nai Jeshurim".〕 in 1854.〔 It moved to larger facilities, first near First and Main Streets in 1860, and then, in 1863,〔 to the northeast corner of 4th and Jefferson Streets. There Kehillah Kodesh B'nai Yeshurun purchased for $1,500 (today $)〔 its first owned premises, the building of a Baptist church whose congregation was moving to Main Street.〔〔〔 The structure required "extensive remodeling", and Lebensburger, as building chairman, led the campaign to raise the necessary $9,000 (today $). Funds came not only from the membership but also from non-Jewish members of many local societies, including the Odd Fellows and Masons.〔 Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise assisted B'nai Yeshurun's then–religious leader〔 Rev. Mr. Delbanco with the dedication of what became "the seventh congregation-owned Jewish House of Worship in Ohio."〔〔 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 Israel (Dayton, Ohio)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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